Earlier today, News Corp (NYSE: NWS). announced a change in the role of top security exec Hemu Nigam, responsible for helping MySpace navigate some roiled privacy and child safety waters. Nigam is giving up the title of chief security officer (which will disappear from the News Corp exec roster) and…

News Corp (NYSE: NWS) has been mulling selling off part or all of prized revenue-making digital ad unit Fox Audience Network for a long time now, and it is finally making the move, we have confirmed. The company has gone around the block with this idea for almost 8-10 months,…

At the powerhouse Abu Dhabi Media Summit here at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, two of the biggest third-party search deals are being negotiated behind the scenes, we have learned. It just so happens that all the players involved were here for the last day or so: Google (NSDQ: GOOG)…

MySpace (NYSE: NWS) pulled up the curtain a little this week, letting in some light on a makeover still very much in progress and marking a debut of sorts for Co-Presidents Mike Jones and Jason Hirschhorn as a team. By walking reporters through their road map, the two hope to…

It took a couple of months from announcement to action but Google (NSDQ: GOOG) will start pulling in real-time search results from MySpace (NYSE: NWS) into Google search today. That means publicly available MySpace updates and other data should show up in Google real-time search results, as is already the…

MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) CEO Judy McGrath says the Viacom unit’s organic growth is “great,” despite its continued signs of weakness as detailed last week in parent company Viacom’s Q4 earnings. The company was hit by the soft ad market as well as lower sales of Rock Band bundles. In…

A major shake up at MySpace, where Owen Van Natta is out after less than a year. Stepping up to run the social network are the other two members of the troika brought in by Jon Miller, chairman and CEO of Digital Media for News Corp. (NYSE: NWS), last April…

MySpace has begun rolling out 30-second audio ads, as the News Corp (NYSE: NWS). site continues its shift from a general social network to an entertainment showcase. The ads are being powered by CBS-backed TargetSpot. A rep for TargetSpot told paidContent that MySpace Music will place the audio ads alongside…

News Corp earnings were up across the board, as the company swung to a profit of $254 million ($0.10) in Q4, reversing $6.4 billion loss. The company said this reflected double-digit growth at its “majority business segments.” Even the newspaper/information segment was up, gaining 29.5 percent over last year’s period.…

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Geoff Cook is the CEO of myYearbook, a social network built around meeting new people. He also founded EssayEdge and ResumeEdge and sold them to The Thomson Corporation. You can’t go an entire day without encountering Facebook and Twitter – even if you don’t have an account. Whether you ride…

The social gaming phenomenon may be commonly associated with Facebook - but MySpace seems keen to get its own slice of this growing pie. Asked at the Midem music conference in Cannes whether the site may consider a move in the area, MySpace CEO Owen van Natta, also former COO…

So, what is happening over at MySpace Records?  Early Friday morning, Digital Music News confirmed the departure of label GM J. Scavo, who is now heading to Hollywood Records. But the label will remain an ongoing concern, according to sources close to the operation.

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) was hardly thrilled to find its marquee music search partner acquired by Apple (NSDQ: AAPL).  But now, Google appears to be shifting its music-related search priorities away from Lala.  Instead, a large percentage of first-choice streams are being served by MySpace (and iLike), a development sure to…

Imeem was dead-and-gone, and plucked from the ashes by MySpace Music.  So why is MySpace getting such a bad rap?  Perhaps anger is simply an irrational beast, one that feasts on the easiest and most visible scapegoat.  Outside of the industry, fans and bands appear mostly uninformed about the factors…

MySpace says it has acquired “certain assets” of cash-poor social music service imeem and it’s moving fast to capitalize on the biggest one: users. Sometime today, imeem’s 16 million-plus users will be redirected to MySpace Music. MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta promises via blog post to move fast to offer…

Add another show to the likes of Quarterlife—one of the only web-based series to make it to TV. (Let’s hope that this one fares better, though, as Quarterlife got canned by NBC after just one episode). Get Married on MySpace, the reality show that Endemol USA launched in March, has…

Imeem may have connected with an audience, but it never got its happy ending.  The once-promising startup was bloodied by lawsuits, lopsided licensing deals, and an underperforming ad-supported model.  Now, MySpace Music is plucking the remains at fire-sale valuations, and investors are walking away with mere lint. But, for much…

MySpace Music has now finalized a global licensing deal with the labels represented by Merlin, according to details tipped Friday to Digital Music News.  Both companies confirmed the relationship, thanks to resolution on a major sticking point related to equity. MySpace noted that Merlin - and other indies - are…

Updated: Yesterday, one source familiar with the situation said it could take weeks to wind up a deal for MySpace to pick up Imeem; today, there’s a letter of agreement, as TechCrunch first reported and paidContent has confirmed. It calls for about $1 million in cash, although I’m told the…