Entries tagged "MySpace"

MySpace drags down News Corp.

For Rupert Murdoch, new media has not been so kind to News Corp. MySpace continues to drag down the media conglomerate.

Ontela to snap up Photobucket for $60M?

Photobucket Inc., the photo-sharing service acquired by News Corp. in 2007 for $300 million including earnout, is reportedly on the verge of being sold to Ontela Inc. for a mere $60 million.

MySpace officially loves iLike

MySpace announces iLike deal, but questions remain over what this means for Facebook.

Report: MySpace to buy iLike for $20M

Social music service iLike is nearing a $20 million deal to be acquired by MySpace, TechCrunch reports.

Bartz continues selloff game plan

Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz's game plan has been to cast off noncore assets with the latest reportedly to make the short list being Yahoo! Games.

Rupert Murdoch won't buy Twitter, sell MySpace

Will Rupert Murdoch buy Twitter? 'No,' he told reporters at the Allen & Co. conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. Will he sell MySpace? 'Hell no.'

Good Tech hooks Intercasting

Mobile enterprise applications developer Good Technology hooks social networking startup Intercasting for an undisclosed sum.

Was News Corp. wooed to the Nasdaq by advertising dollars?

Ruppert Murdoch's News Corp. is looking in the mirror and seeing a changing company that is trying to stay ahead of the difficult economic environment. Even before the economic downturn, News Corp. made some major transformative acquisitions including MySpace and Dow  Jones (and with it The Wall Street Journal) over the last couple of years that promise to fuel more growth. Some on the Street are skeptical those acquisitions will benefit News Corp., asserting they overpaid, but the media company might think otherwise. ...

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