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• Murdoch's Attack Dog Snarls At the 'Parasites'

  PaidContent - 2009-11-02

  [by Andrew Clark] If you go by the numbers, a slim Australian with a sharp tongue and a penchant for ultra-skinny ties has become the most powerful newspaper editor in America. The Wall Street Journal has claimed top spot in circulation rankings and its boss seems intent on marshalling...

  Tags: Google Inc., Wall Street Journal, Search Engine, Rupert Murdoch, Thomson Corp., News Corp., Attack, Murdoch, Internet, Search, Companies, Dow Jones, MediaGuardian

• WSJ Closes Boston Bureau; Memo From Thomson

  PaidContent - 2009-10-29

  The Wall Street Journal is closing its Boston bureau, leaving in place an “investigative function.” In a memo to the staff embedded below, Editor-in-Chief Robert Thomson said the core reporting team would be disbanded and that the nine reporters can apply for openings in the company. More to...

  Tags: Team, Wall Street Journal, Bureau, Thomson Corp., Boston, Team Management, Mutual Funds, Retirement Plans, Management, Human Resources, Benefits, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Companies, News Corp., Dow Jones, Staci D. Kramer

• Video: Web 2.0 Summit: WSJ, Google, NYT, HuffPo Execs MIx It Up

  PaidContent - 2009-10-22

  The Robert Thomson quote machine was in full force during the obligatory Web 2.0 Summit look at the future of journalism. Federated Media’s John Battelle moderated the often chippy session featuring WSJ top editor Robert Thomson; Huffington Post CEO Eric Hippeau; New York Times digital head Martin Nisenholtz; and...

  Tags: Google Inc., Web, Wall Street Journal, Video, Thomson Corp., Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Online News, Companies, New York Times, News Corp., Dow Jones, Alex Ferreyra

• Google 'promotes reader promiscuity'

  BNET - 2009-10-22

  Mr Thomson's unabashed criticism of the internet powerhouse today came as he and Google vice president of search products Marissa Mayer took part in a Web 2.0 panel focused on the fate of journalism in a world of online news aggregation. "Marissa unintentionally encourages promiscuity,'' Thomson said as discussion touched...

  Tags: Google Inc., Thomson Corp., Marissa Mayer

• Live Blog: Marissa Mayer Speaking At Web 2.0

  BNET - 2009-10-21

  Marissa Mayer, Google's VP of Search Products and User Experience, is speaking today at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. The following is a live blog of her appearance, which is scheduled less than an hour after she announced aGoogle/Twitter partnership to include real-time tweets in Google's search results....

  Tags: Google Inc., newspaper, Thomson Corp., News, Marissa Mayer

• Need to know: Unite joint venture ... SAS job cuts ... Swisscom profits rise ...

  BNET - 2009-08-12

  View video and Need to Know interactive heatmap Economics Unemployment: Official data showed that nearly one million young people are out of work as unemployment hit a 14-year high. More than 700,00 18 to 24-year-olds and 206,000 16 to 17-year-olds are jobless. Inflation: Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of...

  Tags: Bank, American International Group Inc., European Commission

• ITV Sells Friends Reunited To Thomson DC for Mere £25 Million

  PaidContent - 2009-08-05

  So the Friends Reunited sale saga is finally over, and the final end result is brutal: it was sold off to Dundee-based publisher DC Thomson, which owns brightsolid, which in turn owns genealogy website Findmypast.com, reports FT. The new owners plan to combine FindMyPast with Genes Reunited, a Friends'...

  Tags: Thomson Corp., TVs, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Media, Companies, ITV, Rafat Ali

• Video watermarking firm Civolution buys rival

  Strategy Eye - 2009-07-21

  Philips-owned video watermarking firm Civolution has paid an undisclosed sum for Thomson's STS watermarking business, in an operation backed by Prime Technology Ventures. Thomson will combine its technology with Civolution's and become a shareholder in the company. Civolution was formed as a spinoff from Philips and merged with Philips-owned...

  Tags: Video, Thomson Corp., Philips Electronics N.V., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Civolution, Editorial

• Accuray Incorporated F3Q09 (Qtr End 03/28/09) Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-05-05

  Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions Your first question comes from Erik Schneider of UBS. Erik Schneider – UBS Hi, good evening. Euan Thomson Hi, Erik. Erik Schneider – UBS Just on the last comment you noted that on lowering the revenue expectations that it reflects just inherent variability rather than...

  Tags: Patient, Call Transcript, Thomson Corp., Earnings, UBS AG, Seeking Alpha, Accuray Inc.

• Borders Group and Pershing Square Further Extend Financing Agreement Deadlines to April 15

  - 2009-02-13

  Q4/Full Year 2008 Results for Borders Group to be Issued March 31 after Market Close with Conference Call for Investors at 8 a.m. April 1 ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Borders Group, Inc. and Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. on behalf of its affiliates today...

  Tags: Borders Books & Music, Borders Group, Borders Group Inc., Thomson Corp.