MySpace continues to struggle against Facebook
Facebook opened up their network to anyone online a few years ago and they have been dominating ever since.
They overtook MySpace to become the most popular social networking service on the web.
And this has turned into a disaster for MySpace which could now lose as much as USD [...]
Hulu might not remain totally free in the future
News Corp’s Jonathan Miller has stated that the company is considering making some of the shows on the Hulu service paid.
He said that a subscription model is a big possibility in the future.
Miller said: “I don’t see why over time that shouldn’t happen.”
It is [...]
Amazon set to announce a bigger screen Kindle?
Market sources are claiming that Amazon would announce a larger screen edition of Kindle eBook reader later this week.
This new edition would be optimized for newspapers, magazines and possibly even text books.
Amazon was said to be working on such a device but it was expected to be [...]
ABC television shows coming to Hulu
US based web service Hulu has announced that they are all set to add new shows from ABC on their network.
With this, only CBS is the major media network which is not broadcasting their shows through Hulu.
NBC and News Corporation are already broadcasting their content on Hulu.
Hulu is currently [...]
Owen Van Natta to be the new CEO of MySpace
MySpace is getting a new CEO.
News Corp has announced that they are appointing Owen Van Natta as the new CEO of the MySpace.
Incidentally, Owen Van Natta was previously with Facebook which is the prime rival of MySpace in the social networking industry.
Facebook overtook [...]
Slide signs several deals for content distribution on Facebook
Social networking service provider Slide has announced several deals which would see them distributing video content through networks like Facebook.
The company is now collaborating with media partners including CBS Interactive, E! Entertainment channel, Warner Brothers, News Corp and Hulu.
These companies are going to share the revenues generation [...]
MySpace revamping to improve image, enhance popularity
News Corp. owned social-networking service MySpace has announced that they are now revamping the site to improve its image and boost popularity.
MySpace is often used as a perfect example of how not to develop a web service. This is despite the fact that it remains the most popular social [...]
MySpace Karaoke to be launched today
Social networking service MySpace is set to launch a new feature named MySpace Karaoke today.
This new service would be largely powered by kSolo technology which was acquired by Fox Interactive around two years ago.
Both MySpace and Fox Interactive are part of News Corp.
MySpace co-founder and President Tom Anderson spoke about [...]
MySpace India launched
Social networking is pretty popular in the Indian market. But most people prefer to use Google’s Orkut or Friendster. Even Facebook is very popular amongst the web users around here.
MySpace however is the largest social networking service in the world and they have now launched the Indian version of the site.
MySpace India is [...]
Microsoft prefers to stay alone on Yahoo Bid
Rumors in the market stated that News Corp was in talks with Microsoft to join their bid to acquire internet media giant Yahoo.
However, the latest information in is that the software giant wants to proceed with the bid alone. They are however not running out collaborating with a [...]
