Peter Kafka in Dive Into Media on February 8 at 7:40 am PT
Hulu isn’t supposed to be a success. And Jason Kilar isn’t supposed to have a job. But it is, and he does. So what’s next?
John Paczkowski in Dive Into Media on January 31 at 7:07 pm PT
News Corp COO Chase Carey addressed phone hacking, SOPA and digital distribution in a discussion with Walt Mossberg at
D: Dive Into Media. And he did it all with a fantastic mustache.
Liz Gannes in Dive Into Media on January 31 at 4:55 pm PT
“It certainly has been a difficult year,” said News Corp. COO Chase Carey at
D: Dive Into Media this afternoon.
Liz Gannes in Dive Into Media on January 31 at 9:28 am PT
“I think there’s more reason for Hulu to exist now than four and a half years ago,” said Hulu CEO Jason Kilar, who was amiable but guarded onstage at
D: Dive Into Media this morning.
Nothing wrong with MySpace price. Just our totally screwing up every way. Agree Facebook revenues will zoom, but still Apple cheap.
— Rupert Murdoch, via Twitter
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Kara Swisher in Media on January 20 at 12:30 pm PT
Raju Narisetti, who is currently managing editor of the Washington Post, has been named managing editor of The Wall Street Digital Network. Narisetti, who has worked for the News Corp.-owned WSJ in the past, replaces Kevin Delaney, who recently left the site to start a global business news site venture at
Atlantic Media.
Paul Sonne and Cassell Bryan-Low, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Media on January 19 at 3:44 pm PT
News Corp. has reached settlements in a majority of the civil lawsuits it faces in Britain over phone hacking at the now-closed News of the World tabloid, but the media giant faces new claims by victims’ lawyers that senior employees covered up wrongdoing and destroyed evidence.
News Byte
Kara Swisher in Media on January 16 at 10:24 am PT
LinkedIn has hired Olivier Legrand to run its advertising business in the Asia Pacific region, where the business networking site has more than 20 million members. Legrand has most recently been running digital initiatives in Asia for News Corp.’s Dow Jones, including The Wall Street Journal.
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Kara Swisher in Media on January 16 at 2:57 am PT
If you thought the Twitter war started by News Corp.’s majordomo Rupert Murdoch versus Google would be the gift that keeps on giving, you would be right. After the tweet-happy media mogul — who owns this Web site — accused the search giant of being a
content “piracy leader,” Google told
CNET that Murdoch’s 140-character observations were “nonsense.” More to come (hopefully).
