Posted May 8, 2013, 12:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
If at first you don’t succeed, try try again. That’s the proverb Marissa Mayer is singing as of late following the company’s failed attempt to acquire a controlling stake in video streaming site DailyMotion in an effort to boost Yahoo’s…
Posted August 20, 2012, 12:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
Big changes could be coming to video streaming service Hulu in the near future according to a leaked confidential memo that found its way to Variety. The three-page memo, dated in July, suggests that CEO Jason Kilar could be preparing…
Posted January 16, 2012, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
News Corp. CEO and founder, Rupert Murdoch, let the tweets fly this weekend humbly claiming he screwed up "in every way possible" with MySpace. Additionally, he accused Google of streaming illegally obtained movies and chastised President Obama for recently stating…
Posted October 14, 2011, 5:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News, The Web
As one big deal is finalized, another one is called off. According to reports, Hulu owners have canceled their auction of the online video joint venture claiming that its strategic value outweighs the short-term benefits of a sale.
Posted August 12, 2011, 12:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
In a recent News Corp. conference call discussing the company’s fiscal fourth quarter earnings, it was disclosed that the media conglomerate had lost $254 million on the purchase and subsequent sale of social networking site Myspace.
Posted April 30, 2011, 11:12 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web
News Corp. is looking to sell the struggling social network Myspace, previously called MySpace but now stylized as My_____, for $100 million. That's less than 20 percent of what the company originally paid for the website.
Posted March 29, 2011, 8:00 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web, Industry News
It has been speculated that News Corp. wants to get rid of Myspace, previously called MySpace but now stylized as My_____, and now it looks like a sale is in order. News Corp. has reportedly hired investment bank Allen &…
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