Just a thought: maybe there could be a business version of Iron Chef that would begin..."And so I say unto you, in the words of my father, let the bidding war for control of Newsday...be-gin!"UPDATE | May 2nd -...
Whats sure to be the wildest hostiletakeover ever!Yahoo finally takes up Google's offerto form strategic partnership to fend off hostile takeover by Microsoft. Google's CEO Eric E. Schmidt, placed a call to...
The plot thickens..."
Microsoft has a new competitor for Yahoo's affections: Rupert Murdoch.The Netco is talking to News Corp. about a potential deal that would merge Yahoo with News Corp.'s Web assets like MySpace...
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Holy cash cow: Fox not only leads the cable news ratings they also dominate the dollars from America's largest sporting event."News Corp's Fox network generated about $250 million from Super Bowl television...
The rumors keep on rolling around the surprise semi-hostile Microsoft bid for Yahoo. Sillicon Alley Insider says they’ve heard that a couple of hedge funds were already preparing their own bids for Yahoo, and were...
I don't know that BBC and MySpace are the most logical partners, but the BBC seems to view this opportunity as an effective means of getting programming out to new audiences; and MySpaceTV does have 'localized...
This is something to watch:"For News Corp, judgement time is here. The company’s Hulu video site - touted in the press as a “YouTube rival”, is scheduled for an immediate test launch. Meanwhile, the MySpace...
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Rupert Murdoch should know better than to cross Super Fans--a powerful legion of fandom has proven far stronger than any one rich dude many times in the past few years (see: Snakes on a Plane, Lost, Heroes, et. al)....
highlighted by Kaitlin | 51 wks ago | updated 51 wks ago 601 views | 0 comments
I still can't believe that Rupert Murdoch has become the poster boy for the Internet. Believe it or not, he'll be the keynote at next week's Web 2.0 event. Word has it that it'll be tied to myspace's move to the bay area:"Unable to find enough talented engineers...
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CNN reports that the sale of Dow Jones to News Corp has been officially approved by the board. Dow Jones & Co. has accepted Rupert Murdoch's acquisition offer. The $5 billion offer was accepted by the...
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"Rupert Murdoch is going to come in as a purpose-driven, hands-on manager with an agenda."Here are the highlights from the video:The current executives have been driftingMy compete with the NYTimesMay go into things...
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Great...now what the hell are you going to do on MySpace? "Popular Internet social network MySpace said on Tuesday it detected and deleted 29,000 convicted sex offenders on its service, more than four times the...
I missed this when it first came out but apparently Rupert Murdoch recently made this statement:"When asked recently by the Wall Street Journal whether newspaper readers were going to MySpace, News Corp. CEO Rupert...
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With News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch in clear control of the puppet (and purse) strings at MySpace, it might not be too surprising to see the site getting into the news biz, but it will be interesting to see what kind...