Profits at Murdoch’s News Corp. Jump 11 Percent

New York, NY (AHN) - News Corp., the media giant with interests in newspapers, film and television, reported an 11 percent gain in first-quarter profit on Thursday. The New York-based company said net income rose to $571 million, ... continue

How News Corp slandered this site

There's nothing funny about being defamed and accused of undertaking illegal activities, and that's precisely what Australia's biggest newspaper group is currently doing to The Inquisitr, and by extension myself today. Over two posts Wednesday evening (Australian Eastern) ... continue

Are we all watching the world’s biggest game of bluff poker?

The newspaper world is changing and struggling to find its way online in a fashion that will see the leaders of the conglomerates that own them maintain their wealth and power. Zachary M. Seward ... continue

Media buyer claims News Corp preparing to sue Google, Yahoo over news services

Harold Mitchell, the founder of one of Australia's largest advertising groups and a man connected to News Corp locally, said in a radio interview Thursday (local time) that News Corp. is preparing to sue Google and Yahoo ... continue

MySpace turns to gaming to compete

MySpace, that social networking site you last looked at in 2006 before being seduced by Facebook's crisp blues and clean whites, is now looking to gaming to help it compete. Speaking at the Fortune Brainstorm: TECH conference ... continue

Australian News Corp chief attacks Google, bloggers

John Hartigan, the Chief Executive of News Ltd, the Australian arm of News Corp has joined in with his colleagues in the United States today in bashing Google and bloggers. In a wide ranging lecture about how News ... continue

Another who cares Hulu post – this time get your wallet ready

Over the last couple of days I’ve been seeing a couple of posts showing up suggesting that people get ready to open their wallets soon if they want to keep using Hulu. Now for ... continue

Murdoch says to get ready to pay up

Rupert Murdoch, the man behind News Corp, says that it’s time to fix a “malfunctioning” business model when it comes to online news – specifically his newspapers. To do this he is expected to ... continue

Murdoch targets Google over Google News, lawsuit to follow?

News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch targeted Google on Thursday over the use of newspaper headlines in Google News. Murdoch rhetorically asked an industry event in Washington D.C., "Should we be allowing Google to steal all our copyrights?" going ... continue

Fox Interactive Media cuts 5% of workforce

Fox Interactive Media (FIM), the digital division of New Corp is laying off about 5% of its work force, or around 100 people. The cuts, which started in the last month according to the Wall Street Journal, are ... continue

Murdoch: newspapers will survive, but physical format irrelevant

News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch delivered the annual Boyer Lecture on Australia's ABC Sunday, and while he was positive on the future for newspapers, it's what he had to say about print editions which makes the talk ... continue

News Corp profit drops 30%, TV, Movie businesses take big hits

International media conglomerate News Corp. has reported a 30% drop in quarterly profits off the back of big dives in News Corp's TV and Movie businesses. News Corp. net income for the quarter that ended Sept. 30 dropped ... continue