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Murdoch says News Corp, Yahoo tie-up very unlikely

News Corp's Rupert Murdoch said it was "very unlikely" his company would be involved in any Yahoo transaction and said Yahoo and Microsoft would not end up with any deal. SUN VALLEY, IDAHO--News Corp's Rupert Murdoch said it was "very unlikely" his company would be involved in any Yahoo...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Rupert Murdoch, Microsoft Corp., Murdoch, Internet, Social Networking, Advertising & Promotion, Financial Accounting, Online Communications, Marketing, Finance, Reuters, Yahoo, News Corp., Microsoft, Microhoo, mergers

News items 2008-07-11

Fox Interactive reshuffles: Social media and making money tough

Fox Interactive confirmed Friday that it has reshuffled its management and ad operations--a sign that problems monetizing Myspace persist. First, the generic headline from the statement that confirmed a lot of coverage. Fox Interactive named Adam Bain to be president of Fox Interactive Media Audience Network. Key...

Tags: Revenue, Fox Interactive Media, Social Media, Rupert Murdoch, News Corp., MySpace, FIM, PaidContent, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-04

To Rupert Murdoch: Is MySpace acquisition really 'paid for'?

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Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, MySpace acquisition, Rupert Murdoch, MySpace, acquisition

Discussion threads 2007-12-02

Web 2.0 Summit: Rupert Murdoch and Chris DeWolfe

Rupert Murdoch and his employee Chris DeWolfe, co-founder of MySpace, took the stage at the Web 2.0 Summit this evening. During the interview conducted by conference co-host John Battelle, DeWolfe said that the MySpace platform is opening up in the next few months, including a sandbox for two million...

Tags: Web, Facebook, Rupert Murdoch, MySpace, Web 2.0, Social Networking, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-10-17

Fox Interactive turns annual profit; MySpace revenue to top $800 million in fiscal 2008

News Corp. said its Fox Interactive unit, which largely consists of MySpace, turned a profit of $10 million on revenue of $550 million for the fiscal year ending June 30.Overall, News Corp. reported fourth quarter earnings from continuing operations of $890 million on revenue of $7.36 billion. News Corp....

Tags: Revenue, News Corp., MySpace, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-08-08

Rupe zeroes in on Dow Jones

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has reached an agreement to buy Dow Jones for $5 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal.That price tag is the same as Murdoch's original offer and the Dow Jones board will meet tonight to approve the deal. What remains to be seen is whether the...

Tags: Web Technology, General

Blog posts 2007-07-17

Rupe ready to close Dow Jones deal?

The Business, citing "sources acting for the Dow Jones board, is reporting that News Corp and Rupert Murdoch have sealed the purchase of Dow Jones.Here's what The Business is reporting:Negotiations have been completed and the board is confident the terms of the deal will be accepted by the Bancroft family,...

Tags: General, Web Technology

Blog posts 2007-07-06

MySpace, Yahoo swap would be brilliant--for Rupe

Legacies in business are made by buying low and selling high. The asset swapped doesn't matter. And if Rupert Murdoch manages to unload MySpace he'll cement his already impressive legacy. The Times of London reports that Murdoch's News Corp. is exploring a swap of MySpace for a Yahoo stake north...

Tags: Yahoo, Web Technology, MySpace, General

Blog posts 2007-06-20

MySpace Friends: Rupert Murdoch is NOT the boss!

Rupert Murdoch is not the boss of me!So believes Eli Pariser, Executive Director, MoveOn.org Political Action, and he wants fellow civic organizers to believe the same.In a joint panel appearance today with MySpace Senior Vice President for Public Affairs, Jeff Berman, at the Personal Democracy Forum underway in New York...

Tags: YouTube, User-Generated Content, Social Networking, MySpace

Blog posts 2007-05-18

Murdoch coveting Dow Jones...and Facebook?

The New York Times Richard Siklos wrote a profile of Rupert Murdoch that including some interesting details from a News Corp. executive offsite. He reported that the 76-year-old media mogul spent some quality time with 23-year-old Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg at the Monterey, CA offsite, which was set up for...

Tags: Facebook, Rupert Murdoch, News Corp., Dow Jones & Company Inc.

