Tag Archives: News Corp.
20/20 Hindsight on Myspace
Hindsight is always 20/20. Still, looking back on Rupert Murdoch’s $580 million purchase of Myspace in 2005, it’s possible to see a series of worrisome red flags. I present them forthwith so that you can pick out the next flops yourself — and if you’re a media mogul, maybe save you a billion or two.
AOL: A Case of Split Personality
Seems like sometime soon we’ll be either be celebrating AOL’s recovery or mourning its demise. Can’t fault Armstrong for trying. Continue reading
Can We All Say “Hulu?”
The NBCu and News Corp. portal unveils a name and a URL We imagine that the executives at NBCu and News Corp. decided to be a bit playful and "YouTube-sounding" when they came up with the name Hulu for their … Continue reading
MySpace: Tools Don’t Kill Copyrights. People Kill Copyrights.
Fox wants to protect media content and grow MySpace at the same time. Tough job! MySpace’s apparent attempt to prevent users from embedding tools such as music, video players and ecommerce engines in their site doesn’t make compute financially or … Continue reading


