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Targets for Google's merger machine
News What's next on Google's mergers and acquisitions list? Head of corporate development lists search, advertising and mobile services as "top priorities".
Tags: Search, Google Inc., Twitter Inc., David Lawee, JumpTap, advertisement, CEO, network, mobile, Search Result
Kumo: Already a step behind Google, Yahoo?
News In the months that Microsoft has been testing Kumo, both Yahoo and Google have been working on their own search enhancements. Will Microsoft's update be enough?
Tags: Search, Web services, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search, News Corp., Kumo, IM, revenue
Report: Microsoft to unveil Kumo search engine next week
News Company expected to demo its next-generation search technology at the D:All Things Digital technology conference, according to reports citing unnamed sources.
Tags: Search, Microsoft Corp., Conference, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Search Engine, Spokesperson, Ina Fried, News Corp., Search Technology
MySpace names its first chief financial officer
News The News Corp. social network hires Mark Rosenbaum as CFO less than a week after it announced a new chief technology officer.
Tags: Web 2.0, Facebook, MySpace, Web 2.0, CFO, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, News Corp., layoff, chief technology officer, co-founder
MySpace ad exec Jeff Berman is out
News Along with Berman's departure, media strategy firm Media Link has been brought on board to help fix the News Corp.-owned social network's ad offerings.
Tags: Web 2.0, MySpace, Video, News Corp., Facebook, CEO, exec, blog, Web 2.0
Ex-MySpace CEO wants to gamble on social games
News In Chris DeWolfe's new venture, sources say, he'll attempt to snowball a bunch of social online games properties and pit himself against industry leader Mark Pincus of Zynga.
Tags: Games, Facebook, MySpace, Rupert Murdoch, CEO, Online Game, News Corp., entertainment, TechCrunch, private equity
Ex-Facebook executive as MySpace CEO, 'effective immediately'
News Former Facebook executive Owen Van Natta takes over from outgoing CEO Chris DeWolfe. John Sykes will take over his old role at Project Playlist.
Tags: Web 2.0, MySpace, Van Natta, News Corp., entertainment, Amazon.com Inc., Facebook, CEO, Hollywood, revenue
MySpace co-founder agrees to step down as CEO
News CEO and co-founder of MySpace, Chris DeWolfe, steps down from the post, but will stay on as a “strategic advisor”.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, MySpace, Twitter, COO, News Corp., social networking, Facebook, co-founder, network
MySpace CEO: We need to innovate faster
News Former Facebook executive Owen Van Natta says MySpace is home to a lot of self-expression but hasn't been moving fast enough, prompting people to go elsewhere.
Tags: Socialite, Web 2.0, MySpace, Google Inc., America Online Inc., News Corp., Advertisement, Facebook, CEO, job
Yahoo veteran named to MySpace CTO spot
News Alex Maghen, who previously served as the head of technology for MySpace Music, has tough road ahead of him, as News Corp.-owned site has fallen from favor in Silicon Valley.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Web 2.0, MySpace, entertainment, chief technology officer, Facebook, CTO, exec, News Corp., Web 2.0
Facebook and MySpace 'in talks'? Of course
News Good move for both companies as MySpace tries to move away from its image as a social network that lost to Facebook.
Tags: Web 2.0, Facebook, Social Networking, MySpace, CEO, U.K., network, Web 2.0, Video, News Corp.
It's official: MySpace to acquire iLike
News CEO Owen Van Natta said in a conference call that the News Corp.-owned social network has agreed to purchase the social music site, following rumors.
Tags: Web 2.0, Acquisitions, MySpace, News Corp., entertainment, social networking, Seattle, Facebook, network, tax
Sony's Crackle expands movie lineup
News The site, which competes with Hulu, is targeting men aged 18 to 34 with a now-heftier list of full-length films. What's unclear is whether the same flicks will head to YouTube.
Tags: Video, TV, Sony Pictures, digital content, News Corp., YouTube Inc., movie, senior vice president, NBC Universal Inc., Video
More speculation on Yahoo's CEO choices
News Ex-Yahoo employees have thrown in names including former COO Dan Rosensweig, Disney's Bob Iger and former Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin as their best bet for the new candidate.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, Web browsers, Hardware, Blogger, COO, Yahoo! Inc., News Corp., Blogger Kara Swisher, CEO
IM is coming to your MySpace profile
News The social network has had a downloadable instant messaging client for a while, but this is the first time members can IM one another directly from their MySpace profiles.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web services, MySpace, Web Browser, News Corp., IM client, Facebook, IM, toolbar, U.S.
