Murdoch says he will remove News Corp. sites from Google
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch told Sky News interviewer David Speers that he will remove his news sites — The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, The Times of London and many more — from Google’s search index. I’ve posted the 37-minute interview here, and am working on excerpting the good quotes.
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