14 posts and columns on News Corporation

Which Company Is the Most Social? Check the Social Business Index.

in Enterprise on September 13, 2011 at 2:39 pm PT

The Dachis Group helps companies track data related to their social media marketing efforts. Now it’s sharing that data with the world.
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Investors Await News Corp. Meeting

in News on August 7, 2011 at 8:00 pm PT

News Corp. executives will try to use an important board meeting and full-year earnings this week to steer attention away from the scandal at the media giant’s U.K. newspapers unit and refocus investors on the company’s core operations, people familiar with the matter said.

News Corp. Sells Fox Mobile Group to Investment Firm

in Mobile on December 22, 2010 at 12:55 pm PT

News Corp. said Wednesday it had sold its Fox Mobile Group unit to Jesta Group, an investor firm. The mobile entertainment unit, which had been on the block for a while, includes Jamster, Mobizzo and mobile video service BitBop.

MySpace | A Place for Layoffs, Redux

in Social on June 23, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

MySpace has extended its war on bloat overseas. This morning the company announced plans to close at least four of its offices outside the U.S. in a bid to reduce costs. Some 300 of the company’s 450 international employees will lose their jobs as a result.
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MySpace | A Place for Layoffs, Redux

in Social on June 23, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

MySpace has extended its war on bloat overseas. This morning the company announced plans to close at least four of its offices outside the U.S. in a bid to reduce costs. Some 300 of the company’s 450 international employees will lose their jobs as a result.
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MySpace | A Place for Layoffs

in Social on June 16, 2009 at 11:15 am PT

The ax has finally swung at MySpace. This morning the AOL of social networks announced plans to sack 30 percent of its workforce. All told, 420 workers will lose their jobs, reducing the size of the company’s staff to 1,000 employees. CEO Owen Van Natta’s all-hands memo, after the jump.
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MySpace | A Place for Layoffs

in Social on June 16, 2009 at 11:15 am PT

The ax has finally swung at MySpace. This morning the AOL of social networks announced plans to sack 30 percent of its workforce. All told, 420 workers will lose their jobs, reducing the size of the company’s staff to 1,000 employees. CEO Owen Van Natta’s all-hands memo, after the jump.
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Video: Rupert Murdoch Highlight Reel, Part Two

in D6 on May 28, 2008 at 10:35 pm PT

Here are a few video highlights from the second part of the D6 interview of Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO, News Corporation, conducted by conference co-hosts Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher.
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Video: Rupert Murdoch Highlight Reel, Part One

in D6 on May 28, 2008 at 10:30 pm PT

Here are a few video highlights from the first part of the D6 interview of Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO, News Corporation, conducted by conference co-hosts Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher.
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Mystified by MicroHoo: Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO, News Corporation

in D6 on May 28, 2008 at 8:47 pm PT

As chairman and CEO of News Corp., Rupert Murdoch commands what may be the world’s most powerful media empire, spanning movie studios, television networks, newspapers and a growing stable of Internet properties, including the wildly popular MySpace social network. In 2007, he purchased Dow Jones, which owns The Wall Street Journal and wsj.com, as well as this conference and its associated Web site, AllThingsD.com. Mr. Murdoch has a personal passion for news and a deep interest in the transition from traditional print and broadcast forms of journalism to digital formats.
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