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