Tag: Rupert Murdoch
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….
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…
The Times experiences massive loss in readers after introducing paywall
The Times and Sunday Times websites have experienced a huge drop in their readership after parent company News Corporation introduced a paywall, requiring readers to subscribe before accessing the content on the site. As of June 15th, readers were asked…
The Times goes behind a paywall today
Readers of The Times website, the online presence of one the UK's oldest and most well respected papers goes behind a paywall today. Long gone is free-browsing of The Times articles, with access now restricted to those willing to…
Paid content: The current models
Paid content. It's the future, or so Rupert Murdoch thinks, and he might well be right. Content is the lifeblood of the Internet — without it, it'd be little more than a place to chat and buy stuff. Most people…
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…
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…
