http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,592203,00.htmlMURDOCH: So, we’re very happy with The Journal.
CAVUTO: And then that big blue guy from "Avatar" helps, right?
MURDOCH: That helped a lot.
CAVUTO: OK.
MURDOCH: It was — yes, that contributed probably something a bit more than $200 million to this quarter...
CAVUTO: All right. And...
MURDOCH: ...and will produce, you know, more in the next quarter, not as much, and then more next year. It will slowly run down.
And he's eyeing the iPad.
I have one of these iPad devices. I get The Journal on this iPad device. And you had said a long time ago the content will still be necessary. The vehicle over which it’s carried will be the only debate.
Do you think that this device, the iPad, is going to be, for newspapers, the printed word, the savior?
MURDOCH: Yes, I think digital printing — look, there’s never been such demand for journalism as there is today, nor as much consumption.
I mean, just look at Fox News or its competitors. People are consuming and needing news all the time. We don’t care in the least whether it goes out on a piece of paper or whether it goes out on a digital platform. There will be many competitors to the iPad.
CAVUTO: But is this your favorite device?
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MURDOCH: Well, it’s the only one at the moment, but there are ones coming.
CAVUTO: Well, there are others that carry "The Wall Street Journal."
MURDOCH: Oh, little ones, you know — yes, but I mean big ones, where you can really see the display.
CAVUTO: You met with Steve Jobs, right?
MURDOCH: Yes, about a week ago, 10 days ago.