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Murdoch is joined by rivals who may pull out of Google

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Bloomberg San Francisco

Publishers of the Denver Post and the Dallas Morning News may pull some of their stories from Google’s news site, a move that would emulate News Corp’s Rupert Murdoch.

News Corp is considering blocking Google’s search engine from displaying its news articles and is talking to Microsoft about displaying stories on its Bing site, people familiar with the situation said.

MediaNews Group the Post’s publisher, will block Google News when it starts charging readers in Pennsylvania and California for online content next year, Chief Executive Officer Dean Singleton said.

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First Published: Nov 25 2009 | 12:42 AM IST

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