Archive for the ‘ Media news ’ Category
Kristen Nicole of Mashable.com reports that Facebook may launch a music service on May 21. Mashable is pretty solid when it comes to rumors, so Facebook must at least be thinking of this. How close they actually are to releasing this service is really anyone’s guess, though. My question: Where did Kristen hear about May 21 [ READ MORE ]
Check out this PC World story on what Google’s thoughts would be if Microsoft and Yahoo merged. [ READ MORE ]
Not that I regret posting this or anything, but results from a recent study conducted by the International Center for Media and the Public Agenda show that those who keep up with RSS feeds from mainstream media just aren’t getting the news. In fact, the feeds are useless for people who want little more than infotainment [ READ MORE ]
According to a story in this weekend’s Wall Street Journal, Yahoo doesn’t appear interested in a possible merger with – or sale to – Microsoft. Yahoo recently signed contracts with 12 newspaper publishers to run the company’s ads on their Web sites, and these publishers represent more than 260 newspapers and the Web portal of Comcast [ READ MORE ]
$50…billion…dollars. Fuhahahaha According to a story in today’s New York Post, Microsoft may be working with Goldman Sachs to purchase Yahoo! for a whopping $50 billion dollars. A deal between Microsoft and Yahoo! would up the combined companies’ ad search share to 27 percent against Google’s 65 percent. It would also narrow the gap in overall [ READ MORE ]
After gains yesterday of more than $20 a share, the price of Dow Jones stock (Symbol: DJ) has fallen about 0.36 percent today. Early today, the losses were well over 1 percent, but that could have just been a reaction to Rupert Murdoch’s announcement yesterday. As something of a non sequitur, here are excerpts from [ READ MORE ]
Imagine this: The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post could soon be controlled by Rupert Murdoch. If Rupert Murdoch and News Corp. purchase Dow Jones, the Wall Street Journal may get a bit racier. Here’s what it may look like (above) According to a CNN Money article, News Corp. bid $5 billion today on [ READ MORE ]