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Murdoch to charge for all online content

By Kenneth Li and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson in New York

Published: August 5 2009 21:32 | Last updated: August 6 2009 16:46

Rupert Murdoch has vowed to charge for all the online content of his newspapers and television news channels, going well beyond his prediction in May that the company would test pay models on one of its stronger papers within the year.

The comments by News Corp’s chairman came as he predicted a “high single digit” rebound in the group’s operating profits next year. The worst of the media sector slump might be behind the company, he said, as he reported “some good signs of life” in advertising.

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