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Rivals sceptical of Murdoch’s charging plan

By Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson and Kenneth Li in New York, Tim Bradshaw in London and Ben Hall in Paris

Published: August 7 2009 20:24 | Last updated: August 7 2009 23:00

Rupert Murdoch’s pledge to charge for online content from all his news outlets has been met with scepticism from rivals, even as they attempt to find their own alternatives to a broken business model.

Mr Murdoch, a born newspaperman who named his multimedia empire News Corp, has more at stake than anyone as the industry grapples with falling print, television and online advertising.

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