Stories about: News Corp

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    MySpace buys iLike social music service 20/08/2009 06:08:00

    MySpace, scrambling to jump-start its popularity, has agreed to buy iLike, a social music discovery service that is very popular on MySpace and other social networks like Facebook.
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    Anyone want to buy Twitter? 10/07/2009 00:13:00

    Despite Twitter's popularity and ballooning public image, the micro-blogging site may never be able to turn a profit. That was the prevailing attitude at Allen & Co's Sun Valley, Idaho media conference, where the topic du jour was Twitter. None of the old school media moguls in attendance seemed optimistic about its profitability and others flat-out said they would not be interested in buying.
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    MySpace to shrink international staff, close offices abroad 24/06/2009 04:38:00

    MySpace will slash its staff abroad and shutter several international offices, the News Corp. unit said on Tuesday, a week after announcing a big round of layoffs in the U.S.
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    MySpace staff slashed almost 30 percent 17/06/2009 04:16:00

    The restructuring continues at MySpace, whose staff will get cut by almost 30 percent, the News Corp. division announced Tuesday.
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    YouTube drives video viewing to record month 05/06/2009 09:17:00

    People in the U.S. viewed a record 16.8 billion videos online in April, a 16 percent increase over March, due in large part to a "surge" in usage at YouTube, according to comScore.
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    Hulu goes international (a little) 13/05/2009 07:57:00

    In its first move towards opening up to international audiences, Hulu has added British television shows and Bollywood movies. Hulu today announced in a blog post that the site has partnered with U.K. content distributor Digital Rights Group and the Bollywood digital distributor Saavn to bring international content to U.S. audiences.
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    MySpace's new CEO is former Facebook executive 27/04/2009 05:53:00

    News Corp. has chosen a former Facebook executive to lead MySpace, the company said Friday, a day after announcing that the current CEO would step down.
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    With MySpace CEO out, it's time to reinvent the company 24/04/2009 08:42:00

    With MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe stepping down, analysts say it's the perfect time for the social networking pioneer to reinvent itself and try to regain some momentum against rival Facebook Inc.
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    MySpace CEO to step down 24/04/2009 05:47:00

    Chris DeWolfe will hand over his CEO title at MySpace, whose growth has stagnated over the past year while the popularity of rival Facebook booms.
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    Qualcomm, HP among new Symbian partners 16/02/2009 10:58:00

    Hewlett-Packard, News Corp.'s MySpace.com division, Bank of America and even Nokia rival Qualcomm have joined the foundation that was formed last year to shepherd the new open-source version of the Symbian mobile operating system.
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    2008: Yahoo's year to forget 18/12/2008 11:24:00

    For Jerry Yang, 2008 was going to be the year when Yahoo's long-awaited technology and business turnaround began in earnest.
 
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