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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

Web 2.0 success metrics: Revenues, profits in 2007?

Google’s Matt Cutts takes a break from personal holiday festivities to “come to Yahoo’s defense about something,” in his post today, “Page view metrics? Bah humbug!"Is Cutts spreading some search engine ecumenical cheer in the spirit of holiday togetherness?Cutts’ AJAX shout-out for Yahoo Mail is not disinterested; His “mini-rant about...

Tags: Web 2.0, Web, revenue, FIM, Yahoo! Inc.

Blog posts 2006-12-23

MySpace: Bragging rights vs. revenues

When Ross Levinsohn ran Fox Interactive (FIM), one of his prime objectives was to “overtake” Yahoo, as I put forth in “Fox Interactive to Yahoo: watch out, we are on your digital tail!”: Levinsohn is not content that the online properties he oversees represent the "second biggest Internet company in...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., FIM, Ross Levinsohn, MySpace

Blog posts 2006-12-13

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How much are your friends worth?

News Corp. revealed yesterday that its new media subsidiary Fox Interactive Media (FIM) has missed this year's revenue target of $1bn by 10 per cent. FIM's portfolio is dominated by MySpace which accounts for the majority of its revenue, bringing into question once again the ability to monetize the huge...

Tags: Advertisement, Google AdWords, News Corp., MySpace, Advertiser, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear

Blog posts 2008-05-08

Monetizing social media: Still an uphill climb; Some friends may be worthless

News Corp. confirmed what had been reported for weeks: Fox Interactive revenue isn't going to hit its targets. The problem: Social networking is still very hard to monetize. Does inventory matter when you can't sell it? Peter Chernin, News Corp.'s operating chief, delivered his state of MySpace...

Tags: Social Media, MySpace, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-08

Report: MySpace turning News Corp. stock toxic; advertisers shy of UGC

While I don't normally comment on matters relating to Wall Street here on The Social Web, a Bloomberg article published today raises a number issues relating to News Corp.'s attempts to extract profit from MySpace. After Fox Interactive Media (FIM), the company division that runs MySpace, said...

Tags: Fox Interactive Media, Stock, News Corp., MySpace, Advertiser, Social Networking, Branding, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear

Blog posts 2008-04-21

Barcode2PDF (exe)

Barcode2PDF allow you to create various barcodes, such as Code39, Code93, Code128, EAN13, EAN8, Codabar, FIM, MSI, and POSTNET. You can export a BMP file, yet batch generate barcodes from data file to PDF file, then you can print barcode labels immediately or send mail to the other. This version...

Tags: Barcode, HanMing Soft

Software downloads 2008-04-15

As Microhoo turns: In today's episode Google goes gunshy; News Corp plays ball

These incremental Microsoft-Yahoo updates can get tiring. At least we're not killing trees with them. As a public service, here's a roundup of the latest chatter about Microsoft's $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo. Google gets cold feet. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that has lost enthusiasm...

Tags: Google Inc., TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, Yahoo! Inc., Asset Management, Outsourcing, Operational Planning, Business Operations, It Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-13

Did Google get hosed on its MySpace search deal?

Fox Interactive gets 27 percent of its revenue from an ad deal between Google and MySpace forged in August 2006. Meanwhile, Google executives complain about how hard it is to monetize social networking traffic. Funny how deals that looked like pure genius a few months ago can backfire. ...

Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., MySpace, Fox Interactive Media, Social Networking, Operational Accounting, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-05

iWinSoft Barcode Generator (msi)

iWinSoft Barcode Generator is a powerful but easy-to-use barcode solution that lets anyone generate, export, and print barcodes. It supports the most popular barcode types, such as: EAN 13, EAN 8, UPCA, UPCE, ISBN, ISSN, Code 128, Code 11, Code 93, Code 39, FIM Codes (3 types), Codabar, ITF14, Postnet,...

Tags: Generator, iWinSoft Barcode Generator

Software downloads 2008-01-14

iWinSoft Barcode Maker for Mac (dmg)

iWinSoft Barcode Maker is a professional Barcode Label software for Mac OS X which Create up to 20 types of barcodes. It supports many types of barcode symbologies like UPC A, UPC E, EAN 13, EAN 8, ISBN, ISSN, Postnet, FIM Codes, Horizontal bars , Code 128, Codabar, Code 39,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Type, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-09-25

PrecisionID USPS Postnet Fonts (zip)

This PrecisionID USPS Postnet Barcode Font Package contains TrueType and PostScript fonts, each supplied in normal and light intensity. Planet and FIM barcode fonts are also included. The package also contains complete documentation, specifications, PrecisionID Font Formatting Components and implementation examples. Version 3 improved application examples and installation program.

