News Corp. blocking Google – In talks with Microsoft’s Bing

News Corp. is considering blocking Google’s Internet search engine from displaying its news article and is talking to Microsoft about listing only on its site, reported by Sarah Rabil at Bloomberg.

Microsoft is seeking exclusive content to draw users to its Bing search engine in an industry dominated by Google, which has about six times as many U.S. users. News Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rupert Murdoch said this month he may block Google from scanning and indexing stories from his newspapers, which include the Wall Street Journal and Times of London.

 

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