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Three Years Later, Buying MySpace Looks Like One Of Murdoch’s Smartest BetsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 84 days ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: internet | Tags myspace, purchase, murdoch,
"Three years ago today, Rupert Murdoch bought MySpace and its parent company Intermix for $580 million. That turned out to be money well spent." read more »
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Murdoch: News Corp.-Yahoo deal unlikelyOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 180 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: internet | Tags murdoch, news, corpyahoo, deal, unlikely,
Dawn Kawamoto reports that Rupert Murdoch, owner of News Corp., sees a acquisition deal with Yahoo unlikely and doubts that anything will come from the renewed efforts by Icahn to see Microsoft and Yahoo work out a deal. read more »
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D6: Rupert Murdoch for Obama? Not Quite…. ButOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 223 days ago (http://gigaom.com)
Category: other | Tags d, rupert, murdoch, obama, quite, but,
"Today at the D6:Conference, the corporate doyens and business leaders were out in full force, both on and off stage. Those who were grilled on stage showed were true to their form..." read more »
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BBC defends iPlayer against Murdoch Jr's 'anti-competitive' claimsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 256 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
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The BBC Trust, Auntie's independent oversight body, has today defended the iPlayer against claims by James Murdoch that it squashes competition and innovation read more »
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Counterstrike: Murdoch, DeWolfe Announce MySpace Platform and New Privacy ControlsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 445 days ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: internet | Tags rupert, murdoch, dewolfe, myspace, platform, , ,
Rupert Murdoch and Chris DeWolfe have announced the new MySpace API platform as well as improved privacy controls. Michael Arrington offers an overview of the announcements. read more »
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Mr. Murdoch, Take Down This (Other) Wall!Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 446 days ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: internet | Tags rupert, murdoch, myspace, facebook, api, , ,
Marc Canter of Broadband Mechanics challenged Rupert Murdoch at a Web 2.0 conference panel discussion to increase the API openness announcement for MySpace from allowing developers to add content to read more »
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