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Rupert Murdoch on Myspace: We just messed it up
Myspace could have been what Facebook and YouTube are now if News Corp. hadn't messed it up, according to Rupert Murdoch, who also believes that it will take a long time for HBO to succeed online.…
Read MoreWill “disease-like” Facebook lose 80 percent of users by 2017? Don’t make me laugh
Facebook has risen and it may fall, but using a disease analogy is tenuous at best. That hasn't stopped a piece of non-peer-reviewed modeling by Princeton researchers from, er, going viral though.…
Read MoreHow HBase converted MySpace’s MySQL champion and is driving Hadoop mainstream
Gravity CTO Jim Benedetto knows his way around MySQL after managing a 600-instance cluster at MySpace, but he has found HBase religion as his real-time content-recommendation platform grew. And he's not alone.…
Read MoreWit, wisdom and breaking news from the New York Television Festival
The web's most popular Jane Austin adaptation gets a big deal. The value of mainstream celebrities might not measure up to web celebrities. Some people actually miss Myspace. And other things learned from the New York Television Festival.…
Read MoreDebate sponsor taps YouTube, Yahoo and AOL to quiz, inform voters
The Commission on Presidential Debates is partnering with three online media companies to stream debates and educate voters. The platforms will also give the companies a way to showcase their other content.…
Read MoreTop digital exec leaves News Corp ahead of company’s split
Jon Miller, the well-respected chief digital officer of News Corp, is on the way out after presiding over the company's sprawling digital properties. The move comes at a time that News Corp is splitting into distinct entertainment and publishing companies.…
Read MorepaidContent turns 10: A brief history of digital media
Remember when Friendster was the hot social network, publishers doubted that ebooks would ever sell, and Netflix (s NFLX) thought DVDs in red envelopes was the future? We do -- that was that state of digital media when paidContent launched in 2002.…
Read MoreCareful, Twitter — remember what happened to MySpace and Digg
Twitter has made it clear it plans to crack down on third-party services by tightening the rules on use of the network, but this desire for control -- and the drive to monetize its user base -- could ruin what made Twitter special to begin with.…
Read MoreSurvey: social media evidence soaring in court cases
Every week the media seems to offer a new account of some dumb crook who is off to the slammer because he posted about his caper on Facebook. It turns out this phenomenon may be even more widespread than we think.…
Read More10 ways big data changes everything
The massive amount of data that is emerging from connected, digital systems, is fundamentally changing everything, from Internet search to entertainment, to disease management, to energy consumption. Here's 10 case studies that highlight the power of big data.…
Read MoreOnline music is hard: iLike shuts down
iLike was once the most popular music application of Facebook, with close to 10 million active users generating 1.5 billion page views per month. On Tuesday, it finally shut down. Its demise proves once again that online music is a tough business to be in.…
Read MoreUberpaper aims to kill the echo chamber of social news
Personalized algorithms and social recommendations are great for a lot of things. But when it comes to getting news, these technologies can create an echo chamber, where our existing beliefs are reflected back to us. Uberpaper, a new site from Dmitry Shapiro, wants to combat that.…
Read MoreJon Miller, News Corp.: It’s All About Video For Us Right Now
Jon Miller, the chief digital officer for News Corporation (NSDQ: NWS), described his company's digital strategy today as very "focused on v……
Read MoreMurdoch shows he doesn’t understand how content works
News Corp. founder Rupert Murdoch's comments about piracy reinforce the sense that the billionaire media and entertainment mogul doesn't understand how content works in a digital era, and that he is continuing to try and impose the scarcity that media companies have had in the past.…
Read MoreBigger than Google+, MySpace isn’t dead yet
MySpace, the grand daddy of social is still wheezing along, comScore says. In fact it is bigger than Tumblr and Google Plus. Infact, people spend more time on MySpace, a dying platform than on Google Plus. Pinterest just cracked the top ten list!…
Read MoreThe CES Lowdown: 1-10-12
A look at what's been going on at the giant electronics show that is CES » Panasonic flirts with irrelevance with MySpace TV par……
Read MoreEx-Myspace CEO Mike Jones' New Company Is Part VC Firm, Part Digital Studio
Barely two months after slowly exiting Myspace as its last CEO under News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS), Mike Jones is debuting his new company, Science……
Read MoreVCs: Don’t mistake cloud computing for cloud opportunity
Despite a tough economy, technology investors expect to fund more cloud-computing-related technologies, according to new research. More than half of those surveyed by Peachtree Capital predicted investment growth in cloud technology going forward.…
Read MoreThe Morning Lowdown 09-30-11
» Facebook Pushes Back Against 'Super-Cookie' Charges (paidContent) » Is Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Really Shaking In Its Sho……
Read MoreIndustry Moves: Mail Online, MySpace’s New Marketer, Massive
Some latest executive comings and goings from digital companies that begin with "M"...…
Read MoreNews Corp Says It Lost $254 Million On MySpace
News Corp lost $254 million on MySpace, the company said as it reported revenue that beat analysts' expectations. The loss pushed News Corp……
Read MoreThe Wages Of Spam: ‘Spam King’ Who Hit Facebook, MySpace May Go To Jail
A famed spammer's long career in the business looks like it's coming to a close, and could end with a prison sentence. Sanford Wallace-long……
Read MoreHacking Aside, Has Rupert Murdoch Been A Good CEO?
The phone-hacking and police bribery scandal swirling around News Corporation (NSDQ: NWS) has revived long-simmering questions about Rupert……
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