Monday, May 24, 2010

Rupert Murdoch: Job Taking and Job Making

Remember The Bolt? Remember The Siren? These two sources of news are now run by robots. Don't believe me? Ask Rupert Murdoch!

Murdoch has bought these beats and fired all of their staff. They are now being run by robots and two new publications are forming. These groups are made up of various students in the journalism class who were unemployed, many from Murdoch's buyouts. So now I'm sure you are all curious about what these two new groups are.

From what I have heard both publications will be websites. The first is called Panther Pages and is made up of two former Bolt workers as well as a former South Sister. The second website has been named Merry Media and is made up of a former South Sister, two Bolts, and a writer who worked for the podcast The Hills are Alive with the Sound of Utterback.

I am looking forward to seeing these websites up and running, but they should be aware that they are now under surveillance.

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