Report: Rupert Murdoch forms global team, looks into hardware for content revenue stream

In case you didn't think Rupert Murdoch was serious about e-book readers before, The Daily Beast has it from its sources that the News Corp mogul has assembled a global team, with members hailing form London, New York, and Sydney, to find some way to better monetize / charge for online content. Unsurprisingly, that leads to hardware and possibly creating a more "user-friendly way" to deliver content that'll incentivize consumers to pay -- Kindle does it, Hearst wants to do it, so why not the world's biggest media conglomerate? As for the mythical device itself, let's recap what we've heard so far, from the man himself: a bigger screen than Amazon's now-antiquated models, a four-color pallette, and"you can get everything there." Now how about putting a name to the manufacturer, hm?

[Via Electronista]

[(Unverified) Posted May 6th 2009 9:59PM]

Rupert Murdock needs to just die already.

[(Unverified) Posted May 6th 2009 11:06PM]

Amen. But then his evil will pass to another....are we sure he's not Anubis? o.O

[looselycoupled Posted May 7th 2009 2:00AM]

HA, thats exactly what I was going to write...

Get this evil bastard off the earth already.. he's done enough to divide America and perpetuate disinformation, smears, and lies... And he is not even an American for god sakes!

[(Unverified) Posted May 7th 2009 2:29AM]

I think Americans have done enough to divide America.

Really good to see so much hate... You all have guns under your pillows, stop talkin' about it.

[BeniRose Posted May 7th 2009 2:59AM]

wait a sec...there's a REAL newspaper called "The Daily Beast"?!

[LAY Posted May 7th 2009 8:24AM]

News Corp is one of the few media outfits in the US that isnt tanking. Be happy that he can still employ folks here.

God knows we dont need more useless unemployed talking heads roaming the streets, eating out of our garbage cans.

[celedhring Posted May 6th 2009 10:05PM]

When you are already über-rich and you are about to kick the bucket, why do you still care?

He should blow the moolah in hookers and viagra while he still can.

[Paul Chapel Posted May 6th 2009 10:13PM]

but just how much viagra does he need?
one pill?
two?
ten?
fifty?
one thousand?
seven hundred thousand?
one point six million?
two billion?

[(Unverified) Posted May 7th 2009 4:58AM]

Something tells me that the real Dave Chapelle isn't nazi scum like this idiot! And no, Rupert Murdoch isn't Jewish...

[(Unverified) Posted May 7th 2009 5:04AM]

Wow the "Jew" comment is disgusting.

[nDy Posted May 6th 2009 10:28PM]

So that's why Sony's e-reader never made a hit.

Sony has Movie and Music companies,
what they now need is to buy a big publisher,
and a few news agents, and Amazon,
to get e-reader on track

[(Unverified) Posted May 6th 2009 10:35PM]

"big screen, a four-color palette, and `you can get everything there`."

A COMPUTER?

Why is everybody such a goddamn idiot these days?

Jesus christ, Murdoch.

[celedhring Posted May 6th 2009 11:12PM]

Four colors? Yay CGA is back!!!!

[mrfa9in Posted May 7th 2009 6:54AM]

Wow, I remember how cool it was to get my CGA monitor when most everybody else around me had monochrome. Kinda hard to get excited about this these days, though.

[(Unverified) Posted May 6th 2009 10:38PM]

ugghhhh.. trying to hold myself back from going off about this man..

[LAY Posted May 7th 2009 8:29AM]

Okay.

WHAT EXACTLY DID THIS GUY DO THAT IS SO EVIL?

And if you go into some BS about "Oh he's so right-wing" blah blah blah, then maybe you need to realize that he did all but endorse B.O. in the last election, after supporting Clinton during the primaries.

[Roberini Posted May 6th 2009 10:39PM]

I can't wait for the day that this parasite, excuse for a human being, is no more. Hopefully nature would be kind to us and take care of him. What a poisonous mind he has.

[Steven P Jobs Posted May 6th 2009 10:40PM]

Murdoc is not to be trusted, he works for the Homicide International Trust. The guys a freakin assassin and will not hesitate to blow your head off, just ask MacGyver.

[JeremyBenthem Posted May 6th 2009 10:43PM]

Hate Murdoch, like the competition

[BigD145 Posted May 6th 2009 11:09PM]

"find some way to better MONOPOLIZE online content"

There we go. Now it's Rupert Murdoch.

[Samurai Jack Posted May 6th 2009 11:52PM]

"I'm Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire tyrant. And this is my skybox."

And it looks like we're all going to have to pay for it.

[(Unverified) Posted May 7th 2009 12:02AM]

I actually admire the man though we have some disagreements. I am skeptical of this idea even though I would like nothing more then a cheaper eReader to read the Wall Street Journal on.

[bryan c Posted May 7th 2009 1:08AM]

Okay engadget, Kindle is reallllllly over written about here, it's excessive and no one cares. Stop.

[kellogs72 Posted May 7th 2009 6:29PM]

Yeah, and I bet the come preloaded with right-wing propaganda from the likes of Limbaugh and Colter. Go away Rupert! You have nothing positive to contribute to this world.

[Frankenstein Black Posted May 7th 2009 3:12AM]

Hey Keith Rupert Murdock (that's his first name Keith), make sure whatever you choose comes preloaded with BS detection software. Oops! But that would be counterintuitive wouldn't it. Just let the disinformation rags die and focus on the "coliseum spectacle" that is the FUX er Fox network (so many lions, so many victims, so many mind slaves to entertain). Max-e-mus, max-e-mus, max-e-mus er Simon, Simon, Simon, as the mob electronically votes thumbs down to the latest victims...

PS "The more things change, the more things stay the same". Yea, you keep supporting old Keith Rupert by watching anything fox...

[Aaronage Posted May 7th 2009 8:01AM]

I loathe that man. News Corp. FTL!