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AS Profile A Harvard dropout, Murdoch started his career in the music industry, until he finally entered the family business at News Corp. His broadband bundling offer and acquisition of ISP Easynet indicate that... [12 Oct 2007]
Rupert Murdoch
AS Profile However, he is still as active in his media ventures as he was when he took over the News of the World in 1968. But he's back on the acquisition trail, targeting the US financial news monolith, Dow... [12 Oct 2007]
Should you ban social networking sites at work?
News The rise and rise of social networking websites such as News Corp's MySpace has put the spotlight on how businesses respond to staff use of such sites during the working day. But a poll of silicon.com... [14 Jun 2007]
Vodafone partners with web elite in mobile net push
News In February a tie-up was announced with News Corp's MySpace and today's announcement also covers that popular social networking brand. Vodafone has teamed up with leading web brands to bring services... [06 Jun 2007]
Facebook opens the door to outsiders
News According to comScore, MySpace - which News Corp acquired in 2005 for $500m - saw 66 million monthly visitors in April compared with Facebook's 23 million. Greg Sandoval writes for CNET... [25 May 2007]
Editor's Blog: Media merger mania
Comment Murdoch's News Corp bidding for the venerable company that brings us The Wall Street Journal (not to mention a website that is arguably the real prize), Microsoft and Yahoo! News... [15 May 2007]
Murdoch snaps up Photobucket - source
News Social-networking site MySpace, owned by Murdoch's News Corp, has agreed to acquire Photobucket, the web's number one photo-sharing service, according to a source close to the deal. What Murdoch,... [08 May 2007]
MySpace joins race for the White House
News Although the MySpace votes won't count for the official election, results compiled from the News Corp social-networking site's millions of members may help candidates gauge their potential success in... [04 Apr 2007]
Microsoft quarantines own video site
News There was a real possibility that the company could have found itself distributing video from News Corp.and NBC Universal, at the same time another one of its units was hosting material stolen from those... [23 Mar 2007]
Media behemoths found web video network
News Media giants NBC Universal and News Corp.on Thursday announced plans to join forces with AOL, MSN, Yahoo! NBC, News Corp.and the others are looking to use the web video... [22 Mar 2007]
Q&A: Michael Birch, CEO and founder, Bebo
Comment The ultimate goal is to remain independent and I think if a lot of the social networks allow it - obviously MySpace is the big one that sold out to News Corp - I think it creates a different dynamic not... [02 Mar 2007]
Murdoch's Fox snaffles online ad specialist
News Fox Interactive Media (FIM), a division of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, has acquired advertising-technology company Strategic Data Corp (SDC). Candace Lombardi writes for CNET... [23 Feb 2007]
Google accused of helping P2P pirates
News Last week News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch questioned YouTube's business model and the new CEO of NBC Universal recently criticised Google and YouTube for dragging their feet on implementing technology to... [13 Feb 2007]
Vodafone hooks up with MySpace
News Vodafone has signed up with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp to put MySpace on its mobiles. The pair announced Vodafone mobiles will shortly come with MySpace Mobile pre-loaded, although users will also be... [07 Feb 2007]
MySpace Mexico to launch in weeks
News Travis Katz, head of international media for News Corp's Fox Interactive Media, of which MySpace is a subsidiary, confirmed the development of the site yesterday. Word of "MySpace Mexico" began to spread... [25 Jan 2007]
