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News Corp. Shareholders Sue Rupert Murdoch Over $663 Million Deal

News Corp. Shareholders Sue Rupert Murdoch Over $663 Million Deal

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rupert Murdoch is being sued by shareholders of his News Corp. organization, who claim Murdoch is overpaying for his daughter Elisabeth’s production company, Shine Group, by purchasing it for $663 million....  read more

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Rupert Murdoch to Debut First iPad-Only Newspaper

Rupert Murdoch to Debut First iPad-Only Newspaper

The world’s first iPad-only newspaper will see the light of day on Wednesday. The Daily will operate much in the same way that newspapers are currently presented online: covering general news and culture stories complete with video from journalists working at various news agencies....  read more

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Rupert Murdoch Launches Ticketing Site

Rupert Murdoch Launches Ticketing Site

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch furthered his quest to take over world recently with the launch of a new ticketing company in Australia....  read more

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MySpace Looking to Purchase imeem

MySpace Looking to Purchase imeem

Rupert Murdoch’s bleeding social networking site, MySpace, is making some drastic moves to eek a profit out of a Facebook/Twitter-dominated industry, one of them a possible pay model to earn back some of the $20 million the site spends on streaming royalties every month. Next could be the acquisition of free-streaming music site imeem....  read more

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