Category Archives: News Corp

Digital Podcast 33: Will Flannery of Fox Cable Networks

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We sat down with Will Flannery, Vice President of Advanced Services for Fox Cable Networks (FCN), and Brian Peterson, Director of Corporate Communications, to discuss the challenges of multi-channel content distribution, the importance and role of Super Fans and what we can learn about Super Fans from sports fans.


Apple to Rent Fox Movies

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In what must have been some marvelous licensing legal wizardry, The Financial Times is reporting that Apple has signed a deal with News Corp’s 20th Century Fox studio to provide an online video-on-demand service. The service will allow consumers to rent the latest Fox DVD releases by downloading a digital copy from Apple’s iTunes platform for a limited time.


Will News Corp Buy LinkedIn?

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TechCrunch UK is reporting that: An unconfirmed rumour has reached me via a reliable source that LinkedIn is in talks with media giant News Corporation over a possible buyout in January 2008. This kind of move would really make sense given the growing importance of the “Social Graph” and the potential for LinkedIn to play   …Continue Reading