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NAA Coverage: Fox Interactive Thinks Local

Authored by Peter Krasilovsky on January 30, 2007 - 12:34pm.
Fox Interactive Media (FIM), the home of MySpace, Fox Sports, Fox News and other sites, definitely has local on its agenda and is rolling out several new features to bring users more in touch with their communities, said Dan Strauss, VP and General Manager, who was speaking on a panel at the NAA Marketing Conference in Las Vegas.
tags: Internet | Advertising | Online Publishing | MySpace | Fox | FIM | Portals | NAA | Local |

Gemstar-TV Guide Licenses Program Listing to Fox Sites

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 20, 2006 - 6:55pm.
Los Angeles - Gemstar-TV Guide International, a provider of electronic program guides for digital TV services, announced on Monday that it has signed agreements to syndicate its program listings to Fox Interactive Media's FoxSports.com and IGN Entertainment, and expand its deal with Fox Television Stations. The agreements allow Fox to use Gemstar's program guides on its websites and mobile portals.
tags: Sports | Internet | Licensing | Video | Online Publishing | TV | Gemstar-TV Guide | Fox | FIM | IGN |

Universal Music Group Sues MySpace for Copyright Infringement

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 20, 2006 - 5:47pm.
Santa Monica, Calif. - Major record label Universal Music Group has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against News Corporation's MySpace, seeking $150,000 in damages for each instance where Universal's copyrighted songs or videos were posted on the online social network.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | Music | MySpace | Universal Music | Fox | FIM | Copyright | News Corp. | UMG |

President of Fox Interactive Media Resigns

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 17, 2006 - 1:22pm.
Los Angeles - Ross Levinsohn, the president of Fox Interactive Media -- the division of News Corp. that in the past 18 months has acquired MySpace, IGN and other properties -- on Thursday announced his resignation from the company.
tags: Internet | Video | Social Networking | MySpace | Career | Moves | Fox | FIM | News Corp. |

Career Moves: November 17, 2006

Authored by dmw on November 17, 2006 - 9:16am.
Career Moves is made possible by @HIRE.
Andrew Baer joins Comcast Cable as its Chief Information Officer. Baer will be responsible for developing Comcast's internal Information Technology strategy. He will also oversee the integration of the IT organizations in former Timer warner and Adelphia Cable systems. Baer will report to Dave Scott, ECP of Finance and Administration.
tags: Career | Moves | Fox | Comcast | FIM | Gannett | Netscape |

Fox's IGN Launches Movie, TV Downloads on Direct2Drive Store

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 15, 2006 - 3:15pm.
Los Angeles - Fox Interactive Media's IGN video game site announced on Wednesday that it has added movies, TV shows and anime to its Direct2Drive digital download store.

The store announced multi-year agreements with 20th Century Fox, Lionsgate, Starz Media and Central Park Media, which will bring movies like "X-Men: The Last Stand," "Saw 2" and "Ghost in the Shell" to Direct2Drive.
tags: Games | Pricing | Internet | Video | Downloads | TV | Movies | Commerce | Fox | FIM | IGN | Direct2Drive |

MySpace Launches Two Live Music Webcast Programs

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 15, 2006 - 2:47pm.
Los Angeles - Fox Interactive Media's MySpace on Wednesday announced the launch of two new live music programs that will bring interactive live music webcasts to its community of users.
tags: Internet | Video | Social Networking | Music | MySpace | Live Music | FIM | Webcasts | IM | Messaging |

Fox Interactive Media COO Mark Jung Resigns

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 3, 2006 - 2:10pm.
San Jose, Calif. - Fox Interactive Media chief operating officer Mark Jung quietly stepped down earlier this week, the San Jose Mercury News reported. Jung, who had been in the position for just nine months, also co-founded and was CEO of IGN Entertainment, a games company acquired by Fox Interactive Media prior to its MySpace purchase.
tags: Games | Internet | Career | Moves | Fox | FIM | IGN | News Corp. | Resignations | Mark Jung |

Morning Links: November 3, 2006

Authored by Robert Spears on November 3, 2006 - 4:56am.
Zune.net goes live (WU)
Zune.net - Zune-arts.net
Fox Interactive hit by COO's quick exit, slowdown at MySpace (Merc)
Nominees, Winners of Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards Announced
Cable Channel Animal Planet buys Petfinder.com (LAT)
Unexpected Profit at Electronic Arts as Video Game Sales Pick Up (NYT)
Cruise’s Deal Is New Twist on Film Financing Trend (NYT)
3 Americans Arrested by F.B.I. in Identity Thefts (NYT)
Berners-Lee, Universities Launch 'Web Science' Initiative (CNET
British Mapping Agency Takes on Google Maps (CNET)
Social Network Ad Space is Selling Out (eM)
Atlas Offers In-Stream Ad Serving (CZ)
PassAlong Launches StoreBlocks Platform for Music Download Stores
Chilmark Entertainment Announces Sale of Music Assets to Zoomoozik
Parks Associates: E-mail Out of Favor among Teens
Over half of U.S. Phone Users Want Music, Cingular Says (R)
Cellphone Users can Play Along with NFL (USAT)
Cellphones are becoming E-Book Readers (TR)
Hollywood Writers, Studios Spar over Digital Works (R)
Web Tool Splices Filmmakers' Divide (CNET)
Seagate CEO Explains Why Hard-drives are Profitable Again (CNET)
YouTube Finds Rights Deals Complex & Frustrating (WSJ)
tags: Games | Internet | Video | Music | Fox | FIM | Zune | Links |

