The surprise move comes after reports that News Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch is in discussions with Microsoft to deliver paid access to News Corporation content through rival search engine Bing.
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My alternative idea is for the Newspaper Publishers Association, the Newspaper Society, the PPA and the commercial broadcasters to get together and create their own news search engine.
In the past few years, it has closed down under-performing and non-core sites like social bookmarking service Delicious, search engine AltaVista, online news aggregator Buzz, and social network MyBlogLog.