Posts tagged with 'Murdoch'
There's been a lot of debate and discussion about Microsoft's offer to acquire Yahoo.
Thus far, Drama 2.0 has shied away from the drama.
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by Drama 2.0
14 February 2008 08:45am
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The past week was again dominated by big topics driven by the economic landscape.
From Microsoft's attempted buyout of a struggling Yahoo to Cisco's disappointing financial outlook, it's clear that the Fun Train has left the station and the Reality Train is on its way.
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by Drama 2.0
08 February 2008 13:00pm
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Big Media's checkmate over many of the internet companies that were supposed to put it out of business has been inevitable.
But that inevitability is just now becoming clear to some internet idealogues as they recover from their kool aid-induced stupours.
As such, I thought it'd be worthwhile to look at three recent stories that exemplify how Big Media is slowly but surely starting to demonstrate its strength over many supposed internet threats.
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by Drama 2.0
06 February 2008 13:00pm
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The economy continued to dominate the news this week. The US Federal Reserve took aggressive action to fend off a worsening economic crisis, while Google's disappointing year-end results may have put an end to the myth that everybody's favorite internet company is immune from reality.
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by Drama 2.0
01 February 2008 14:56pm
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Every Friday, I'll provide a roundup of the week's stories that I find to be most interesting and relevant.
With some of the world's top business leaders, politicians and intellectuals busy mingling at Davos, it's not surprising that some of this week's most noteworthy news dealt with Big Media, Big Technology and Big Recession.
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by Drama 2.0
25 January 2008 13:50pm
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Ad revenues for US newspaper websites grew 21.1% in Q2, according to new stats that will give Rupert Murdoch some more ammunition in his bid to make the Wall Street Journal offer its online content for free.
The data, from the Newspaper Association of America (NAA), shows ad spending on newspaper publishers’ online properties jumped 21.1% year-on-year in Q3 to $773m.
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by Richard Maven
21 November 2007 07:57am
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The New York Times' decision to drop its outdated subscription model appears to have paid off, with visitor numbers increasing by almost 3m in October.
Figures from Nielsen/NetRatings, quoted in WebProNews, show that the newspaper's online audience grew from 14.6m in September to 17.5m last month.
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by Graham Charlton
19 November 2007 12:51pm
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Rupert Murdoch has said he is planning to make the Wall Street Journal free to access on the web, following its recent purchase by News Corp.
The paper, one of the few that still charges subscriptions, earns around $50m per year from 1m users but hopes to generate more cash by increasing its traffic.
Speaking in Australia, Murdoch said:
"We are studying it and we expect to make that free, and instead of having 1m (subscribers), having at least 10m to 15m in every corner of the earth."
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by Graham Charlton
14 November 2007 13:59pm
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The Times is to make it easier for readers to contribute to its website by allowing them to blog by phone using voice to text services provided by SpinVox.
The service is initially aimed at travel bloggers as part of the site's YourWorld promotion with BMW. TimesOnline users will be able to give accounts of their travels from anywhere in the world, and read those posted by other readers.
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by Graham Charlton
07 November 2007 16:28pm
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MySpace has announced a new targeted ad platform on the social network, which looks like a version of Google AdSense for display ads.
The system, SelfServe, is aimed at small businesses, politicians etc, and will allow advertisers to create and target display ads, as well as providing analytics tools to track their effectiveness.
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by Graham Charlton
05 November 2007 16:09pm
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