Blog posts 2007-05-12

Rupert Murdoch shows that news isn't dead

The death of newspapers is much reported these days, but the continuing life of the companies that operate newspapers is underreported. Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. offered $60 a share for Dow Jones this week, a 71 percent premium on the price of shares in the publisher of The Wall Street...

Tags: Business &, Technology

Blog posts 2007-05-02

Rupert Murdoch's excellent adventure

Rupert Murdoch's excellent adventureInvestors are doomedAs an investor and subscriber to the WSJ it's difficult enough to overlook all of the right wing demagoguery that pervades both the journal and CNBC just to get to the business news. If Murdoch takes over they can just call it CNFOX NEWS and...

Tags: Financial accounting, Rupert Murdoch, investor

Discussion threads 2007-05-01

Rupert Murdoch's excellent adventure

Is Rupert Murdoch shrewd or what? Perhaps that MySpace acquisition wasnt a fluke. Murdochs News Corp. made an unsolicited bid for Dow Jones and wants to pay a whopping $60 a share. Dow Jones closed at $36.33 on Monday. In a statement, Dow Jones said its evaluating the offer.To understand...

Tags: General, Media Juggernaut, MySpace, Web Technology

Blog posts 2007-05-01

Web 2.0 Social Networks: Cool but marginal and unprofitable?

Has Cisco made the RIGHT bet on Social Networks?Not according to Om Malik who offers a "News flash" for Cisco: This social software thing – it is too marginal, doesn’t make money and can’t make you cool.Really? Apparently Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. CEO and proud corporate owner of MySpace,...

Tags: Advertising, Amateur Content, Business Models, Media, MySpace, ROI, Search, Search Advertising, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Software, Social Web, Television, TV, User-Generated Content, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2007-03-03

Fox Business Channel: Nicer than CNBC?

Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corp., is a consummate business man. He let it be known today that he also is a friend to business.Murdoch confirmed this morning while keynoting at the 2007 Media Summit New York that he will be launching a new business news cable channel this year...

Tags: TV, Television, CNBC, Fox

Blog posts 2007-02-08

Off topic: Murdoch apologizes - OJ special and book canceled

Off topic but I had to comment. According to a report I just read in the Wall St. Journal (pay site - no link), Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp., has apologized for the incredibly poor taste shown by Fox TV in planning a two-part special featuring OJ Simpson ruminating...

Tags: Rupert Murdoch, Off-Topic

Blog posts 2006-11-20

To Rupert Murdoch: Is MySpace acquisition really 'paid for'?

Upon the conclusion of yesterdays Google Q3 earnings conference call, I put forth: Google, MySpace $900 million dollar NOT done deal?:Contrary to popular belief, the Google–MySpace “partnership” is not a $900 million dollar “done deal.”...Today’s Google Q3 earnings conference call revealed that the entire Google-MySpace agreement is contingent; A definitive...

Tags: agreement, Google Inc., MySpace

Blog posts 2006-10-20

News Corp. in talks to buy search engine

News Corp. in talks to buy search engineCompetition is goodStick up a suggestions email address.The problem here is......it's highly unlikely that Rupert Murdoch could resist the temptation to use said search engine to plug his own products and/or politics. People have to trust a search engine to find what...

Tags: SEARCH, Xcite, search engine, Rupert Murdoch, News Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-08-12

Additional Resources

Jewel Quest 3 (exe)

Rupert and Emma have finally settled down and opened a Museum to display their many new found artifacts. While playing with a mysterious jewel board, their daughter Natalie unknowingly pops open a secret compartment. Suddenly, the air is filled with a cloud of spores, and Natalie's vision begins to fade....

Tags: Board, Daughter, Clue, SpinTop Games, Natalie, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law

Software downloads 2008-07-22

Yahoo may revisit News Corp if AOL dims: source

Yahoo is unlikely to get into a bidding war over AOL with Microsoft because Yahoo could instead renew talks over News Corp's Web properties. NEW YORK--Yahoo is unlikely to get into a bidding war over AOL with Microsoft because if Microsoft gets in the way, Yahoo could instead renew...

Tags: America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft-Icahn Proposal, Financial Accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Finance, Investment, Reuters, Yahoo, Microsoft, Microhoo, merger, News Corps, AOL

News items 2008-07-18