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Miller and Murdoch: Kindred Spirits? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

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

Ballmer says Microsoft is open to Yahoo! search deal (from Corporate Dealmaker)

The Microsoft Corp.-Yahoo! Inc. marriage is off, as Tech Confidential's Alain Sherter so eloquently explains. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said there will be no outright acquisition of Yahoo!, but did say a partnership in the search engine market is possible. Ballmer didn't give details about what that deal may...

Posted on November 7, 2008 9:16 AM

Could 'Guitar Hero' have made a difference in MSFT-Yahoo!? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

While talks reportedly continue in the Microsoft Corp.-Yahoo! Inc. saga, other corporate execs have been unable to keep from commenting. And while it's interesting that Rupert Murdoch...

Posted on May 30, 2008 12:06 PM

Cablevision-Newsday: Biz model worth watching (from Corporate Dealmaker)

So Newsday Media Group goes to Cablevision Systems Corp. for $650 million, and not to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.  The Dolans, who control Cablevision, have nothing like Murdoch's reputation for seeing into the future of the media industry. But they may be on to something here, in the view of...

Posted on May 12, 2008 1:27 PM

News Corp. subsidiary going to Bollywood? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Before our next installment of emerging markets watch, we bring you news of a possible Indian joint venture between News Corp.'s Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. and Star India, Rupert Murdoch's television business in that country. The Business Standard reports that while terms at this time aren't clear, Vijay Singh,...

Posted on March 12, 2008 2:20 PM

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

A MySpace music venture with the record labels? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

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

Connections: Jan.-Feb. 2006 (from Corporate Dealmaker)

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