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1 hr ago | The Austrailian

Wade to run News UK newspapers

REBEKAH Wade, the editor of The Sun who is newly charged with running the News Corporation's British newspaper business, is famed for her networking prowess and bulging contacts book.

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Related Topix: Publishing, EastEnders, Soap Opera, Entertainment, Television, Journalism

Fri Jul 03, 2009

WebWire

Foxtel Joins Macrovision's EPG Patent Licensing Program Under NDS Agreement

Macrovision Solutions Corporation , a digital entertainment technology leader, and NDS Group Ltd, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced that FOXTEL, Australia's leading subscription television provider has signed a multi-year agreement for licenses to Macrovision's electronic program guide patent ...

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Related Topix: Media, Macrovision, Startups, NDS Group plc, Telecom, Software, Publishing, Digital Rights Management, Science / Technology

PaidContent.org

Venture-Capital Exits At Six-Year Low

But the remainder of the quarterly Dow Jones VentureSource report was filled with grim statistics.

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Related Topix: Publishing

Wed Jul 01, 2009

MocoNews.net

WSJ Asks iPhone App Users If They Would Pay

Rupert Murdoch has already said News Corp intends to charge "handsomely" for its WSJ iPhone and Blackberry apps eventually.

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Related Topix: Publishing, iPhone, Apple, Startups, Computers, Apple Computer

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk

Elisabeth Murdoch on list for top job at ITV

Sources last night said that Ms Murdoch's understanding of international media and her entrepreneurial skills made her an obvious candidate for an initial list.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Hispanic Business

MySpace Cuts Deep Into International Force

News Corp .'s popular social networking site MySpace is reportedly planning on restructuring its international operations by cutting 300 of its 450 employees and shuttering at least four of its overseas locations.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Social Software

Fri Jun 26, 2009

CBS News

paidContent - More Layoffs At FIM; Includes One-Third Of Photobucket Staff

This story was written by Staci D. Kramer. The slasher film series continues at Fox Interactive Media, which laid off another 50-75 people today at its non-MySpace properties as the News Corp .

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Related Topix: Publishing, Photobucket, Startups

Thu Jun 25, 2009

New York Times

All Sides Win in Buyout Battle

One of the last big clashes of the leveraged buyout boom has finally sputtered out.

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Related Topix: Credit Suisse Asset Mnagement Income Fund, Financial Services, Conroe, TX, Social Software, Media, Viacom, Publishing

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Scotsman.com

New role for Sun editor Wade

THE editor of the Sun is to become the new chief executive of News International.

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Related Topix: Publishing

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Sun editor Rebekah Wade to be chief executive of News International

Rebekah Wade: was announced as chief executive of News International today. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Rebekah Wade , the editor of the Sun , will become chief executive of News International from September.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media, Journalism

Sun Jun 21, 2009

PaidContent.org

Industry Moves: WSJ Adds Wheatcroft As Europe Editor-In-Chief

Robert Thomson continues his remake of the Wall Street Journal 's global structure with the hiring of former Sunday Telegraph editor Patience Wheatcroft as editor-in-chief for Europe.

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Related Topix: Publishing

Fri Jun 19, 2009

Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check

News Corp.a s MySpace Dismisses 400 Workers - NYTimes.com

MySpace, the social networking site owned by News Corporation , the media conglomerate controlled by Mr.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Publishing, Media

Thu Jun 18, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

MySpace on the slide - what can fix it?

" MySpace was a good acquisition at one point... but the truth of the matter is they were not able to sustain or be competitive with other companies, notably Facebook .

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Related Topix: Social Software, Publishing, Media

Business Times

MySpace to slash 30pc of US staff

NEW YORK: US Internet social networking giant MySpace said yesterday it would cut 500 jobs, nearly 30 per cent of its domestic staff, in a restructuring aimed at boosting efficiency.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Publishing

New York Times

White House Defends Inspector General's Firing

The White House said Wednesday that President Obama had dismissed a government agency's internal watchdog because he was incompetent and had behaved bizarrely, disputing accusations that he was fired because he had uncovered embarrassing problems in the AmeriCorps program.

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Related Topix: US News, Publishing, New York Metro, City College of New York, City University of New York

Wed Jun 17, 2009

NewsBusters.org

NewsCorp Sells the Weekly Standard

The Weekly Standard, founded by editor William Kristol and owned by Rupert Murdocha s News Corporation, is now under new ownership.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media

PaidContent.org

Updated: MySpace Cuts U.S. Staff By Nearly 30 Percent; CEO: Staffing Level Was Bloated

The shoe has dropped at MySpace and it's a big one: the News Corp social network is cutting nearly 30 percent of its staff, reducing the domestic staff size to 1,000 from 1,420 as it tries to dial back to a start-up culture - and to make money.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Publishing, Time Warner, Computers, Media

Tue Jun 16, 2009

TechCrunch

MySpace Executes 30% Staff Reduction Today

Those MySpace rumors we've been talking about are very real. A week ago we wrote that MySpace and parent company Fox Interactive Media would layoff hundreds of employees .

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Related Topix: Social Software, Publishing

Mon Jun 15, 2009

New York Times

Murdoch-Berlusconi Feud Plays Out in the Media

When Rupert Murdoch and Silvio Berlusconi clash, it is no surprise that the dispute plays out across multiple platforms.

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Related Topix: Europe, Italy, World News, Silvio Berlusconi, Publishing, Media, Business News

Paid Content

What Salary Freeze? Newspaper Wages Are Actually Rising

You may have heard about the salary freezes and wage cuts at media companies like the NYTCo , Gannett and Dow Jones .

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media, Gannett Co, New York Times, Journalism, Columbia University, Opinion

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