Rupert Murdoch wants in on the e-book action

Apparently News Corp. chairman and multi-billionaire Rupert Murdoch likes the Kindle. He likes it so much that while he's not trying to buy the company, he is instead trying to buy any competition that could undermine it and perhaps ultimately send it into financial ruin. Okay, so he's probably not trying to take down Amazon, but he does want in on the e-reader action, looking to invest in someone, anyone, who might be the next e-book contender. It makes perfect sense, what with print newspapers failing left and right and magazines not faring any better, but just which company might be the lucky recipient of Murdoch's favor and finances? We're guessing he has no shortage of willing recipients.

[bradphillips204 Posted Apr 3rd 2009 8:05PM]

I hate to think of an evil baron like Rupert buying into the tech market. Fox is about as biased as Engadget here. Speaking of Engadget, we need a new comment system. My above mistake could have been fixed with a simple EDIT button. It can't by that hard to do. Plus, everytime I hit reply, it never works the first time, so I end up scrolling down to the comment to hit reply again.

[dg988 Posted Apr 3rd 2009 10:28PM]

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[dg988 Posted Apr 3rd 2009 10:29PM]

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