Report: News Corp. Among Suitors for Digg News Aggregation Site

Authored by Robert Spears on October 25, 2006 - 1:03pm.
San Francisco - Digg, a site that posts news stories whose prominence is determined by votes from a community of users, has recently been in acquisition talks with companies including Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, according to TechCrunch.com.
tags: Deals | Internet | Online Publishing | Tech | FIM | News | News Corp. | Web | Rumors | Web 2.0 | Digg |

Fourth Season of Fox's "The O.C." to Debut on MySpace

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 24, 2006 - 2:05pm.
Los Angeles - Fox announced on Tuesday that it will debut the first two episodes from the fourth season of "The O.C." on its MySpace social network and a selection of local Fox affiliate websites. The first episode will begin streaming on Thursday, a week in advance of its broadcast premiere on Nov. 2, from MySpace and 24 local Fox TV websites. Both episodes will be available for free, supported by ads, through Fox's Full Throttle video player for a week following their TV broadcasts.
tags: Video | Marketing | Social Networking | TV | MySpace | Fox | Promotions | Streaming | FIM | Debuts | The O.C. |

MEET: Google Hard At Work On New Video Advertising Plan

Authored by Jay Baage on October 24, 2006 - 1:50pm.
Producing TV spots and video advertising have so far been costly affairs restricted to big companies with deep pockets. Now that Google has acquired YouTube, the search company wants to help advertisers get more into online video advertising.
tags: Mobile | Internet | Google | FIM | YouTube | Events | Jay | MEET | Forbes |

Career Moves: October 24, 2006

Authored by dmw on October 24, 2006 - 11:44am.
Career Moves is made possible by @HIRE.
AOL veteran Mike Rich has been named to the position of Vice President/General Manager, AOL Music, AOL Radio, Moviefone.com and AOL Television beginning this week. In this role, Rich will be responsible for the programming, products and overall business strategies for these four central entertainment websites. He will report to Bill Wilson, Senior Vice President, Programming, and will continue to be based in New York. Most recently as Vice President, AOL Programming Products and Operations, Rich led the efforts to enhance AOL’s publishing platforms enabling and broadening AOL’s Web 2.0 programming experiences.
tags: Career | Moves | AOL | Fox | FIM | Beliefnet | Qubo | MOD Systems |

Muze, Fox's IGN Partner on Video Game Information Database

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 23, 2006 - 1:55pm.
New York - Muze, a provider of informational databases on music, movies, books and video games, announced on Monday that it has signed an agreement with Fox Interactive Media's IGN video games site to create a jointly-owned video game database.
tags: Games | Deals | Marketing | Online Publishing | Commerce | FIM | Muze | IGN | Retail | Partnerships |

Buzz Watch: kSolo.com is A Lot of Fun

Authored by Jay Baage on October 5, 2006 - 6:42am.
From Digital Music Forum West 2006: Why on earth would people want to listen to cheesy Karaoke-singers online? Well, if it was your friend, boss or someone famous singing, would you not be temped to easedrop? I sure would and it turns out a lot of other people would too. kSolo.com is an online success-story that is now part of MySpace and Fox Interactive.
tags: Deals | Internet | Marketing | Music | MySpace | FIM | Karaoke | UGC | Buzz watch | Jay | DMFW | kSolo |

Fox to Sell Downloadable Movies, TV Shows on MySpace, Other Sites

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 14, 2006 - 2:36pm.
Los Angeles - Twentieth Century Fox and Fox Interactive Media -- both units of News Corporation -- announced on Monday plans to begin offering Fox movies and TV shows on a download-to-own basis from the company's stable of websites, including the social networking site MySpace.com.
tags: Pricing | Video | Video Pricing | Downloads | Social Networking | TV | MySpace | Movies | Commerce | Fox | FIM |

Analysis: Murdoch Makes a Daring but Smart Move Freeing Up Fox Content Online

Authored by Jay Baage on August 14, 2006 - 12:55pm.
24First Disney, now News Corp. For those of you who missed it, Fox just revealed they are going to sell their movies and TV shows online, but not on iTunes. News Corp. will use their own distribution channels through Fox Interactive Media (FIM), including utilizing the vastly popular website MySpace.com. This is good news for the industry since it limits Apple Computer’s virtual distribution monopoly on paid digital content via its iTunes music and video download site. But the question is if the majority of kids using MySpace will pay $19.99 to download a movie or $1.99 for a TV episode just because they can?
tags: Internet | Marketing | Tech | TV | Apple | Fox | FIM | iTunes | News Corp. |

Efficient Frontier to Provide Search Engine Marketing for Fox Interactive Media

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 9, 2006 - 12:58pm.
Mountain View, Calif. - Efficient Frontier, a provider of search engine marketing services, announced on Wednesday that it has been hired to manage Fox Interactive Media's paid search across its MySpace, FoxSports, IGN, RottenTomatoes and other Web properties.
tags: Marketing | Search Marketing | Advertising | Fox | Search | FIM | Efficient Frontier |

Google to Provide Search, Ad Services for MySpace, Other Fox Websites

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 7, 2006 - 3:44pm.
Mountain View, Calif. - Google announced on Monday that it has signed a deal with News Corporation's Fox Interactive Media, to provide search and keyword advertising services for Fox websites including MySpace.com, IGN.com and RottenTomatoes.com.
tags: Internet | Advertising | Social Networking | MySpace | Fox | Search | Google | FIM |

Hollywood Reporter Interview: Rupert Murdoch on MySpace

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 25, 2006 - 1:06pm.
Los Angeles - The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday featured an interview with News Corporation chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, part of which focuses on the company's recent $580 million acquisition of social networking site MySpace.com.
tags: Internet | Social Networking | MySpace | Investing | FIM | News Corp. | Interviews | Rupert Murdoch |
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