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Article: Murdoch: time for search engines to pay.(Rupert Murdoch)(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- October 10, 2009
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Byline: Mark Trumbull Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
The battle between old media and the Web gathered steam Friday, as two of the most prominent news publishers said it was time for Internet sites to pay for news content that now flows for free.
Rupert Murdoch of News Corp. decried "content kleptomaniacs" and said websites that aggregate or borrow reports from companies such as his "will soon have to pay a price." News Corp. owns the Wall Street Journal, one of the few large newspapers that has successfully charged fees for access to its website.
Later, Associated Press (AP) chief executive Tom Curley said, "We content creators ...