RSS

news corp

newspaper-chain-5
GOOGLE   |  1 comment

Google Limits Free Access to Google News ... Kind Of

Ever thought Google News, with its endless stream of no-cost content, was too good to be true? Well, so did Rupert Murdoch, who has repeatedly threatened to pull News Corp.'s Web sites--most notably, The Wall Street Journal and ...READ»

hara
HARA   |  1 comment

Hara Scores Big With News Corp Energy Management Deal

Earlier this week we designated Hara as one of our 10 green startups to watch, and now the company has hit it big with a deal with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. The environmental and energy management software startup was chosen by ...READ»

465645
IPHONE   |  4 comments

Wall Street Journal Charges $2 for iPhone Readers

The Wall Street Journal is set to begin charging $2 per week for iPhone readers, reports Paid Content. Rupert Murdoch said that other News Corp. properties may begin using a similar model, in which Fox shows would no longer be free on ...READ»

myspace logo
MYSPACE   |  Comment

More De-friending at MySpace: 300 International Staff to Be Cut

The axe is falling yet again on MySpace, this time on the social networking site's overseas offices. The company announced today it intends to cut 300 workers, or two-thirds of its international employees, from its foreign ...READ»

Amazon Kindle
E-BOOKS   |  2 comments

Rupert Murdoch, Wireless Provider Interest Confirms the Rise of the E-Book

It's clear that e-books are the future of printed works, even if right now Amazon's Kindle is the only device that demonstrates the power of the new medium. But with news that Rupert Murdoch wants in on the scene, and with Verizon ...READ»

griffin

iFive: GM and Chrysler to Get Bailed Out Again, Peter Chernin Meets Peter Griffin, and Amazon-Digg? in Today's Innovation News

While you were sleeping, innovation plotted its comeback. Here's today's innovation news: President Obama's auto task force appears ready to keep GM and Chrysler afloat with more bailout loans, pending concessions from ...READ»

netflix ifive

iFive: Starbucks, Netflix, News Corp, Salesforce.com, and yes, Fast Company in Today's Innovation News

While you slept, innovation didn't. Here's what you missed and need to know. Notoriously union-averse Starbucks, Costco, and Whole Foods filed their card to reform labor law by creating a  third place on the Employee Free ...READ»

City Search
APPLE   |  Comment

TechWatch: CitySearch Knows Where You Live

The restaurant-review site is already a go-to guide for anyone looking to try a new place to eat or find a certain business. Now the company is trying a new place itself: your neighborhood. That's right -- yours.READ»

Kenan Samms
APPLE   |  Comment

10 Questions that Media Companies Should Know the Answer To

As media companies like the New York Times Co. continue to post dreary results and circulation numbers continue to decline rapidly across the industry – It got me thinking of some questions that these companies (and other media ...READ»

Kenan Samms
APPLE   |  1 comment

Blackout Beginning for TBS: Could they have responded on the Web or via Mobile Devices?

Fans across the nation (especially Red Sox Nation), many whom had just sat through Turner Broadcasting System’s (TBS) pregame for Game 6 of Major League Baseball’s (MLB) American League Championship Series (ALCS), prepared for ...READ»

Kenan Samms
APPLE   |  2 comments

Joe the Plumber Gets His Fifteen Minutes on the Tube and on the Web

John McCain’s “invisible friend,” as Keith Olbermann of MSNBC dubbed him after the debate, was the run away winner last night. I’m talking, of course, about “Joe the Plumber” (AKA Joe Wurzelbacher, an Ohio plumber). John ...READ»

Kenan Samms
APPLE   |  Comment

Can the Wisdom of the Crowds Help Us Through the Downturn?

As mainstream media becomes more open to tapping into the blogosphere and even the Twittersphere during this collapse; news and analysis are becoming two-way conversations.READ»

FOX   |  3 comments

Hulu: YouTube Killer? No, The Internet's Nick at Nite

Hulu, NBC and FOX's joint Web video site, opened to the public today after being in private beta since late October. I'm not going to do a full review (there have been plenty; check here and here for starters) but from looking over ...READ»

Who Does Yahoo! Want to Wrangle?

Yahoo! has been in talks with both Time Warner and News Corp. this week, according to several reports, seemingly desperate to stave off Microsoft's bid, which it rejected. The Time Warner talks involve Yahoo's potential purchase of ...READ»

Syndicate content