42244 0 3 econsultancy_xml <p>Ross Levinsohn has been credited pursuading Murdoch to buy MySpace, as well as <a href="http://uk.ign.com/">IGN.com</a>, and worked at translating the popularity of the social network site into advertising and other revenue streams, including <a href="/blog/164-myspace-to-sell-fox-video-content">selling Fox video content through the site</a>. <br /><br />According to <a href="http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/peter-levinsohn-replaces-ross-levinsohn-as-president-of-fim/">Staci D. Kramer at paidContent.org</a>, having built News Corp’s internet division from scratch, Levinsohn would rather go onto a new project than continue the day to day management of the division. </p> <p>Meanwhile, <a href="http://gigaom.com/2006/11/16/ross-levinsohn-replaced-at-fox-interactive/">Om Malik at GigaOM</a> thinks that Ross is planning to raise capital to ‘<em>buy and aggregate an online media property of high traffic sites</em>’. <br /><br />His replacement is an 18 year veteran at Fox, whose previous role was to manage and develop the TV and film network's digital strategy. This has included creating revenue-sharing deals with affiliates of the Fox TV network , and negotiating deals to sell Fox's films and TV shows through outlets like iTunes, Amazon, and MSN.</p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph>Ross Levinsohn has been credited pursuading Murdoch to buy MySpace, as well as <Link URL="http://uk.ign.com/" Window="New">IGN.com</Link>, and worked at translating the popularity of the social network site into advertising and other revenue streams, including <Link URL="/blog/164-myspace-to-sell-fox-video-content" Window="New">selling Fox video content through the site</Link>. <LineBreak /><LineBreak />According to <Link URL="http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/peter-levinsohn-replaces-ross-levinsohn-as-president-of-fim/" Window="New">Staci D. Kramer at paidContent.org</Link>, having built News Corp’s internet division from scratch, Levinsohn would rather go onto a new project than continue the day to day management of the division. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Meanwhile, <Link URL="http://gigaom.com/2006/11/16/ross-levinsohn-replaced-at-fox-interactive/" Window="New">Om Malik at GigaOM</Link> thinks that Ross is planning to raise capital to ‘<Quote>buy and aggregate an online media property of high traffic sites</Quote>’. <LineBreak /><LineBreak />His replacement is an 18 year veteran at Fox, whose previous role was to manage and develop the TV and film network's digital strategy. This has included creating revenue-sharing deals with affiliates of the Fox TV network , and negotiating deals to sell Fox's films and TV shows through outlets like iTunes, Amazon, and MSN.</Paragraph> </FormattedContent> 2006-11-17T12:44:00+00:00 0 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>Ross Levinsohn, who was instrumental in News Corp's acquisition of MySpace.com, has resigned from Fox Interactive Media to pursue other ventures.</strong> </p> <p>He will be replaced in the position by his namesake Peter Levinsohn, who is a distant cousin. Peter is currently president of digital media for Fox Entertainment Group.</p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Ross Levinsohn, who was instrumental in News Corp's acquisition of MySpace.com, has resigned from Fox Interactive Media to pursue other ventures.</Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>He will be replaced in the position by his namesake Peter Levinsohn, who is a distant cousin. Peter is currently president of digital media for Fox Entertainment Group.</Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 533 362167 Ross Levinsohn leaves Fox Interactive / Murdoch false 2006-11-17T14:15:00+00:00 ross-levinsohn-leaves-fox-interactive-murdoch 2009-04-29T21:27:04+01:00 2009-04-29T21:27:04+01:00 337