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Murdoch's Latest Cynical Acquisition: BeliefNet

Dec 4th, 2007
by Dan Gillmor.

Times Online: News Corp to tap US faith market with takeover of Beliefnet website. News Corporation, parent company of The Times, bought the leading American religious website Beliefnet yesterday in an effort to tap the faith market in a country where 88 per cent of the population say that they pray regularly.

Is he smart enough not to tamper with this one? Doubtful, but let’s wait and see.

Posted in: News Business.

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2 Comments on “Murdoch's Latest Cynical Acquisition: BeliefNet”

  1. #1 Myers
    on Dec 5th, 2007 at 7:38 am

    Didn’t he already purchase our leading religious publication, the WSJ?

  2. #2 Et dire que c’est le même mec qui a racheté MySpace .. : Blogging The News
    on Dec 7th, 2007 at 12:31 am

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