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On Monday we highlighted the executive team that News Corp. (NASDAQ:NWSA) chief digital officer Jon Miller has built. We've got one more important name to add: Mark Rosenbaum, who has been named the first chief financial officer for MySpace.Rosenbaum most recently was a consultant to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. and previously...
Posted on October 6, 2009 11:21 AM
No one could accuse News Corp.'s (NYSE:NWS) Jon Miller (pictured) of lacking charisma. Since joining Rupert Murdoch's media empire as chief digital officer in March, Miller has stocked the digital media group he leads with former employees and associates. The latest to join his team is Jorge Espinel, who was...
Posted on October 5, 2009 4:09 PM
News Corp.'s (NYSE:NWS) chief digital officer Jonathan Miller continues to stack the MySpace executive team with top talent. The latest hire, according to paidContent.org, is Sam Wick (pictured) as senior vice president of strategy. Wick previously was VP of strategy and corporate development for AOL LLC's display advertising unit Platform...
Posted on June 4, 2009 8:26 AM
Owen Van Natta (pictured) will be taking over as chief executive of News Corp.'s (NYSE:NWS) MySpace. Van Natta, who is the former chief revenue officer and vice president of operations for Facebook Inc., takes over for departing MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe. As we reported Thursday, News Corp. chief digital officer...
Posted on April 24, 2009 3:21 PM
So what would be on Jonathan Miller's agenda should he become the chief digital adviser to News Corp.'s (NYSE:NWS) Rupert Murdoch? Reports began circling Friday that the former chief executive of AOL and co-founder of the venture capital firm Velocity Interactive will be appointed this week to the newly created...
Posted on March 31, 2009 5:01 PM
Redwood City, Calif.-based video game developer and publisher Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) lost $454 million last year. Its stock price has been depressed since November (it lost 60% between August and November). And in September, EA abandoned its bid to acquire rival Take-Two Interactive Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO) -- maker of...
Posted on March 26, 2009 12:05 PM
The data shows that the disclosed value of completed M&A transactions for the U.S. entertainment and media sector in 2008 was the highest it's been since 2001. But once you exclude four megadeals from 2006 that took two years to complete, the numbers shrink considerably, reflecting the state of our...
Posted on February 27, 2009 3:43 PM
NBC Universal International president Pete Smith delivered a decidedly upbeat speech in London Monday about the prospects for media company M&A. According THR.com, Smith told participants at the PricewaterhouseCoopers European Media Leaders summit that there are well-priced targets out there that can be acquired through asset swaps rather than cash. ...
Posted on November 18, 2008 9:46 AM
One of our Most Admired Corporate Dealmaker candidates is streamlining its business. Internet infrastructure provider VeriSign Inc. sold its 49% stake in a joint venture with News Corp. for $200 million. The JV, Jamba, with headquarters in Beverly Hills, Calif., and Berlin, began as the world's largest creator and...
Posted on October 8, 2008 4:31 PM
News Corp.'s MySpace, the social networking site Rupert Murdoch shrewdly bought before the phenomenon got really huge, has a new partner for election news. It's not corporate sibling Fox News but NBC News and MSNBC.com, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Well, fair enough. The best practice at diversified companies (like...
Posted on April 22, 2008 4:04 PM
The merger scuffle between Yahoo! Inc. and Microsoft Corp. got even more interesting Thursday, as reports surfaced that Microsoft and News Corp. may jointly bid for the search engine.Yahoo! has already rejected Microsoft's $44.6 billion bid, saying the offering price isn't enough. In February, reports surfaced that Yahoo! would...
Posted on April 10, 2008 10:16 AM
The big swap (from Corporate Dealmaker)
News Corp. and Liberty come up with a structure to spin off DirecTV in the most tax-advantaged way possible.
Posted on March 12, 2008 10:31 AM
Last week, the rumor mill was churning out reports that Yahoo! Inc. would defend against the Microsoft Corp. bid by selling a minority stake to News Corp., which would spin out Web properties into Yahoo!. That deal would also contain an equity investment from Fox Interactive Media, which includes MySpace....
Posted on February 20, 2008 5:36 PM
Change champion at Chevron Having spent 27 years with Chevron Corp., John Watson will move into his latest role--as executive vice president for strategy and development--amid a major restructuring. The company is reorganizing its worldwide exploration and production group, which Watson, who starts in January, may know better than...
Posted on October 15, 2007 7:35 PM
The Players: News Corp. and General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal Inc. Both have major holdings in film, television and cable networks. The Plan: News Corp. and NBC Universal are creating a joint venture for online distribution of entertainment content, including full-length television programs and clips, and feature-length films. Set...
Posted on August 15, 2007 4:42 PM
Howard who? OK, so Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. hired the self-proclaimed King of All Media. Rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. remains the king of this particular medium, with 6 million subscribers to Sirius' 3.3 million. Look past the Stern effect, and an interesting fact about both of these...
Posted on February 15, 2006 12:28 PM
The crossing (from Corporate Dealmaker)
Memo to media moguls: Get over it. Get over your need for control. Get over the fear and fealty you've instilled in your subordinates for all those years. And get over the top-down decision-making process that has characterized mass media companies since they first arose in the 19th century....
Posted on December 15, 2005 7:30 PM
Can your average corporate dealmaker learn anything from watching "Life Masters"? You might not think so. For one thing, the TV show - which features a couple of perky hosts offering advice on how to handle household challenges - is broadcast in Mandarin. Yet the program does have a...
Posted on August 15, 2004 2:56 PM
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