Tags: U.S. Postal Service, Font

Software downloads 2007-05-15

MySpace wants Photobucket? Where is Google!

News Corp’s Fox Interactive Media (FIM) nears deal to buy Photobucket, is the latest M & A industry chatter/rumor, courtesy of an unidentified person, this time cited by The New York Times:Photobucket allows its users to store photos and videos and then easily drop them into their pages on prominent...

Tags: YouTube, Yahoo, Web 2.0, Wall Street, Video, User-Generated Content, Social Web, Social Networking, Search, Google Software Applications, Google

Blog posts 2007-05-08

MySpace: Can software really make it safer?

You don’t have to be an underage minor to fear MySpace.Google News MySpace headlines today:"MySpace phishing scam exposes details of 60,000 users""Suspect posts details of shooting on MySpace""Death row and MySpace""MySpace.com posting leads to man’s arrest"Such headlines are negatively impacting MySpace corporate owner News Corp.I asked Ross Levinsohn last October...

Tags: Web 2.0, Culture, User-Generated Content, MySpace, Social Web, Amateur Content, Brands, Privacy, Social Networking, Social Media

Blog posts 2007-01-18

Will MySpace try to monetize its ecosystem?

Over the last year or so, many companies and products have sprung up which attempt to feed off of MySpaces success - widgets, embeddable media players etc. Some of which have been blocked by MySpace, while others such as YouTube have been met with direct competition from the social network...

Tags: YouTube, Social Networks, MySpace, Widgets

Blog posts 2007-01-16

Is the Web 2.0 party over? Anti-social media

Cease and Desist orders, DMCA takedown notices, lawsuits...whats so friendly about social media these days?John Battelle laments (colorfully) that the Universal Music vs. MySpace legal battle for copyright exploitation is spoiling not only Americas impending Thanksgiving celebrations, but the entire Web 2.0 free-to-the consumer party that he helped brand:I knew...

Tags: Business Models, Web 2.0, Media, Advertising, Search, Culture, Google, Yahoo, MySpace, Social Web, Video, YouTube, Amateur Content, Brands, Marketing, Self-Promotion, Copyright, Content, Social Networking, Social Media, ROI, Metrics, Web

Blog posts 2006-11-18

$6 billion MySpace: Will this Levinsohn cash in?

Ross Levinsohn is no longer a fan of MySpace; His ex-boss, however, continues to sing its very high praises, to the tune of $6 billion. Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, News Corp., touted a $6 billion MySpace “flip” price tag to shareholders in Australia earlier in the...

Tags: Outsourcing, MySpace, Fox Interactive Media, News Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Ross Levinsohn

Blog posts 2006-11-17

News on Digg acquisition? How about MySpace?

The latest Web 2.0 acquisition “rumors,” courtesy of TechCrunch:"Digg has been in recent acquisition discussions with a number of companies, including News Corp., according to multiple sources close to the negotiations."News Corp. is undoubtedly always on the lookout to further expand its Fox Interactive Media (FIM) stable of Internet properties...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Outsourcing, MySpace, News Corp., Fox Interactive Media, acquisition, Google Inc.

Blog posts 2006-10-25

Who needs social media? Junk CPMs, inventory glut, 'Sexxy Sangria'

Yahoo CEO Terry Semel latched on for dear Wall Street life to “Social Media” in his Q3 (disappointing) earnings conference call last week. I projected Yahoo’s call to Social Media arms in “Yahoo vs. Facebook, MySpace, Digg, YouTube”:The Yahoo – Facebook story of most significance is not if/when/how Yahoo may...

Tags: social media, Yahoo! Inc.

Blog posts 2006-10-23

Google, MySpace $900 million dollar NOT done deal?

Contrary to popular belief, the Google–MySpace “partnership” is not a $900 million dollar “done deal.”Google “announced a multi-year search technology and services agreement” last August:whereby Google will be the exclusive search and keyword targeted advertising sales provider for Fox Interactive Medias growing network of web properties including MySpace.com. The agreement...

Tags: Google Inc., MySpace

Blog posts 2006-10-19