Rupert Murdoch plans to invest in an e-reader that could put the content from his multinational media empire News Corp head to head against the Kindle Store! Read on to see what’s what.
Peter Kafka over at MediaMemo was present at a US cable TV tradeshow yesterday, where Rupert Murdoch, owner of Sky, Fox, and just about everything else in the world was on hand to give his views about the future of media, where he let slip that he was rustling up an e-reader.
Murdoch said that he was investing in a “new device” with a “bigger screen” to rival the Amazon Kindle, and a News Corp spokesperson later confirmed that “exploratory talks” are in process right now with an e-reader company.
Which begs the question, which e-reader is Murdoch backing? We’ve seen a large Fujitsu colour e-reader of late, as well as rival company Hearst prepping one that might tempt us. Who knows, it might even be Sony, which has been fighting hard to draw attention away from the Kindle of late.
Which ever company it is, it’s an exciting prospect: we’d love an e-reader that brought up anything from the Wall Street Journal to The Sun at the touch of a button. Would it be wrong to look at page 3 on an e-ink display? We’ll let you know if Murdoch reveals any more anytime soon.
