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Former News Corp. president reportedly places $500 million bid for Hulu

Brittany Hillen, Apr 5th 2013 Discuss [0]

It is no secret that Disney and News Corp. have been looking into selling video-streaming service Hulu, with sources having dropped information over the past weeks about what is happening behind the scenes. Word had it the two companies were, at one point, looking at buying out the other to take control of the service, and then sources said they were entertaining potential buyers. Now individuals who are said to be familiar with the happenings have stated that News Corps.' former president has placed a bid. Read The Full Story

Hulu announces Andy Forssell as acting CEO

Brittany Hillen, Mar 14th 2013 Discuss [0]

We've known for quite some time now that Hulu's CEO Jason Kilar will be leaving the company, a tidbit of information that first showed up in Variety back in August 2012. Since then, more information about the departure has been revealed, but one piece of the puzzle has been missing: who will replace him. That mystery ended today with a letter posted by Kilar on Hulu's blog. Read The Full Story

News Corp reveals education-equipped tablets

Brian Sin, Mar 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

News Corp is planning on joining the tablet market soon with it's own $299 tablet. But News Corp's tablet won't just be any standard tablet. Its tablet will be geared specifically towards teachers and students. The tablet will run on Android's operating system, and will be powered by News Corps education brand, Amplify. The tablet is supposed to rival Apple's iPad, which is currently the most preferred tablet in the education market. Read The Full Story

The Daily goes dodo: News Corp retires iPad app on December 15

Chris Davies, Dec 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Ambitious iPad digital newspaper The Daily will be shuttered and the brand folded into other News Corp channels including The Post, the publisher has revealed, with the app ceasing on December 15. "Our experience was that we could not find a large enough audience quickly enough to convince us the business model was sustainable in the long-term" News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch said of the decision; the initially iOS-only app was launched with no lack of fanfare back in February 2011, described as the first way to "true news discovery" on Apple's tablet. Read The Full Story

Hulu CEO reportedly on the way out

Eric Abent, Aug 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

Hulu might be going through some big changes within the next month, Variety reports. According to an uncovered internal memo, Hulu may find itself without a CEO at some point September, and the company may end up with less content to offer its viewers. If all of this is true, it could potentially change the streaming service as we know it. Read The Full Story

Roku pals with News Corp. for $45m hardware and content investment

Chris Davies, Jul 26th 2012 Discuss [0]

Roku will use a $45m investment round to develop new digital media devices and services, after securing the backing of News Corp., BSkyB and others to build out its streaming platform. A combination of cash and "business agreements" are included in the deal, with Roku intending to increase its international footprint and "increase engineering and production" with further pushes into advertising, games, transactional and pay-per-view video along with content packages. Read The Full Story

News Corps’ NDS allegedly leaked rival pay TV codes

Shane McGlaun, Mar 27th 2012 Discuss [1]

News Corporation has been linked to high-profile hacking cases in the past. New allegations have surfaced that a News Corporation company called NDS hired a hacker to dig up the set-top pay-TV codes of a rival in the digital smartcard business called ITV Digital. The allegations come from a man named Lee Gibling that operated website in late 1990s called the House of Ill-Compute and was also known as Thoic. Read The Full Story

News Corp’s Times newspaper accused of computer hacking

Mark Raby, Feb 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

Just when the world was beginning to forget about News Corp's hacking scandals, a new investigation has been launched regarding the media giant's UK newspaper the Times. The Metropolitan Police Service in England is looking into reports that a reporter may have hacked into e-mail accounts. This of course comes after News Corp faced a humiliating probe into phone hacking last year. Read The Full Story

Murdoch blasts Google as “Piracy leader”

Chris Davies, Jan 16th 2012 Discuss [23]

Outspoken News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch has launched a renewed attack on Google, calling it the "piracy leader" of the internet and accusing it apposing SOPA as it makes money off adverts shown around illegal content. Murdoch turned to Twitter for his rant, seemingly triggered by the Obama Administration's comments this weekend that it had concerns over the controls implicit in the Stop Online Piracy Act. Read The Full Story

News Corp drops bid to purchase BSkyB

Shane McGlaun, Jul 13th 2011 Discuss [2]

News Corp has been working to purchase the British pay-TV company BSkyB since last year. New Corp has now dropped its bid to purchase the British company after all three main political parties in Britain teamed up to call on Rupert Murdoch's company to cease its bid to buy the company. The loss of the deal is seen as a major blow to News Corps plans for expansion in the UK. Read The Full Story

The Daily subscription fees imminent; Western Europe next in line

Chris Davies, Mar 16th 2011 Discuss [1]

News Corp plans to begin charging for The Daily from next week, having been offering the iPad-only newspaper subscription-free since its launch back in early February. Jonathan Miller, News Corps' chief digital officer, confirmed the switch at the Abu Dhabi Media Summit, reports The Telegraph, as well as announcing that Western Europe would get its own version of The Daily before the end of June 2011. Read The Full Story

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