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Microsoft, News Corp in talks on web content

Software major Microsoft Corporation has held talks with News Corp for a possible deal which would involve paying the Rupert Murdoch-led firm for removing its news content from the website of Internet search giant Google, says a media report. - Microsoft eyes Indian smartphone mkt - News Corp, Time Warner eye MGM Studio - Over 2,000 Indian firms adopt Windows 7 - Mahindra Satyam to explore New Zealand market with Gen-i - India Eco Summit: Microsoft India going easy on hiring - Excise duty uppercuts software firms "Microsoft has had discussions with News Corp over a plan that would involve the media company being paid to de-index its news websites from Google," the Financial Times said. News Corp, which owns newspapers ranging from the "Wall Street Journal" of the US to "The Sun" of the UK, had initiated the discussion, the UK daily said, adding that talks are currently at an early stage. The report said: "Microsoft has also approached other big online publishers to persuade them to remove their sites from Google"s search engine." Both Microsoft and News Corp declined to comment. Murdoch-led News Corp has been considering charging for providing online content to search engines and "has taken an increasingly hard line against Google", the newspaper said. "Microsoft"s interest is being interpreted as a direct assault on Google because it puts pressure on the search engine to start paying for content," it said. Microsoft is desperate to create a mark for its own search engine Bing, which it launched in June. "This is all about Microsoft hurting Google"s margins," the daily quoted a web publisher familiar with the development as saying.

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