Topic - Rupert Murdoch

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LinkedIn CEO: $1B Just The Start

Despite heady valuation after funding round, Nye says there are no plans for an IPO cashout.
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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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General news, Internet, Finance

LiveUniverse Grabs Pageflakes

Company run by MySpace founder follows pickup of Revver with Benchmark-backed home page maker.
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Media, Internet

MySpace Befriends Merchandise

News Corp's social-networking destination announces plans to sell more merchandise through the site.
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General news, Media, Internet, Finance

MySpace Pumps Up the Volume to Take on iTunes

News Corp. cuts a deal with three major music companies in bid to milk more revenue from its online social network.
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Archives, General news, Internet

BBC's Dr. Who Transports to MySpace

The 85-year-old Beeb, known for its far-flung reporting, is joining the viral generation by placing short-form videos on the social-networking site.
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Archives, General news, Security, Internet, Finance

MySpace, States Agree on Predator Shields

In accord with attorneys general, social network backs tighter age and privacy standards, parental registry to block children's access.
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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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Ex-AOL, Fox Chieftains in VC Merger

Investment firm of Ross Levinsohn and Jonathan Miller combines with ComVentures to focus on digital media deals.
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Murdoch Believes in Beliefnet

News Corp., home of cheeseburger-obsessed Homer Simpson and rock'n'rolling MySpace, acquires online center of spiritual healing.
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Computers, Media, Internet

MySpace's Facebook Envy Brings Open Apps

Under pressure to snag the spotlight back from Facebook, social-networking behemoth MySpace steals a page from its rival's playbook with plans to open up to applications from outside developers.
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General news, Internet, Finance

Ex-CNET Chief Shelby Bonnie Hits Campaign Trail

His new site mixes wikis, YouTube videos, and public databases in bid to ‘connect the dots’ in U.S. politics.
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Computers, Media, Internet

News Corp. Won’t Yank iTunes

Rupert Murdoch’s company won’t be pulling TV shows from iTunes anytime soon, but his News Corp. joined in the chorus of those calling for Apple to offer more flexible pricing.
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Media, Internet

WPP Buys Into MySpace China

Global ad holding company taps into social networking by investing in Chinese venture capital firm China Broadband Capital, which owns part of MySpace China.
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Internet

Social Networking, So What?

Social networks have roped in a majority of U.S. Internet users, but they still struggle to attract a steady influx of greenbacks from advertisers, says report from IDC.
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Media, Internet

Texas Court Dismisses MySpace Suit

Social-networking site not negligent in sexual assault case.
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Media

Murdoch Goes Mobile

Mogul sees ‘huge opportunity’; ‘Simpsons’ on cellphones.
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Media

Murdoch Hands over DirecTV Stake

Liberty’s $11.5-billion swap with News Corp. ends satellite TV stake after three years.
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General news, Internet

Ni Hao, MySpace?

Can the social networking giant make it in China?
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