Comments on: Fox, Foundation Invest $13.5 million in Simply Hired

By: Jeff Tokarz

Jeff Tokarz — Fri, 12 May 2006 17:25:24 +0000

Fox Interactive Media and The New York Times deserve a round of applause for their foresight in investing in job aggregators. Job search, be it in a contracting or expanding economy, is ever evolving and dynamic.

Jeff Tokarz
Founder & CEO
Just-Posted Inc.

Tel.: (585) 315-2027
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By: Robert Young

Robert Young — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:45:26 +0000

The other interesting subtext to this story is that Murdoch is now willing to make minority investments in companies. That's something new… his m.o. has always been to take controlling interest.

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 16:27:03 +0000

I would have thought by now that Yahoo and Hotjobs would have realized job search was more important than a job directory. Fox gets it. Just wait until Fox/Newscorp is a larger portal than Yahoo! That's my five year prediction.

By: bloggaru

bloggaru — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 16:01:18 +0000

vertical search just might mean the death of giants like Google (at least in overall search share)

By: Corante Web Hub

Corante Web Hub — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:16:10 +0000

Simply Hired Gets Additional $13.5 Million Funding

Michael Bazeley of SiliconBeat reports that Simply Hired just received a $13.5 million "strategic investment" from News Corporation's Fox Interactive Media and venture capital firm Foundation Capital. Bazeley notes that: Simply Hired was not looking…