Tag: News Corp
Six potential buyers somehow found for MySpace
The knackered social platform MySpace is up for sale – and owner News Corp has somehow managed to round up six potential bidders. Rupert Murdoch's company paid $580 million for MySpace in 2005, when it was at the peak…
iPad 2 spotted in the wild at The Daily launch
Yesterday's high-profile launch of The Daily iPad newspaper wasn't jsut significant as News Corp's first forray into paid-for tablet publishing, but also as there was a very special guest in attendance. No, not the tech-launch gatecrasher Stephen Fry, but rather…
MySpace sale rumours pick up pace as News Corp lay-off staff
Another day, another set of MySpace sales rumours. The flailing social network is once again on the ropes after owners News Corp sacked nearly half the site's staff, and are now apparently looking for buyers to take on the brand….
MySpace soon to be for sale again?
News Corporation are looking into either selling social network MySpace or entering into a partnership in a bid to make the flailing site profitable, according to News Corp Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey. Seeing its user numbers fall dramatically following…
Branson's Project iPad magazine on the App Store Now
Richard Branson and Virgin's first roll of the iPad-publishing dice has touched down on the App Store. Issue 1 of the iPad only magazine Project is now available to download. Housed within a reader app, Project can then be bought…
Branson to rival News Corp's Murdoch with iPad-only magazine
Richard Branson's Virgin are expected to unveil an iPad-only magazine in the next few days, according to the Financial Times. The digital magazine, rumoured to be called Project, will be in direct competition with The Daily, the newly announced iPad…
News Corp plan iPad exclusive "The Daily" newspaper
News Corporation and Apple are all set to launch a brand new digital newspaper exclusive to the iPad. "The Daily" will reportedly launch later this month, costing 99 cents (62p) a week. Apple's Steve Jobs and News Corp boss Rupert…
Media magnate Rupert Murdoch applauds the iPad, defends paywalls, slams Google (again)
Rupert Murdoch, the News Corporation chairman and massively rich media-maestro, has once again attacked Google in defence of his plans for paywalls on his news sites. "We are going to stop people like Google or Microsoft or whoever from taking…
News Corp confirm new Myspace CEO after Owen Van Natta walks
Myspace CEO Owen Van Natta has stepped down from his position after just one year at the trailing social network. Brought in by Myspace owners News Corp to revitalise the service four years after their $580 million purchase in 2005,…
Sky and Google's YouTube partnership talks fall through
BSkyB will go no further towards making their content available free on Google's YouTube, the Daily Telegraph have revealed today. The news comes as another twist in the saga between Richard Murdoch's News Corp (majority stakeholders in Sky) and YouTube…
