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- MySpace Japan to promote Japanese music abroad
- MySpace Japan is making a push to double the number of local artists signed to the site in order to try and promote Japanese music and content internationally, reports Reuters. "Until now, Japanese artists catered primarily to the home market...
- Articles 2008-11-18
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- MySpace Japan goes online in Softbank, News Corp venture
- TOKYO AFP — MySpace has come to Japan as Softbank Corp and media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp teamed up to launch a Japanese version of the wildly popular US networking website. The website -- http://jp.myspace.com -- went online as Softbank Corp president Masayoshi Son and Murdoch announced a 50-50...
- Research articles 2006-11-07
- Softbank and News Corp. to bring MySpace to Asia.(JAPAN)(Brief article)
- Japanese firm Softbank and News Corp. plan to bring MySpace, the Internet social networking site, to Asia. MySpace KK will be a 50-50 joint venture. Each firm would invest $5.0 million in the new firm. MySpace's international operations include Britain, France, Germany, Australia, and Ireland. Japan's...
- Research articles 2006-12-01
- Softbank and News Corp. to bring MySpace to Asia
- JAPANJapanese firm Softbank and News Corp. plan to bring MySpace, the Internet social networking site, to Asia. MySpace KK will be a 50-50 joint venture. Each firm would invest $5.0 million in the new firm. MySpace's international operations include Britain, France, Germany, Australia, and Ireland. Japan's social networking sites are...
- Research articles 2006-12-01
- Softbank and News Corp. to bring MySpace to Asia
- Japanese firm Softbank and News Corp. plan to bring MySpace, the Internet social networking site, to Asia. MySpace KK will be a 50-50 joint venture. Each firm would invest $5.0 million in the new firm. MySpace's international operations include Britain, France, Germany, Australia, and Ireland. Japan's social networking sites are...
- Research articles 2007-01-01
- Murdoch hints at plans for Japanese MySpace
- TOKYO AFP — News Corp. owner Rupert Murdoch has said he is seeking a tie-up in new media with Japan's Softbank amid reports the firms plan a Japanese version of MySpace, the wildly popular US networking website. Los Angeles-based MySpace has exploded in popularity since it was launched in January...
- Research articles 2006-11-06
- MySpace Partners with SOFTBANK to Launch MySpace Japan
- World's Largest Social Networking Site Partners with Leading Japanese Internet Company in Landmark 50-50 Joint Venture
- Research articles 2006-11-07
- MySpace invades Japan.(In the News: A LOOK AT THE WEEK IN ENTERTAINMENT)(The News Corporation Ltd. and Softbank Corp. partners to launch a networking site)(Brief article)
- News Corp. and Softbank have partnered to launch a Japanese version of MySpace. Each partner will put in $5 million. Venture will face competition from social-networking leader Mixi, which has nearly 6 million subs.
- Research articles 2006-11-13
- Japan's Mixi network site says entering China
- TOKYO AFP — Japan's hugely popular online social networking site Mixi said Wednesday it planned to expand into China, whose growing number of Internet users are already being courted by Rupert Murdoch's MySpace. Mixi Inc., which has quickly developed into a top social outlet for Japanese young people since...
- Research articles 2008-02-20
- News ready to rekindle Softbank flame with MySpace Japan joint venture.
- Byline: Peter Alford Byline: Peter Alford
- Research articles 2006-11-06
- Why Did RockYou Raise a $50 Million Fourth Funding Round From SoftBank?
- RockYou was one of the earliest big developers on social networks like Facebook and MySpace, and now it has raised a $50 million round fourth round of funding from SoftBank (the actual firm, not the venture arm). The company originally grew on MySpace, with simple widgets like photo slideshows, and...
- News items 2009-11-17
- The Top 100 Search Terms Queried by Kids
- Security firm Symantec has identified the top 100 searches conducted by children online. Popular items in the list include some expected entries like YouTube, Facebook, and MySpace as well as queries for popular pop idols like Michael Jackson and Miley Cyrus. However, what's surprising about the children's list is how...
- News items 2009-08-13
- iPhone Godzilla Swallows Japanese Cell Phone Market
- Apple's iPhone is taking it to the competition worldwide, belying the idea that the iPhone's popularity is a uniquely American phenomenon. TG Daily reported that "Apple has cleaned up in the smartphone market in Japan," based on a survey of 2,300 retail stores by market research company...
- Blog posts 2009-07-06
- News to launch MySpace in Japan.
- Byline: Peter Alford Byline: Peter Alford
- Research articles 2006-11-07
- "Spleak"ing out on Sports and Politics
- Last month, we covered the deal between Hearst Corp. and Spleak Media Network, the San Francisco-based hybrid publishing startup, whose CelebSpleak attracts a reported 100,000 visitors per day, mostly teen and twenty-something females. Now, Spleak is launching two new offerings -- SportSpleak and VoteSpleak. These two...
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- All News is Local in the Global Village
- We've looked at Topix and we've looked at EveryBlock. We've examined the efforts by the Hartford Courant, among others. Tomorrow, we'll look at another hyper-local news resource, called Outside:In. But today, I want to establish from the perspective of a media executive the business rationale for this...
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Yahoo CEO Search: Obama-Like Immediate Priorities
- As soon as Yahoo's new CEO takes over, he/she will have a herculean task ahead to right the ship, not unlike the challenges our President-Elect faces, but for the scale of issues. Among them:-- Its ongoing talks with AOL/Time Warner,-- Reviving any hopes of talks with Microsoft.-- Any other...
- External links 2008-11-18
- Social Networks: Modeling Valuations in 2009
- Michael Arrington submits: A year ago we modeled out the true value of various social networks based on the idea that users in high-value online advertising markets like Japan, the UK and the U.S. were worth more financially speaking than those in lower value online...
- External links 2009-06-04
- Yahoo's $100 Million Self-Esteem Fix
- Yahoo's new $100 million advertising blitz is enough to make some people yearn for the good old chaotic days under co-founder Jerry Yang. Whether the multi-media marketing drive to convince consumers and advertisers that Yahoo is still relevant has a constructive impact on the beleaguered Internet company...
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
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