Update: NOTW Redux? News International Registers “SunOnSunday” Domains
Update: So now the mystery has been solved. Some time late today, the ownerships of the domain names thesunonsunday.co.uk and sunonsunday.co… Read more »
News Corp-BSkyB: ‘Fit & Proper’ Role Called Into Question On E-Mail Charge
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On the surface, News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) appears to remain hopeful that its intended acquisition of the 61 percent of UK TV provider BSkyB (NYS… Read more »
Mid-Year Media Stock Review: Content Trumped Tech in First Half of 2011
Turns out content was king during the first half of 2011, as CBS (NYSE: CBS), Comcast/NBCU (NSDQ: CMCSA), and News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) posted s… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 07-08-11
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» More iPhone 5 Rumors Abound, While Jailbreakers Find A Hole In Today’s iOS (paidContent)
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Murdoch At The Center Of The Story — But Not In Control
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For a man who’s spent his entire life in the media business and understands it as well as anybody who’s ever lived, Rupert Murdoch is quite… Read more »
News Of The World’s Closure Brings Abrupt End To One Murdoch Paywall
When the News of the World disappears from print this Sunday, its digital assets will be going right out the door with it. Or will they? NOT… Read more »
Blow for Big Media as Court Rejects FCC Bid to Relax Cross-Ownership Rules
Public interest groups and at least one FCC commissioner cheered on Thursday after a federal appeals court threw out part of the agency’s me… Read more »
News Corp. Seen Weathering Tabloid Scandal Despite Black Eye for News Int.
News Corp.’s dramatic decision to close News of the World, the leading UK tabloid engulfed in a growing phone-hacking and police payoffs sca… Read more »
News Corp’s Bid For BSkyB Up In The Air Again, May Blow Up
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The fire that has engulfed The News of the World newspaper over the phone hacking scandal has threatened to spread to the rest of News Inter… Read more »
James Murdoch: ‘Sullied’ Tabloid Will Close Sunday
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In the face of tremendous, growing outrage over ethical and legal breaches by the UK’s largest tabloid, New Corp. bowed to pressure with an… Read more »
Industry Moves: Turner/MySpace; thePlatform; Hotwire; Kirusa
– Turner Broadcasting: The company has confirmed that Anthony Lukom is VP and GM of UK and Ireland for Turner in Europe. He will lead the b… Read more »
Murdoch Responds To Hacking Claims From Sun Valley
Rupert Murdoch is standing by News International head Rebekah Brooks in his first public statement on the new phone hacking accusations caus… Read more »
Update: HuffPo UK ‘We’re The Only Independent Digital Destination For News’
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Today, Arianna Huffington’s online news phenomenon The Huffington Post is making its European debut, with the launch of Huffington Post UK,… Read more »
Specific Media’s MySpace Deal: Transforming An Ad Net Into A Media Company
Even before serious talk began that MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) was in play , Specific Media co-founder and CEO Tim Vanderhook was looking for an ac… Read more »
Update 2: Hacked Off Public May Derail News Corp Over Dowler Scandal
The newest voicemail hacking scandal that has engulfed the UK tabloid News of the World was described by one commentator today as a “slow mo… Read more »
The Times’ Paywall Puzzle: Baffling But Beneficial
The Times reaches 100,000 digital subscribers and I’m still baffled by their online strategy. I ought to be better-placed than many to figur… Read more »
TimberSpace: Songs To Rescue Social Networks By
He may not have realized it at time of writing, but Justin Timberlake foretold the MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) story through his music — long befor… Read more »
A Year Behind The ‘Wall’, The Times Has 101,036 Digital Subscribers
One year after it introduced digital charges, News Corp.’s Times Newspapers in the UK says it has 101,036 digital subscribers across the web… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 06-30-11
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» Specific Media Buys MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) for $35 Million; Justin Timberlake Gets A Stake (paidContent)
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Charting MySpace: The End Of An Era
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Maybe the second time’s a charm? MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) has been bought by ad network Specific Media with Justin Timberlake as an owner and a r… Read more »
