How does that man strike you? Judging a book by its cover is a bad thing, but there's no escaping the fact that this dude is really old. He is 78 years old, worth 4 billion dollars, and is ultimately in charge of pretty much everything to do with FOX corporation. He also bought out Myspace.
I didn't know who Rupert Murdoch was until earlier when I was scanning through an article and found the following quote of his-
"The current days of the internet will soon be over."
He said this in reference to his plans for all of his online news publications (there are a lot of them) beginning to charge for their content by sometime in 2010.
I don't know much about Rupert Murdoch, though I feel like I know a lot because of a few things.
1. He is 78 years old.
2. He is worth 4 billion dollars.
3. He said "The current days of the internet will soon be over."
He owns quite a bit of the entertainment/news industry (they are one in the same) and I can only guess that he feels entitled to owning quite a bit of the internet as well.
When you think about it, the internet is a new world, a world where anyone with access to a computer can find the combined knowledge of the human race as well as contribute their own thoughts. Most people don't see it that way but that's what it is.
Rupert grew up in an older world, one where the internet fits into the same category as broadcast media and newspapers. His subscription news sites idea isn't bad, it's actually a fine idea, especially for the niche publications. The problem is his that he says things like "The current days of the internet will soon be over."
Anyone who uses such an authoritative tone concerning the internet, especially someone who runs Fox News and is worth 4 billion dollars... the only proper end for them is as follows-
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