Topic - News Corp

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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Cablevision to Buy Newsday for $650M

New York cable firm outbids News Corp. and expects to exploit print/TV/online synergies in cross-media advertising and content distribution.
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Internet

MySpace Appoints New President of Marketing

MySpace taps Jeff Bermann as new president of sales and marketing.
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Media, Internet, Finance

Bebo Deal Suggests Facebook Friends Pricey

AOL's $850 offer for Bebo suggests yet again that software giant Microsoft may have overpaid for a stake in Facebook. See also: AOL Snares Bebo for $850M
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Media, Communications, Internet

Murdoch Won't Make All WSJ.com Content Free

The new owner of the leading U.S. business paper opens Web access - with limits.
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Computers, General news, Media, Communications, Internet

Comcast Tunes In Fancast.com Movie-TV Hub

The cable giant launches its one-stop movie-television destination for viewers to watch more than 3,000 hours of TV shows, movie trailers, and short videos.
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Computers, Media, Internet

Murdoch Likes Apple's iTunes

Apple and News Corp's Twentieth Century Fox are ready to put in play a deal that would allow movie rentals of Fox titles via iTunes, according to reports.
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General news, Internet

MySpace Grabs Facebook Feature

News Corp's popular online social network plans to launch Facebook-style "news feeds" in the next 30 to 45 days, Fox Interactive Media President Peter Levinsohn says.
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Media, Communications, Internet

News Corp. Unit: Fuzzy IPTV Picture in India

NDS Group, a News Corp. subsidiary, says it was keen to launch Internet Protocol TV in India, but even digital TV penetration remains low, at just over 1 million cable TV homes.
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General news, Media, Internet

Where's Google in Media Giants' Pact?

The search king is noticeably absent from an agreement put forth by Microsoft, Walt Disney, Viacom, News Corp, CBS, NBC Universal and others pushing a set of guidelines to protect copyrights online.
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Media, Internet

NBC and News Corp. Introduce Hulu

The delayed NBC-News Corp. online video web site now has a name: Hulu. Hurrah, Hurrah.
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Internet

Free WSJ.com a Risk for Pearson

Rupert Murdoch may make Wall Street Journal's site free, which could compel Pearson to do same with Web version of Financial Times.
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Media, Internet

Big Money for Big Media

NBC and News Corporation’s joint video venture will receive outside investment from Providence Equity Partners, a source close to the deal confirmed Thursday.
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Internet

AOL Founders Invest in Widgets

Steve Case and Ted Leonsis contribute to $5.5-million investment in syndicator Clearspring.
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Internet

Fox Buys Ad Tech Optimizer

News Corp. unit acquires Strategic Data to make more money on online ads on MySpace.
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Media

Google Readies Anti-Piracy Tools

Search king hopes to appease media giants complaining about YouTube running uploaded clips.
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Media

HGTV Gets Social Network

Scripps Networks snubs video-hosting deals with YouTube and MySpace to build its own online community.
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General news

MySpace Goes Mobile in Europe

Social network strikes deal with Vodafone for wireless connections through phones.
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Communications

Vodafone, MySpace in Mobile Deal

Carrier and social network team up to allow customers to find each other through cell phones.
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Media

YouTube, LiveDigital Subpoenaed

News Corp.’s Twentieth Century Fox takes legal action against video-hosting sites.
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Media

Indian Soaps Hit Net on Demand

Star TV portal will offer popular serials over the Internet, for a price.
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