Next Issue Media Works To Build The Storefront Before The Audience Arrives
Magazine joint venture Next Issue Media is adding six titles to its digital storefront on the Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Android-powered Samsung Ga… Read more »
Specific Media Buys MySpace for $35 Million; Justin Timberlake Gets A Stake
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Online ad firm Specific Media has agreed to take MySpace off News Corp.’s hands for between $35 and $40 million, according to AllThingsD and… Read more »
News Corp Buys Up Australian Parenting Blogs
News Corporation’s Australian division has acquired a series of parenting and child-related blog sites headed by Kidspot. Read more »
Update: MySpace Sale Rolling To Conclusion; Cutting Staff By More Than Half
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Several parties are still negotiating to buy all or part of MySpace (NSDQ: NWS), building to a possible conclusion before News Corp.’s fisca… Read more »
Disney Programming Deal With Hulu Would Transfer In Sale
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A new agreement between Disney (NYSE: DIS) and online video joint venture Hulu includes transfer rights to a new owner, paidContent has lear… Read more »
The Times Will Allow PayPal Payment
PayPal has felt need to press-release the fact that News International’s The Times and Sunday Times websites will allow users to pay for acc… Read more »
Is Hulu In Play Or Just Jumping Through Hoops?
Someone wants Hulu to be in play — or at least the idea of a possible sale to be very public. The Wall Street Journal reported late Tuesday… Read more »
The Daily’s Launch Exec Picton Joins Mail Online
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Former Sun Online editor Pete Picton, who we revealed in September was called up to help launch News Corp.’s The Daily in New York, has now… Read more »
New York Post Blocks iPad Access Via Safari To Sell Subscriptions
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It must have sounded like a great idea to someone at News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) at the time: “Hey, I know how we can sell more subscriptions thro… Read more »
@ Cable Show: Britt: ‘No Such Thing As A TV Anymore’
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Whether it was Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) CEO Glenn Britt declaring TV is dead, long live the video screen or Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) CEO… Read more »
Rupert, Wendi And Google In Chinese Video Site’s $200 Million IPO
Rupert and Wendi Deng Murdoch and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) may benefit from the planned $200 million Nasdaq floatation of Xunlei (“Swift Thunder”… Read more »
News Corp’s Project Alesia Team Releasing An iPad Product After All
Some of the thinking behind News Corp.’s attempt at aggregating its rivals’ news publications on tablets devices will live on despite being… Read more »
BSkyB Unifying Out-Of-Home Viewing As ‘Sky Go’
UK satcaster BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is adopting the German and Austrian brand for its mobile, on-demand and iPTV viewing options. From July, its… Read more »
What’s Up With MySpace (And Why Isn’t Yahoo Interested)?
Is the MySpace sale saga nearing a close? News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). may finally be near the end of the painful process of finding a resolution… Read more »
Yahoo’s Levinsohn: ‘I’m Not Crazy’
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Three Junes ago, Ross Levinsohn and his investment partner Jon Miller were caught up in the drama of Yahoo as Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) tried t… Read more »
Where Book Publishers Can Find More Digital Talent
Can publishers develop the skills they need to survive in a digital world–social marketing, search engine optimization, app development–fr… Read more »
Current TV Chief Claims Murdoch’s Sky Italia Broke Commitment
Tom Mockridge, the chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s Sky Italia, told the chief executive of Al Gore’s Current TV over lunch that there wo… Read more »
Bloomberg’s Tyrangiel: Website Revamp Represents Best Bid For Influence
The remaking of Bloomberg.com into a more appealing news site for a general business professional and major brand advertisers is being fully… Read more »
Look Out, Pearson; Murdoch Is Serious About Online Education
At the eG8 forum in Paris, where a range of tech execs shared mostly predictable and prosaic views on Tuesday, the most unlikely spectacle w… Read more »
Wall Street Journal Reporter Takes Heat Over Tone Of Privacy Series
In many ways, the series of articles about online privacy that the Wall Street Journal began publishing last year has set the tone for the p… Read more »
