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News Corp cleared to purchase Intermix
News News Corp's interest in Intermix may be fuelled by its recent financial performance. One blogger fears that News Corp will "load [MySpace] with Fox News advertisements, censorship filters, and ban anyone who speaks out against… their agenda.
[August 23, 2005, 16:10]
News Corp. exec puts piracy in spotlight
News A key executive from media giant News Corp.on Tuesday urged cooperation between media and technology companies in combating piracy. During his keynote speech at the Comdex Fall 2002 trade show, News Corp.chief operating officer Peter Chernin said...
[November 20, 2002, 7:47]
News Corp to float Internet businesses
News For years Rupert Murdoch has downplayed the value of the Internet but on Wednesday the media giant announced that over the next few months he intends to float some of News Corp's online properties, the clearest indication yet that he has made an...
[November 4, 1999, 12:52]
News Corp seeks investor in satellite operation
News If there's any truth to the speculation that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp wants to join forces with an Internet or high-tech company, then AOL Time Warner may not yet have a monopoly on the new media market.
[March 1, 2000, 13:36]
News Corp. readies new-media push
News Richmond, who was president of Fox Interactive, will hold the same title at News Corp. Murdoch, son of News Corp.head Rupert Murdoch, was promoted to executive vice president of News Corp. Richmond strongly refuted criticism that Fox and News Corp...
[September 30, 1999, 10:18]
Murdoch planning search acquisition
News News Corp is in talks to buy a stake in an unnamed search engine as part of its plan to create a major portal and expand on the Internet, Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said this week. News Corp has planned to spend about $2bn (£1bn) on Internet...
[August 15, 2005, 17:15]
Internet a 'moral-free zone', warns media chief
News The president of media giant News Corp.warns that the Internet has become a "moral-free zone," with the medium's future threatened by pornography, spam and rampant piracy. He also predicted that without new laws to stave off illicit copying, News...
[August 21, 2002, 15:48]
Google wins $900m MySpace deal
News Google has won a highly prized deal with MySpace.com to serve Web search and advertising listings to the nearly 100 million members of the News Corp-owned social network, besting rival Yahoo in the bid.
[August 8, 2006, 17:45]
Compaq-Digital rumours rekindled
News The rumour mill went into crank mode Friday when a Wall Street news service reported that Compaq Computer Corp.is seriously considering buying Digital Equipment Corp.for $73 per share, or roughly $20 billion.
[November 24, 1997, 9:10]
US Report: Sources say PointCast sale imminent
News Analysts said they would be surprised if PointCast commanded anywhere near the $450 million reportedly offered by News Corp.in 1997. Meanwhile, the company made what in retrospect was the mistake of a lifetime, when it turned down a reported $450m...
[December 3, 1998, 9:42]
Apple reverses plans on cloning
News In a blow to Mac clone makers and their customers, Apple Chief Financial Officer Fred Anderson said in a press conference this afternoon that negotiations to extend agreements with current licence holders Motorola Corp.
[September 3, 1997, 9:24]
LinkedIn about to be acquired?
Blog But the rumours fizzled out as quickly as they had started when News Corp announced some other (unrelated) acquisitions instead. Following the extended board meeting last week, however, the rumour mill has once again sparked into life with top of...
[May 13, 2008, 17:43]
Jobs hailed as most powerful person in business
News News Corp also owns The Sun and The Times in the UK, and the Fox network in the US. In addition, News Corp owns the financial news organisation The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires. Media mogul and head of News Corporation Rupert Murdoch...
[November 28, 2007, 13:46]
A Year Ago: Apple reverses plans on cloning
News In a blow to Mac clone makers and their customers, Apple Chief Financial Officer Fred Anderson said in a press conference this afternoon that negotiations to extend agreements with current licence holders Motorola Corp.
[September 3, 1998, 7:49]
Sky shares skyrocket on online strategy
News He said that while Sky has been fairly slow in jumping into the Internet, it has the potential to leverage its substantial television brand, along with its extensive media connections through parent company News Corp.to make a big impression online.
[February 10, 2000, 9:00]
Sybase to cut 600 employees
News Taken together, the news fueled a growing perception that relational database makers were now competing in a commodity market that will soon come under increasing pressure from Microsoft Corp. For the past two years, Sybase has faced declining...
[February 24, 1998, 9:59]
A Year Ago: NCD to tap Intel chips for 'lean' clients
News Network Computing Devices Inc.said Monday it signed a three-year deal with Intel Corp.to make systems using its processors. In addition, NCD produces network computers and terminal replacements for IBM Corp.
[March 9, 1999, 5:35]
NCD to tap Intel chips for 'lean' clients
News In addition, NCD produces network computers and terminal replacements for IBM Corp. Market research International Data Corp.forecasts the market for terminal replacements will hit 10 million units by 2001.
[March 10, 1998, 11:28]
VeriSign buys .tv Web domain
News VeriSign will take over control of the .tv Web domain by buying .tv Corp. Tuvalu licensed the domain to .tv Corp.in 2000 for $50m, using part of that money to join the United Nations. Tv Corp.which will become a wholly owned subsidiary of VeriSign...
[January 7, 2002, 15:39]
Linux bandwagon gains Compaq
News Jumping fully onto the open source bandwagon, Compaq Computer Corp.is about to ship and offer support for Linux servers. But that's changing, with Compaq on board and IBM and Dell Computer Corp.also offering custom Linux systems.
[January 18, 1999, 12:15]
