Posts tagged with 'Murdoch'
Social network MySpace unveiled the first stage of its redesign yesterday, starting with a new look for the homepage.
Having been one of the more cluttered sites around, MySpace was certainly due for a revamp. So has it improved?
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by Graham Charlton
20 June 2008 08:55am
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Drama 2.0 has his mind on his money and his money on his mind more than usual lately, so this week's installment of The Web Week in Review is focused on cold hard cash - who's making it and who isn't.
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by Drama 2.0
06 June 2008 09:00am
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We have a winner for Drama 2.0's Understatement of the Year Award.
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by Drama 2.0
02 June 2008 11:31am
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The news that captured my attention this week took a big media slant...
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by Drama 2.0
30 May 2008 15:46pm
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Saul Klein, a partner at Index Ventures, one of Europe's largest venture capital firms, has some shocking advice for European media companies.
They need to buy more of the startups that VC firms like his have backed.
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by Drama 2.0
28 May 2008 08:09am
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Would you:
- Put $20m into a company that you're valuing at $75m and has no proven mainstream appeal, scalability problems or business model?
- Invest $25m at a $200m valuation in a company that has already raised $12.5m, has reportedly generated about $1m in revenues since its launch in 2005 and was unable to develop acquisition interest at $250m?
- Give $50m and a $500m valuation to a profitless company that does $10-12m in annual revenues and whose CEO has said, "We’re like a teen in our clock cycle. Now, we have to figure out how do you get a job and work in the real world"?
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by Drama 2.0
01 May 2008 11:00am
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When one looks at the landscape of the social networking market, it's apparent that most of the major internet companies (Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, etc.) have been left behind in one way or another.
Despite the fact that they have a presence in the market, all have played catch-up more than they've led and none has been able to fully cash in on one of the most hyped internet trends ever.
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by Drama 2.0
28 April 2008 08:17am
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Are you as tired of the Microsoft-Yahoo news as I am? I hope that I will soon be able to include an article about a finalized buyout in an upcoming Web Week in Review episode just so that I can call the nightmare over.
That said, I had to include one Microsoft-Yahoo news article in this week's Web Week in Review.
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by Drama 2.0
11 April 2008 08:30am
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MySpace has teamed up with three of the four major record labels, Sony BMG, Warner Music and Universal, to make their catalogues available via MySpace Music.
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by Graham Charlton
04 April 2008 11:49am
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The headlines this past week were dominated by economic news - news that is having an impact on the technology markets. Here are the stories I found most interesting.
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by Drama 2.0
14 March 2008 13:35pm
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