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Fresh from signing on to help green Silicon Valley, startup Hara will be at climate talks in Copenhagen this week to urge that corporations not wait for regulations to fight global warming. http://www.physorg.com/news179390542.html Space & Earth Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:42:44 EST news179390542 Faced with a steady drumbeat of criticism from a shrinking newspaper industry, Google is out to prove that it is friend not foe. http://www.physorg.com/news179331459.html Technology Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:10:01 EST news179331459 A study of the use of US newspaper stories on the Web has found that more than 75,000 websites reused content from newspapers without authorization during a 30-day period. http://www.physorg.com/news179004071.html Technology Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:40:01 EST news179004071 (AP) -- Media companies need to deliver compelling information on a variety of electronic devices and overcome readers' resistance to paying for material online, news executives said Tuesday at a government-sponsored journalism conference. http://www.physorg.com/news178896377.html Technology Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:26:45 EST news178896377 A British newspaper group started charging for online content on Monday in a groundbreaking experiment which will be closely watched by an industry battling falling advertising revenues. http://www.physorg.com/news178789957.html Technology Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:20:01 EST news178789957 (AP) -- There's an intriguing idea floating around the media: Microsoft Corp. wants to undercut Google so badly in Internet search that it might pay newspapers to withhold their content from Google. Just don't count on that turning into a lucrative plan for newspapers. http://www.physorg.com/news178784890.html Technology Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:20:01 EST news178784890 Microsoft has held talks with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over a possible plan for the software giant to pay the media company to remove its news websites from Google, a report said Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news178183236.html Technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:21:30 EST news178183236 (AP) -- DirecTV Group Inc. is naming the vice chairman of PepsiCo Inc. as its chief executive. http://www.physorg.com/news177775921.html Technology Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:40:02 EST news177775921 EMI Music announced Wednesday it will offer free music videos and concerts on Hulu.com, making it the first major label to strike a deal with the increasingly popular US-based online video site. http://www.physorg.com/news177767835.html Technology Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:01:43 EST news177767835 Is Rupert Murdoch bluffing? Making a bold high-stakes gamble that will save the troubled newspaper industry? Or pursuing a pipe dream that can only end in failure? http://www.physorg.com/news177494025.html Technology Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:50:01 EST news177494025 Google said on Tuesday, in response to threats by Rupert Murdoch to ban the search engine from listing content from his news empire, that any company could ask to have stories taken off. http://www.physorg.com/news177083680.html Technology Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:10:02 EST news177083680 Global media mogul Rupert Murdoch has accused Google of stealing from his News Corp. empire, and warned he may block the search engine from accessing its content. http://www.physorg.com/news177056010.html Technology Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:14:01 EST news177056010 Global media giant News Corp. posted an 11 percent rise in quarterly net profit on Wednesday as strong results from its movie, cable television and book publishing divisions offset a newspaper slump. http://www.physorg.com/news176583052.html Technology Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:00:02 EST news176583052 (AP) -- A new music feature rolled out by Google Inc. Wednesday will bring its U.S. searchers one click away from listening to a full-length song. http://www.physorg.com/news175976398.html Technology Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:50:01 EST news175976398 (AP) -- Hulu, the free online video site where television shows and movies can be watched in their entirety, will start charging fees at some point, one of its owners said. http://www.physorg.com/news175451223.html Technology Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:00:05 EST news175451223 (AP) -- Internet power players Google, MySpace and Facebook are adopting strategies to better compete in a music industry that is rapidly shifting online. http://www.physorg.com/news175354678.html Technology Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:38:30 EST news175354678 (AP) -- CNN is coming out with an iPhone application Tuesday that has a feature few other news apps have tried: a price tag. http://www.physorg.com/news173421359.html Technology Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:36:29 EST news173421359 The Wall Street Journal announced on Thursday that it will begin charging for access to the newspaper on mobile devices such as the Blackberry or Apple iPhone from October 24. http://www.physorg.com/news172413123.html Technology Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:32:45 EST news172413123 (AP) -- The Wall Street Journal plans to start charging as much as $2 a week to read its stories on BlackBerrys, iPhones and other mobile devices, expanding the newspaper's effort to become less dependent on its print edition. http://www.physorg.com/news172252616.html Technology Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:10:01 EST news172252616 News Corp. is in talks with Saudi tycoon Prince Alwaleed bin Talal to take a stake in Rotana Media in what would be its first major investment in the Middle East, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news171135927.html Technology Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:10:03 EST news171135927 Media giant News Corp. is holding talks with other newspaper publishers on forming a consortium that would charge for news online and on portable devices, The Los Angeles Times reported on Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news170081834.html Technology Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:20:01 EST news170081834 News International, the British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch's media giant News Corporation, said Thursday it planned to shut thelondonpaper, the group's loss-making freesheet for London commuters. http://www.physorg.com/news169993909.html Technology Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:00:01 EST news169993909 (AP) -- Social networking hub MySpace said Wednesday it is acquiring iLike, a popular music application on rival Facebook, in the first move by new management to expand after a series of drastic cuts and writedowns. http://www.physorg.com/news169920116.html Technology Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:20:03 EST news169920116 (AP) -- Hollywood studios are split over Redbox, the $1-per-night DVD rental kiosk company: They could supply it with cheap wholesale discs and ride its massive growth, or starve it in the hopes of preserving higher-priced purchases. http://www.physorg.com/news168879752.html Technology Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:03:08 EST news168879752 (AP) -- Visitors to the Web sites of newspapers owned by News Corp. will have to start coughing up fees to read the news within the next year, Chairman Rupert Murdoch said. http://www.physorg.com/news168800121.html Technology Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:10:02 EST news168800121 (AP) -- Global media company News Corp. says its fourth-quarter net loss hit $203 million due to huge impairment charges at MySpace, while its operating profit for the year was slightly worse than it predicted due to the weak economy. http://www.physorg.com/news168708912.html Technology Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:01:51 EST news168708912 MySpace launched its own email service, MySpace Mail, for the 130 million users of the social network. http://www.physorg.com/news168241385.html Technology Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:50:01 EST news168241385 (AP) -- Social-networking site MySpace said Tuesday it plans to cut 300 jobs, or two-thirds of its overseas work force, in an effort to rein in costs and focus on countries where it has many users and better business opportunities. http://www.physorg.com/news164957846.html Technology Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:41:35 EST news164957846 The chief executive of DirecTV Group Inc. is in talks to return to News Corp. to be Rupert Murdoch's second in command. http://www.physorg.com/news163088629.html Technology Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:24:15 EST news163088629 News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch said on Thursday that the future of newspapers is digital, but it may be 10 to 15 years before readers go fully electronic. http://www.physorg.com/news162753618.html Technology Thu, 28 May 2009 18:21:18 EST news162753618