Murdoch confirms WSJ coming to iPad, device kept ‘under padlock and key’

It only came at the tail end of an announcement of a new New York metro section for The Wall Street Journal , but Rupert Murdoch has finally confirmed that the paper will indeed be heading to the iPad. The really interesting bit, however, is that not only is the company now being allowed to work on an iPad, but that Murdoch says it’s kept “under padlock and key,” and that “the key is turned by Apple every night” — a bit of hyperbole, maybe, but then again, maybe not. In other newspapers-going-digital news, Murdoch also said that the WSJ would be heading to half a dozen or more other devices within a year, although he didn’t name any specific devices.

Rupert Murdoch: Amazon now ‘willing to renegotiate’ e-book prices

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Rupert Murdoch staying out of the e-reader business, Red Eye sadly still on the air

With the news biz in obvious (and some might say terminal) disarray, of course folks in the business will be looking for ways to stay afloat in the age of the e-reader — and it’s long been rumored that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp is looking to launch a device of its own (if by “long” you mean ” since early April or thereabouts”).

Rupert Murdoch wants in on the e-book action

Apparently News Corp. chairman and multi-billionaire Rupert Murdoch likes the Kindle . He likes it so much that while he’s not trying to buy the company, he is instead trying to buy any competition that could undermine it and perhaps ultimately send it into financial ruin.

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