Comments on: E-book advice for Rupert Murdoch, new owner of the Wall Street Journal http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/e-book-advice-for-rupert-murdoch-new-owner-of-the-wall-street-journal/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:56:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/e-book-advice-for-rupert-murdoch-new-owner-of-the-wall-street-journal/comment-page-1/#comment-483658 David Rothman Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:03:48 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6899#comment-483658 Carol, this is part of the fun of the TeleBlog being global---the sharing of all these little country-specific references. I was thinking "digger" as in "digging up dirt," but apparently that's not the whole story. More significantly, I do think that book-newspaper connections are inevitable, and I hope that the books will elevate the level of the newspapers rather than vice versa. As for the WSJ-Murchdoch deal---I repeat: I wish the damn thing had never happened. Beyond ethics concerns, I love those long offbeat features that the tabloid man in Murdoch might dismiss as yawners. Thanks, David Carol, this is part of the fun of the TeleBlog being global—the sharing of all these little country-specific references. I was thinking “digger” as in “digging up dirt,” but apparently that’s not the whole story.

More significantly, I do think that book-newspaper connections are inevitable, and I hope that the books will elevate the level of the newspapers rather than vice versa.

As for the WSJ-Murchdoch deal—I repeat: I wish the damn thing had never happened. Beyond ethics concerns, I love those long offbeat features that the tabloid man in Murdoch might dismiss as yawners.

Thanks,
David

]]> By: Carol Jurd http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/e-book-advice-for-rupert-murdoch-new-owner-of-the-wall-street-journal/comment-page-1/#comment-483588 Carol Jurd Thu, 02 Aug 2007 05:47:01 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6899#comment-483588 His name "the dirty digger" is also probably a play on the name "digger", which is an old nickname for Australian soldiers. Mercifully Murdoch gave up his Australia citizenship when he started buying up the USA, but our (Australian) print media is still very "Murdochised". Probably one reason why I don't buy many newspapers these days. His name “the dirty digger” is also probably a play on the name “digger”, which is an old nickname for Australian soldiers. Mercifully Murdoch gave up his Australia citizenship when he started buying up the USA, but our (Australian) print media is still very “Murdochised”. Probably one reason why I don’t buy many newspapers these days.

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