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Murdoch blasts search engine 'kleptomaniacs'

Source: The independent
Beijing : China | about 1 month ago  
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  • China's President Hu Jintao waves next to Newscorp's CEO Rupert Murdoch at the opening ceremony of the World Media Summit in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
    China's President Hu Jintao waves next to Newscorp's CEO Rupert ...
    Source: Reuters
China's President Hu Jintao waves next to Newscorp's CEO Rupert ...
Rupert Murdoch fired the latest salvo in the war of words between news providers and internet search engines yesterday, describing the likes of Google and Yahoo as "content kleptomaniacs" and promising to charge them for using his company's content. Speaking to delegates at the World...
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