"That’s my theory: Rupert isn’t a technophobic loon who will send his empire to the bottom of the ocean while waging war on search engines. Instead, he’s an out-of-touch moustache-twirler who’s set his sights on remaking the web as a toll booth (with him in the collector’s seat), and his plan hinges on a touchingly naive approach to geopolitics."

Rupert Murdoch: for whom the net tolls | Technology | guardian.co.uk