Tagged: Rupert Murdoch
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Murdoch’s News Corp begins MySpace sell-off News
25.02.2011 News Corp has begun selling off social networking site MySpace, the company it acquired in 2005 for US$580m. The floundering site is expected to be of interest to private equity... -
Putting value in content News
24.02.2011 With the rise of tablets and social media, many companies are looking at new business models for digital media. LAURA O’BRIEN takes a look at the current challenges for old and... -
Newspapers cry out against Apple’s iPad subscription plan News
09.02.2011 Newspaper publishers across Europe have spoken out following indications by Apple in many European countries that it may bring in new conditions for both online subscribers to... -
Murdoch launches The Daily: ‘We will be on all major tablets, too’ News
02.02.2011 Rupert Murdoch’s The Daily, which launched today on the Apple iPad, will eventually be made for all tablet products and media devices, including Android, the newspaper publisher...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Computers, Apps Zone, Apps -
Can Murdoch's iPad-only 'The Daily' save newspapers? News
02.02.2011 Later today newspaper publisher extraordinaire Rupert Murdoch will get the virtual presses rolling on the first nationwide newspaper to be launched in the US for 30 years – The... -
iPad-only newspaper The Daily to come next week News
28.01.2011 The Daily, the digital newspaper being developed by Apple and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp that will be available only on the iPad, is to officially launch on 2 February. -
Murdoch’s BSkyB buys Wi-Fi operator The Cloud News
27.01.2011 A UK Wi-Fi operator co-founded by Irish entrepreneur Norman Crowley has been bought for close to stg£50m by BSkyB, it emerged today. -
iPad newspaper ‘The Daily’ launch delayed News
14.01.2011 The launch of Rupert Murdoch’s upcoming iPad-only newspaper The Daily is reportedly to be delayed for another few weeks. -
'The Daily' iPad digital newspaper to debut 19 January News
11.01.2011 Media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is planning to launch its iPad-only newspaper, The Daily, at a press conference in San Francisco, California, on 19 January, according to... -
iPad newspaper to launch in January News
17.12.2010 News Corp’s iPad newspaper, The Daily, won’t be seeing a release until early next year. -
Download issues take away from Branson's Project launch News
30.11.2010 Richard Branson’s online magazine exclusive to the iPad – Project – was launched today, but while Branson might have beaten Rupert Murdoch with the release of his product, there... -
Bookie tips Murdoch to beat Branson in digital paper chase News
25.11.2010 Irish online betting firm Paddy Power is taking bets on which soon-to-be-launched digital "newspaper" will have the highest circulation by the end of 2011. -
Branson planning iPad magazine – watch out Murdoch! News
25.11.2010 High-flying businessman Richard Branson is also planning to break into the iPad media business and next week will unveil a digital magazine tailored specifically for the tablet...Categories: Software & Web Development, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Is Apple planning a December launch of iOS 4.3? News
24.11.2010 Rupert Murdoch has confirmed that News Corp and Apple’s forthcoming iPad newspaper The Daily is well under way and could be out in December. It has also emerged that Apple will...Categories: Operating Systems, Media, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps Zone, Apps -
News Corp to purchase education tech group News
23.11.2010 News Corp will acquire 90pc of a US education technology company, Wireless Generation, for $360m. -
Steve Jobs and Rupert Murdoch create digital newspaper News
22.11.2010 Apple’s Steve Jobs and media mogul Rupert Murdoch have been collaborating on a new digital newspaper they have named The Daily which will be unveiled in the coming days.Categories: Wireless Communications, Software, Multimedia, Mobility, Hardware, Digital Media, Apps Zone, Apps -
MySpace ‘Mashup' alliance with Facebook was necessary News
19.11.2010 In some quarters it is being viewed as a "hell freezes over" moment, but the decision by the Rupert Murdoch-owned MySpace to enter into a "Mashup" joint venture with Facebook is...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Mobility, Games/Entertainment, Deals Done, Apps -
Bill Gates hits top 10 of Forbes most powerful list News
04.11.2010 Forbes has released a list of the 68 most powerful people in the world, with Bill Gates being the only tech head making the top 10. -
The digital business week News
18.10.2010 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week. -
Media groups look to halt News Corp expansion News
12.10.2010 The BBC, Channel Four and The Guardian are among the rival media groups who have come together to try to block Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to take full control of BSkyB.