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20 Apr, 2017, 11.16 AM IST
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- MySpace website to cut staff numbers in half : Report
News Corp. owned website MySpace is planning to axe about half of its staff, cutting the number of employees to about 500 to make the compa...
11 Jan, 2011, 04.43 PM IST
- Fresh Twitter investment may value co at $3-bn plus
Twitter is considering a funding round that would value the company at more than $3 billion as investors clamour for a stake in the social-...
04 Dec, 2010, 11.46 AM IST
- Financial cos check online advertising growth at 32%
Indian online ad market to grow 32% this fiscal to Rs 430-cr, lower than the 38% growth it showed last year.
15 Dec, 2009, 12.19 AM IST
- Facebook, MySpace encourage children to suicide: Archbishop
The Catholic Church in England has warned that websites such as Facebook and MySpace are pushing teenagers to view friendship as a "commodi...
02 Aug, 2009, 08.26 PM IST
- MySpace to slash 30 pct of US staff
US Internet social networking giant MySpace would cut 500 jobs, nearly 30 per cent of its domestic staff.
17 Jun, 2009, 01.34 AM IST
- Murdoch expects to seal deal for Newsday within a week
News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch expects to clinch a deal to buy the Long Island-based newspaper Newsday within a week.
08 May, 2008, 06.21 AM IST
- Microsoft to map independent strategy after Yahoo fiasco
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said on Wednesday the company is not pursuing other deals following the withdrawal of its $47.5 billion (euro...
08 May, 2008, 02.22 AM IST
- Before the bell, Yahoo shares rise
Shares of Yahoo Inc, which has received a takeover offer from Microsoft Corp, rose 2.2 per cent to $28.38 before the bell. Special: MS' Yah...
10 Apr, 2008, 05.58 PM IST
- News Corp in talks with Microsoft for joint bid for Yahoo: Report
Yahoo's efforts to escape takeover by Microsoft received a blow after reports that News Corp was in talks with MS for launching a joint bid...
10 Apr, 2008, 03.30 PM IST
- News Corp. in talks with record labels over new MySpace music service
News Corp. has approached the four major record labels to discuss launching an online music service through its popular MySpace social netw...
21 Feb, 2008, 07.40 AM IST
- Yahoo may sidestep Microsoft with News Corp deal
The partnership would unite Yahoo's online services with News Corp's MySpace, the most popular social-networking site. Special: MS' Yahoo b...
15 Feb, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Social networking sites flawed
Social networking web sites such as MySpace.com are increasingly juicy targets for computer hackers, who are demonstrating a pair of vulner...
06 Aug, 2007, 02.41 PM IST
- Murdoch frustrated by pace of talks with Dow
News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch appeared frustrated Wednesday with the state of talks with Dow Jones saying it was unclear where the comp...
13 Jul, 2007, 02.53 AM IST
- Murdoch upset by pace of talks with Dow
News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch appears frustrated with the state of talks with Dow Jones.
13 Jul, 2007, 02.37 AM IST