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Irish Times Buys MyHome.ie For $64 Million; More Acquisitions Planned - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 30 Jul 2006 09:09 PM PST

Updated below: In what is among the first Irish online M&As in a long time, The Irish Times has bought property website MyHome.ie in a deal worth EUR 50 million…

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Overhauling at Times UK’s Online Division - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 12 Jul 2006 12:08 PM PST

Times, the UK newspaper owned by Murdoch, has done an editorial overhaul of its online division, Times Online: In another change, Richard Caseby, the managing editor of the Sunday Times,…

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Times Online Planning Online TV Channel; US Print Launch - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 05 Jun 2006 08:07 PM PST

UK’s newspaper Times is developing a TV service called Times TV, News International chairman Les Hinton mentioned yesterday at the WAN Moscow conference (News Int. is owned by News Corp)....The…

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Sun Online Launches Classified Site With Oodle; No Merger With MySpace - 0 Comments
Posted By Jemima Kiss - Fri 26 May 2006 09:06 AM PST

News-Corp owned UK-tabloid Sun Online soft launched its own branded classifieds site on Monday in a partnership with Oodle. News Group Digital spent six months working with Oodle on Sun…

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Vodafone Paid Fox 3 Times Production Costs On 24 Mobisodes, Upfront - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 26 Apr 2006 08:05 PM PST

That was the first mobisodes experiment from a major operator anywhere in the world, more than a year ago (in November 2004)...today, Peter Chernin, president and COO of News Corp,…

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London’s Times Online Launches Entertainment Listing On Mobile - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Wed 19 Apr 2006 03:05 AM PST

London’s Times Online has launched a mobile version of its entertainment listing service The Knowledge. Mobile phone users can access the listing for 25p per download per day on their…

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News Corp. Sibs MySpace, The Sun Tie Up For “MySun” - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 16 Mar 2006 09:04 AM PST

One of the first major applications of MySpace features to a completely different News Corp. property could be atThe Sun. According to Guardian Unlimited, early plans call for a MySun…

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ContentNext Audio Interview: Zach Leonard, Digital Media Publisher, Times Newspapers UK - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 05 Mar 2006 04:04 PM PST

Zach Leonard chooses his words carefully...of course, two weeks into his new position, he is still getting used to being part of the biggest online startup. That startup is Murdoch’s…

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UK’s Sun Featuring Video News - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 15 Jul 2005 10:09 AM PST

The first newspaper site in UK to do so...it will feature daily video news bulletins on its website, with updates four times every weekday, following a deal with the Press…

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Industry Moves: Telegraph Poaches New Media head From Times UK - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 23 May 2005 09:06 AM PST

In UK, the Telegraph Group, owners of The Daily Telegraph, has appointed Annelies van den Belt as its new media director. Van den Belt joins from News International where she…

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Financial Times Expands Mobile Service With Video & Audio - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 19 May 2005 09:06 AM PST

[From sister site MocoNews.net] The Financial Times is expanding into the mobile market in preparation against loss of revenue from its print business and has plans to offer news in…

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Sun Online Says Guardian Story Wrong - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 26 Oct 2004 11:11 PM PST

This is the rebuttal of a story which caused some controversy last month...Sun Online editor Pete Picton has criticised the Observer and the Guardian for running a “wrong and misleading”…

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UK’s Times Goes Back on Online Subscription - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 13 Oct 2004 12:11 PM PST

Times Online, the website of UK’s The Times newspaper, has gone back on its subscription policy for overseas visitors...The areas now freely available include breaking news, real-time commentary and full…

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Effects Of Sun Cutting Down Web Content - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 21 Sep 2004 11:10 AM PST

UK’s tabloid Sun is planning to cut down on its website, as it says that big cannibalization is happening with its print readers.. That was last week..this week Guardian follows…

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Sun UK To Cut Back Web Due To Cannibalization Fears - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 13 Sep 2004 10:10 AM PST

(reg. req.) UK’s biggest tabloid (and one of the biggest websites in UK) The Sun has decided to scale back its online operations, as parent News International attempts to halt…

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Industry Moves: Times UK Appoints Marketing Manager For Online - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 09 Jun 2004 11:07 PM PST

Times Online in UK is going on an overdrive...a week after it announced the hiring of a new editorial director for its site, it has appointed Simon Christy from Active…

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Industry Moves: UK’s Times Online Appoints Editorial Director - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 01 Jun 2004 04:07 PM PST

UK’s Times Online has appointed former Reuters and FT.com journalist Peter Bale as the first editorial director for Times Online. Since 2002, Bales has been working as a consultant advising…

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UK’s Times Online Unveils First Ad Campaign - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 02 Mar 2004 02:03 AM PST

The Times Online in UK is to launch its first brand marketing campaign online featuring the strapline ‘Where it’s @ Times Online’. The campaign will run throughout January and February…

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The Rise and Rise of Sun Online - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 30 Oct 2003 09:11 AM PST

The Sun slugfest in UK…

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The Sunday Times Integrates Print And Online Into CD-ROM - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 18 Aug 2003 02:08 PM PST

The Sunday Times in UK is launching a new multi-million pound entertainment section, integrating online and print content in a CD-ROM that will be distributed with the newspaper on the…

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Times Online (UK) Makes First Profit Ahead of Schedule - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 14 Aug 2003 08:08 AM PST

The Times Online says it has hit profitability for the first time in its final quarter and is on track to make an overall annualised profit in the coming financial…

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Sun Overtakes Guardian As UK’s Biggest Newspaper Online - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 10 Jul 2003 04:08 AM PST

The Sun has become the most popular newspaper website in UK, surpassing Guardian, according to the latest audit by the ABC Electronic. The April audit puts page impressions at The…

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Sun Favorite Among Broadband Users - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 08 May 2003 08:05 AM PST

A curious figure cited by David Day, SVP at Neilsen-Netratings in UK, speaking at the Interactive Media conference in London on Wednesday: The Sun Newspaper’s website is most visited media…

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Revolution Awards: Best Media Site: The Sun Online - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 02 Apr 2003 08:05 AM PST

“Not only does The Sun Online provide a new channel for established and new readers to experience and communicate with the tabloid, it also acts as a major revenue stream,…

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Sun Online Launches Paid-For Archive - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 31 Jan 2003 07:01 AM PST

Sun Online Launches Paid-For Archive (UK) (via AOP): The Sun Online has launched a paid-for searchable archive, allowing users to access all stories printed in the newspaper since 1996. Though…

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