@ D8: Murdoch: ‘What’s An iPod Without Music?’
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It may not qualify as irony but it is a lovely coincidence: the same week that The Times and The Sunday Times go behind a paywall, News Corp… Read more »
News Corp. Execs Admit MySpace ‘Big Mistakes’ But Insist Trends Are Better
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Maybe Ross Levinsohn had a worst-case scenario where nearly five years after the acquisition of MySpace for $580 million, top News Corp (NYS… Read more »
Murdoch: WSJ iPad App Has 64,000 Active Users — And We Keep The Money
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It’s not even a rounding error but one of the numbers Rupert Murdoch seemed to really enjoy tossing out during the News Corp earnings call:… Read more »
Murdoch’s Plan For Paywall Success: Readers Will Pay ‘When They’ve Got Nowhere Else To Go’
This Sunday Google (NSDQ: GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt will address the American Society of News Editors at their conference in Washington D.C. –… Read more »
Liberty’s Malone Will Be Out As DirecTV Chairman; Maffei Leaving Board, Too
Over the past few years satellite distributor DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) serially has been under the control of two of the most powerful men in med… Read more »
@ CMS2010: A Dose Of Wolff: Rupe’s Mad As Hell, Newspapers Are Over
Nothing like a good, hard dose of scathing reality to scare the hell out of a media audience. Michael Wolff – the Vanity Fair columnist, New… Read more »
Video: Murdoch: Newspaper Ad Model Isn’t Dead
photo: Rupert Murdoch on FoxBusiness.com 3-11-2010
News Corp.. (NYSE: NWS) Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch celebrates his 79th birthday with a cameo on his own Fox Business Network. Among the… Read more »
@ ADMS: Murdoch’s Speech In Full: ‘If A Wind Blows, Ride It’
At the opening speech of the first Abu Dhabi Media Summit, Rupert Murdoch is exhorting Arab nations to open up and let creative talents flow… Read more »
Murdoch On WSJ’s NYC Edition: ‘Ready To Give NY Post Some Competition’ — And One Unnamed Paper Too
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In a speech before the Real Estate Board of New York, Rupert Murdoch finally acknowledged that WSJ will launch its special New York metro ed… Read more »
News Corp. Murdoch: Content Is Not Just King, It’s The Emperor; MySpace Traffic ‘Stabilizes’
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During News Corp.’s earnings call, a triumphant Rupert Murdoch asked listeners to pardon his lack of humility, but he boasted that the compa… Read more »
Shocker: Murdoch Visits UK Newstand
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[by Roy Greenslade] Imagine the scene: a busy newsagent’s shop in west London one morning. A hard-pressed woman behind the counter recognise… Read more »
Video: Murdoch: Bing Can’t Afford Exclusive News Deals
If it’s Tuesday — or any day of the week lately for that matter — it must be time for Rupert Murdoch to hit the tube. Today’s conduit: his… Read more »
Top Murdoch Adviser Ginsberg Leaving; Everett Promoted
Another executive change at News Corp.: Gary Ginsberg, one of Rupert Murdoch’s top advisers, is leaving the company at the end of the year.… Read more »
Video: Murdoch Making News Invisible To Search Engines? Not So Fast
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Rupert Murdoch was in Sydney for the latest News Corp earnings call but that wasn’t the only talking he did down under. The News Corp (NYSE:… Read more »
News Corp. Isn’t Talking To NBC Or About Travel; Online Fee Plans Delayed; Kindle Still Not Enough
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Rupert Murdoch knocked down at least one acquisition rumor — one he helped give life to at the News Corp annual meeting — and left one sta… Read more »
Malone, Murdoch Kick NBCU’s Tires, But No Test Drives
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As luck would have it, the News Corp (NYSE: NWS). and Liberty Media (NSDQ: LINTA) annual meetings both took place in New York today — the s… Read more »
Murdoch In S Korea To Talk On Broadband Content With Samsung, Others
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When was the last time you heard the word “MySpace” from Murdoch? Exactly. Any trip he makes these days turns out to be about, well, what el… Read more »
Earnings: News Corp. Operating Income Dropped 30 Percent In FY09 — And Murdoch’s Pleased
photo: AP Photo / Virginia Mayo
You read that right. News Corp (NYSE: NWS). reported full-year results showing a 30 percent drop in adjusted operating income for the year,… Read more »
Earnings Call: Tweeting Murdoch: News Corp. Plans To Start Charging For More News Sites In FY10
photo: AP Photo / Virginia Mayo
Some of my live Twitter coverage of the News Corp (NYSE: NWS). FY09/Q4 earnings call. Among other things, News Corp Chairman and CEO Rupert… Read more »
Murdoch Says News Corp. Kindle-Like Device ‘Isn’t Likely’: ‘We’ll Be Absolutely Neutral’
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Updated In the latest round of will he-won’t he, Rupert Murdoch told his own Fox Business Network not to expect a Kindle-like device from Ne… Read more »
Murdoch: ‘I Blame Myself’ For MySpace Mess
photo: AP Photo / Virginia Mayo
Missed this during my travels — Rupert Murdoch admitting to fault for the way MySpace morphed into an overgrown company in need of a massiv… Read more »
Murdoch: Most Papers Will be Digital In 10 Years; Carey Not ‘Heir Apparent’
For the second time in as many weeks, News Corp (NYSE: NWS). Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch is back on his own airwaves (dressed a little m… Read more »
Murdoch’s Memo: ‘Not A Time To Stand Still’
Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch used the announcement of Chase Carey as his new deputy to offer News Corp (NYSE: NWS) staff — and the rest… Read more »
It’s Official: Carey To Leave DirecTV, Succeed Chernin At News Corp.
Updated: Rupert Murdoch wanted Chase Carey back at News Corp (NYSE: NWS). as his second in command and he’s got him. Carey, who was a senior… Read more »
DirecTV’s Chase Carey Could Return To News Corp. As Vice Chairman
*News Corp.* vet and *DirecTV* CEO Chase Carey could be headed back to the mother ship as the latest in a series of management shifts follow… Read more »
