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- Rupert Murdoch's grand subscription plan: Much ado over minimal revenue?
- Rupert Murdoch's grand subscription plan: Much ado over minimal revenue?Won't workThe only way News will get their revenue offset is if 'the pipe' is charged; in other words ISPs get charged and pass along the cost to you in the form of an increase surcharge on your broadband account.When a...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Operational accounting, grand subscription plan, minimal revenue, News Corp., Much Ado, subscription plan, Rupert Murdoch, revenue
- Discussion threads 2009-08-06
- Rupert Murdoch's grand subscription plan: Much ado over minimal revenue?
- News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch said that the company will begin charging for its news sites. The details were a bit vague, but Murdoch said News Corp.'s big experiment kicks off in 2010. The larger question is whether this move is much ado about little revenue. We'll...
- Tags: Revenue, Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch, News Corp., Quality Journalism, Weinkes, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-06
- The Obama lesson to Rupert Murdoch
- The Obama lesson to Rupert Murdoch"I learn from criticism"There certainly is no shortage of that around here. I visit here often but it's not out of loyalty, more like a junkie getting his fix. I would really like to kick the habit and move on to looking and...
- Tags: Government, Tools & Techniques, Games, OPEN SOURCE, Planetside, Obama, Rupert Murdoch, Dana
- Discussion threads 2009-05-12
- The Obama lesson to Rupert Murdoch
- The success of any Internet endeavor, whether it's political or a business, does not lie in how many people read a piece of copy. It lies in the reach readers themselves give that content, through Talkbacks, through links, even through uncredited mentions on social networks. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Rupert Murdoch, Internet, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-05-12
- Rupert Murdoch: Worst over; MySpace exec changes will regain momentum
- Rupert Murdoch: Worst over; MySpace exec changes will regain momentumDow JonesWhat about Dow Jones? How'd they doMy worse does he mean they are going too die slower now?Pagan jimI believe it's going to take deeper changes than just the CEO.One of the huge reasons MySpace is floundering has more...
- Tags: MySpace, advertisement, Rupert Murdoch
- Discussion threads 2009-05-06
- Rupert Murdoch: Worst over; MySpace exec changes will regain momentum
- News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch says it "is increasingly clear that the worst is over" for the economy and ad market. Meanwhile, Murdoch said that the executive changes at MySpace will restore the site's momentum, make the site "more attractive" and deliver more ad friendly inventory. Murdoch---speaking...
- Tags: Advertisement, Rupert Murdoch, MySpace, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-06
- Wolff: Murdoch Thinks 'All Day' About Buying NY Times. May Get It.
- The fate of the New York Times will play out "in a matter of months" â€" and, in the end, there is a "fair likelihood," that it will wind up in the hands of Rupert Murdoch, the media commentator, Michael Wolff, said Tuesday morning at the...
- Tags: Rupert Murdoch, New York Times Co., Michael Wolff, Telecom & Utilities, Gender And Diversity, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2009-02-03
- WSJ downgraded; Are layoffs next?
- Is it wrong to keep believing in newspapers? Apparently Wall Street thinks so. And this time, the target is planted straight on the back of News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch and his Wall Street Journal. Peter Kafka reports on his Media Memo blog, which is...
- Tags: Layoff, Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch, News Corp., Recruitment & Selection, Blogging, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Internet, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-01-30
- 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'?
- To Rupert Murdoch: Is MySpace acquisition really 'paid for'?http://www.analogstereo.com/volvo_s90_v90_owners_manual.htmhttp://www.analogstereo.com/volvo_s90_v90_owners_manual.htm
- 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
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