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    But while other industries see the web as a potential boon, "among our journalistic friends are some misguided cynics who are too busy writing their own obituary to be excited by the opportunity". "Unlike the doom-and-gloomers, I believe that newspapers will reach new heights" Mr Murdoch said in his third Boyer lecture for the ABC. Full Article at The Age
    Unlike the doom-and-gloomers, I believe that newspapers will reach new heights
    Rupert Murdoch – Rupert Murdoch SOURCE: The Age 12 months ago
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Murdoch denies newspapers are dying
  1. When I started out in the business anyone who dared parade a prize for excellence would have been hooted out of the newsroom for taking himself too seriously
    SOURCE: The Age 12 months ago
  2. We are moving from newspapers to news brands. For all of my working life, I have believed that there is a social and commercial value in delivering accurate news and information in a cheap and timely way
    SOURCE: The Age 12 months ago
  3. I like the look and feel of newsprint as much as anyone. But our real business isn't printing on dead trees. It's giving our readers great journalism and great judgment
    SOURCE: The Age 12 months ago
  4. But today the desire for awards has become a fetish. Papers may be losing money, losing circulation and laying off people left and right, but they will have a wall full of awards - prisoners of the past rather than enthusiasts for the future.
    SOURCE: The Age 12 months ago
  5. It used to be that a handful of editors could decide what was news - and what was not ... They acted as sort of demigods. If they ran a story, it became news. If they ignored an event, it never happened. Today editors are losing this power.
    SOURCE: The Age 12 months ago
  6. The newspaper, or a very close electronic cousin, will always be around
    SOURCE: The Age 12 months ago
  7. In this coming century, the form of delivery may change, but the potential audience for our content will multiply many times over.
    SOURCE: The Age 12 months ago
  8. It's not newspapers that might become obsolete. It's some of the editors, reporters and proprietors who are forgetting a newspaper's most precious asset - the bond with its readers
    SOURCE: The Age 12 months ago

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