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Zell Unloads on Newspaper Employees, Might Unload Newsday
Watching the newspaper business self-destruct these past few years has been painful, like witnessing a horrible, slow-motion train crash. As one who's always liked newspapers -- and subscribed to lots of them -- I'm gonna miss them when they're gone. Even now, I can't help but notice...
Tags: Business Operations, Real Estate, Rupert Murdoch, Tribune Co., Newsday, David Weir
Blog posts 2008-03-26
Is a Good Face Good for Business?
Facial coding, the idea that your expression gives away what you are really thinking, was put forth some 40 years ago by psychologist Paul Ekman . But does it work in business? Can you tell what CEOs really think, just by looking, or are they so carefully trained that...
Tags: Rupert Murdoch, Warren Buffett, Larry Ellison, CEO, Corporate Insurance, Homeland Security, Business Security, Venture Capital, Food & Beverage, Corporate Communications, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Government, Finance, Financing Startups, Manufacturing, Marketing, Michael Fitzgerald
Blog posts 2008-02-26
Jason Kay: Cashing Out Quickly
How do you make a bundle quickly? Concentrate on making someone else's business better. That's what Flektor co-founder Jason Kay and his partners did when they developed a media mashup tool that made creating videos and sharing pictures on MySpace easier. The result? They were bought out for millions by...
Tags: Fox Interactive, Rupert Murdoch, cashing out, Flektor, Jason Kay, Mashup, MySpace, media mashup
Videos 2007-11-26
Word on the Street is that the Street Will Be Free
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has big plans for the Wall Street Journal once the $5 billion deal is finalized this year. Murdoch says he'll likely make WSJ.com free. Previously, all articles were offered only to subscribers. The Wall Street Journal would join some other large newspaper holdings to...
Tags: Office Suites, Strategy, Microsoft Office, Word Processors, Microsoft Word, Rupert Murdoch, Be Free, Wall Street Journal, Software, Management, Jonathan Haeber
Blog posts 2007-11-14
How to Condescend Your Boss, Dow Jones-Style
Rupert Murdoch is all fired up about the potential for WSJ online â€" perhaps a little too fired up. Murdoch said that the site would drop its subscription model, and that he anticipates a massive increase in readership â€" from one million to 10-15 million â€" when the site becomes...
Tags: Lori Deschene, The Dow Chemical Co., Rupert Murdoch
Blog posts 2007-11-14
Richard Rosenblatt: How I Sold MySpace
How do you replicate success? If anyone knows, it's Richard Rosenblatt. In 1999, Rosenblatt sold iMall to Excite@Home for $565 million. Five years later, as CEO of Intermix, he sold its MySpace property to NewsCorp for $580 million. Here, he shares insights on dealmaking, being in the room with Rupert...
Tags: success stories, iMall, MySpace, Intermix, Richard Rosenblatt, Demand Media, Rupert Murdoch, Dealmaking
Videos 2007-09-17
Can Murdoch Reorient the WSJ Without Alienating Existing Customers?
With the Bancroft family, primary owner of Dow Jones & Company, publisher of the Wall Street Journal, finally agreeing Tuesday night to accept Rupert Murdoch's News Corp's $5 billion bid for the company, one would think that the soap opera would be over. But frenzied media coverage continues, mostly speculating...
Tags: Branding, New York Time, News Corp., Rupert Murdoch, Wall Street Journal, Investment, Marketing, Finance, Jessica Stillman
Blog posts 2007-08-01
A race to the top; Dow Jones.(Wall Street Journal's Rupert Murdoch plans to acquisation of Dow Jones & Company Inc.)
Why Rupert Murdoch would make a decent owner of the Wall Street Journal Why Rupert Murdoch would make a decent owner of the Wall Street Journal
Tags: Dow Jones & Company Inc., Rupert Murdoch
Research articles 2007-05-05
The Rare Breed.(Rupert Murdoch, Chuck Dolan, etc.)
By J. Max Robins With Rupert Murdoch making a play for Dow Jones just as Chuck Dolan was poised to take Cablevision private in a $10.6 billion deal, some of you must have waxed nostalgic for the days when the media landscape...
Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Rupert Murdoch
Research articles 2007-05-07
James Murdoch and Willy Wonka On Crowdsourcing
In case you missed it, the Financial Times had a great column on James Murdoch, CEO of British Sky Broadcasting and son of Rupert Murdoch, and how he used a type of one-on-one crowdsourcing last month. Murdoch invited groups of British Sky Broadcasting customers to his office...
Tags: Joseph De Avila, Rupert Murdoch, BSkyB, Crowdsourcing
Blog posts 2007-04-19
Sky lights up with interactivity: NFL, Fox News could go DirectTV under Murdoch.(On Demand)(British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC)(National Football League)
AS THE STORY ON PAGE 6A ILLUSTRATES, U.S. CABLE operators will likely have their hands full when Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. buys DirecTV. What Murdoch has done with British Sky Broadcasting plc in the United Kingdom will likely serve as a...
Tags: British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc., digital video recorder, NFL, Rupert Murdoch
Research articles 2003-10-06
Murdoch's views of media reforms.
Aug 11, 2006 (Adbrief - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corporation, has criticised the Australian Government's media reforms. Murdoch does not pay much attention to the reforms. He believes the reforms should be abandoned if t Aug 11, 2006 (Adbrief...
Tags: media, News Corp., reform, Rupert Murdoch
Research articles 2006-08-11
The missing link; News Corporation.(Rupert Murdoch's latest victory)
Rupert Murdoch finally bags DirecTV Rupert Murdoch finally bags DirecTV
Tags: News Corp., Rupert Murdoch
Research articles 2003-04-12
Old mogul, new media - News Corporation.(Rupert Murdoch's Internet strategy)
Can Rupert Murdoch adapt News Corporation to the digital age? Can Rupert Murdoch adapt News Corporation to the digital age?
Tags: Internet, Internet strategy, News Corp., Rupert Murdoch
Research articles 2006-01-21
'Unprecedented competition' coming: News Corp. Chief Murdoch vows innovations when he gets DirecTV.
NEW YORK -- News Corp. and Fox Entertainment Group chairman Rupert Murdoch said that he expects to close his deal to purchase a controlling interest in DirecTV Inc. parent Hughes Electronics Corp. in the coming weeks, adding he plans to offer " NEW YORK...
Tags: DirecTV, News Corp., Rupert Murdoch
Research articles 2003-12-01
News Corp.'s Talks for DirecTV Stall.(acquisition negotiations)(Brief Article)
Clouds may be gathering over Rupert Murdoch's attempt to beam down a deal for DirecTV Inc. The News Corp. chairman admitted last week that his talks with General Motors Corp. about purchasing the direct-broadcast satellite assets of its Hughe ...
Tags: acquisition, DirecTV, EchoStar Communications Corp., General Motors Corp., News Corp., Rupert Murdoch, satellite
Research articles 2001-03-05
Skype rejects USD3bn offer from Rupert Murdoch - report
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-9 August 2005-Skype rejects USD3bn offer from Rupert Murdoch - reportC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com
Tags: Rupert Murdoch, Skype Technologies S.A.
Research articles 2005-08-09
Rupert Murdoch tells CNBC: AOL Is Ruthless; He Feels Sorry for Ted Turner; and Senator John McCain Really Didn't Mean It When He Compared Murdoch to William Randolph Hearst
Business Editors
Tags: America Online Inc., CNBC, John McCain, Rupert Murdoch
Research articles 2001-05-13
Ops Hassle news's Murdoch on Capital Hill.(Advance/New-house Communications' Robert Miron and News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch spar before a Senate subcommittee)
WASHINGTON -- Advance/New-house Communications chairman Robert Miron and News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch sparred before a Senate subcommittee last Wednesday over Murdoch's plan to take control of the DirecTV Inc., the largest satellite T WASHINGTON -- Advance/New-house Communications chairman Robert Miron...
Tags: cable, DirecTV, FCC, Fox, merger, News Corp., Rupert Murdoch, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2003-06-23
Murdoch says DirecTV deal is slow going.(Rupert Murdoch)(Brief Article)
NEWYORK--Rupert Murdoch last week confirmed News Corp.'s negotiations to acquire DirecTV, but said the satellite company's owner, General Motors, is "moving ahead slowly." It's plain the acquisition remains central to News Corp.'s w NEWYORK--Rupert Murdoch last week confirmed...
Tags: DirecTV, News Corp., Rupert Murdoch, satellite
Research articles 2001-03-05
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