David Kaplan
Jun 25, 2010 4:54 PM
Beliefnet, the multi-faith-based news and discussion site, has laid off a “great number” of staffers today in advance of News Corp.‘s sale of the company to BN Media, paidContent has learned. An announcement is expected this afternoon. Representatives from News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). and Beliefnet did not return calls seeking…
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Staci D. Kramer
Oct 29, 2009 11:00 AM
It’s the end of an era for Beliefnet: Steve Waldman, who cofounded the multifaith site in 1999 and stayed as president and editor-in-chief when it was sold to News Corp (NYSE: NWS). in late 2007, is leaving to become a special adviser to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. The chairman, who…
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David Kaplan
Feb 12, 2008 1:21 PM
Steve Waldman’s decision to sell faith-focused community site BeliefNet to News Corp (NYSE: NWS). last December wasn’t an easy one. Speaking on a panel at the Media Dealmakers Summit in New York, Waldman, the site’s co-founder and editor-in-chief, said some shareholders needed convincing. “The question for me and our board…
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Staci D. Kramer
Dec 4, 2007 8:47 PM
As we explained last night, Fox Digital Media is expanding its role within News Corp., (NYSE: NWS) starting publicly with the acquisition of Beliefnet completed Tuesday morning. FDM, led by Dan Fawcett, now becomes, in essence, an owner and operator, of sites it develops and acquires; it also will be…
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Rafat Ali
Dec 4, 2007 12:02 AM
Beliefnet, the NYC-based multi-faith community site which has been around since 1999 and has gone through Chapter 11 bankruptcy, has finally been bought. The buyer is News Corp…yes, the company has found faith, well, multi-faith, according to FishBowlNYC and since then also confirmed to us by sources. Beliefnet was launched…
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