An interesting, if cryptic quote from Rupert Murdoch yesterday:
We are in very advanced negotiations to buy a controlling stake in what we think is a wonderful search engine.
(From News Corp to invest 1bn USD in online growth.)
He didn't elabourate. But that shouldn't stop us from indulging in alarmist fantasties about a future where internet searches come with the commercial and political strings of the News Corp media stable attached. And people worry that Google is turning bad!
Updated 16 August: The FT reports that Blinkx is the damsel being wooed by the knight of News Corp. (Via)