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Report on Social Media Predicts Facebook and YouTube to Dominate Mediasphere
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 8:59am | 427Read More...Facebook's meteoric rise is set to continue unabated, concludes a report out this week from award winning top 10 independent research agency Conquest into the social media habits of 16-24 year olds. It shows that despite Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube snapping at its heels, the Facebook monolith...
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Report on Social Media Predicts Facebook and YouTube to Dominate Mediasphere
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 8:59am | 427Read More...Facebook's meteoric rise is set to continue unabated, concludes a report out this week from award winning top 10 independent research agency Conquest into the social media habits of 16-24 year olds. It shows that despite Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube snapping at its heels, the Facebook monolith...
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What Do YouTube, Hulu and Yahoo! Have In Common? (GOOG, YHOO)
Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 5:54pm | 631Read More...What do YouTube (NASDAQ: GOOG), Hulu, Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), and MySpace have in common? They all host videos from Howcast.com, a media technology company that focuses on producing high-quality how-to videos. Thus far, that focus has proved to be quite successful: Howcast videos are played more...
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Trading The Death Of MySpace (NWSA)
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 11:02am | 369Read More...As we all know by now, MySpace is not long for this world, as News Corp.'s (NASDAQ: NWSA) $580 million investment has turned out to be one of the worst uses of money ever. I think giving my dog $100 and watching him rip it up would've been a better use of money. Facebook has already won the war on...
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Myspace and Google Expand Search and Advertising Agreement
Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 12:00pm | 55Read More...Myspace and Google, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced a multi-year agreement to renew and expand their long-standing search and advertising relationship. Under the terms of the new agreement, Google will continue to power Myspace search and search advertising and will also provide additional...
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News Corp.'s Jon Miller: “I Have Three Jobs: Surgeon, Midwife, And Astrologer”
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 12:13pm | 145Read More...At the IGNITION Conference in New York City, News Corp.'s Jon Miller spoke to Business Insider about companies like AOL and Yahoo and whether or not they can be saved. “I say I have three jobs: surgeon, midwife and astrologer,” Miller replied. “You're asking about the doctor part. Think about fix,...
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News Corp. Looking At Sale Of MySpace (NWSA, YHOO, AOL)
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 6:37pm | 199Read More...According to a Reuters report, News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) COO Chase Carey said that the company is open to a sale of its MySpace property after a relaunch of the social network as an entertainment site. The article states that "a sale or partnership are two of a number of options the company would...
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MySpace CEO Mike Jones Tells Fox Business "We Are No Longer Competing With Facebook"
Friday, November 19, 2010 - 3:32pm | 323Read More...MySpace CEO Mike Jones spoke with FOX Business Network's (FBN) Connell McShane about the company's new partnership with Facebook and their focus on “music entertainment content.” On whether MySpace and Facebook collaborating on Mashup means they are no longer competitors: “We are no longer...
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Myspace Announces Mashup with Facebook
Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 4:17pm | 365Read More...Today, Myspace announced Mashup with Facebook, a new feature that allows Myspace users to easily create a personalized stream of entertainment content. With a simple one-click set-up, the likes and interests of a user's Facebook profile are ported over to Myspace, enabling a user's stream to become...
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What's Hot on TheStreet
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 12:07pm | 277Read More...Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet.com. What's Hot On TheStreet Salesforce's Hu Turns Offices Into Social Networks The worst economic downturn since the Great Depression opened doors for savvy executives with ideas that help businesses grow. Few took advantage of that...
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Google Extending Ad Space Deal With MySpace
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 9:53am | 154Read More...MySpace.com extended a search advertising contract with Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) by one month as the News Corp.-owned social-networking website tries to secure a new agreement, according to two people with knowledge of the talks. MySpace claims it will allow users to sync accounts with Facebook...
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MySpace (NWS) (NWSA) CEO Resigns
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 11:19pm | 142Read More...News Corporation (Nasdaq: NWS) (Nasdaq: NWSA) announced on Wednesday that the Chief Executive Officer of its MySpace subsidiary, Owen Van Natta, resigned from the position he held for less than a year. Rival Facebook has been gaining market share and buzz at the expense of MySpace. Microsoft...
