Google technology to aid charging for online content

Telegraph, 10 September

GOOGLE has admitted for the first time that it is developing technology that would assist newspapers in making money from website readers.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6170225/Google-technology-to-aid-charging-for-online-content.html

Public rejects Murdoch view of BBC, says ICM poll

Julian Glover, Guardian, 4 September 2009
TRUST IN BBC grows despite attacks by Murdoch and politicians. Viewers and listeners are rallying around the BBC, according to a Guardian/ICM poll published today. It shows rising levels of trust in the broadcaster and increased public support for the licence fee.

The BBC is not the problem - it's an inability to let go of the past

The Guardian, Emily Bell, Monday 31 August 2009
NEWS CORPORATION clearly thinks that charging for content is a high-risk strategy, which is why Rupert Murdoch announced it a year in advance; a short history of business moves by News Corp demonstrates that on sure ground the organisation strikes with cobra-like speed. In essence, unless all other organisations of a similar ilk follow suit, the idea is hopeless. In fact, many (and I'm among them) think it is hopeless with or without the BBC…