Feb. 2 at 5:23 p.m.
Filed under:
Consumer electronics,
Technology
By Reuters
Spotted at Rupert Murdoch’s splashy digital newspaper launch on Wednesday: a prototype of Apple’s newest iPad.
A Reuters eyewitness saw what appeared to be a working model of the next iPad with a front-facing camera at the top edge of the glass screen at a press conference to mark the debut of News Corp’s Daily online paper in New York on Wednesday.
A source with knowledge of the device confirmed its existence, adding that the final release model could have other features. News Corp and Apple declined to comment. Get the full story »
Feb. 2 at 3:05 p.m.
Filed under:
Media,
Newspapers,
Technology
By Reuters
News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch, among the most ardent defenders of the traditional press, launched the first ever newspaper created solely for tablet devices like the iPad.
Murdoch, along with Apple executive Eddy Cue, introduced the Daily during a Wednesday event at the Solomon Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan. Get the full story »
Jan. 13 at 7:07 a.m.
Filed under:
Computers,
Media,
Newspapers
By Associated Press
Rupert Murdoch and Steve Jobs are expected unveil "The Daily" together. (Getty)
Stop the presses — completely. The world’s first iPad newspaper, The Daily, is prepping for launch. Journalists have been hired and are in place at multiple U.S. bureaus, including Los Angeles and New York.
The formal announcement of the digital publication owned by News Corp. will be made at an event at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art on Jan. 19, according to two people familiar with the matter. The people said the event will be attended by Steve Jobs, chief executive of iPad-maker Apple Inc., and Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corp. Get the full story »
Oct. 21, 2010 at 2:40 p.m.
Filed under:
Advertising/Marketing,
Media,
Newspapers
By Reuters
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. has put on hold ambitious plans to create a subscription online newsstand, after failing to attract enough interest among other news organizations, a person familiar with the plan said.
The owner of the Times of London, Fox News and the Wall Street Journal will reassign the staff working on “Project Alesia,” which aimed to charge readers for a bundle of newspaper and magazine digital content.
The source said News Corp was unable to reach a “critical mass” of publishers to support the plan. Get the full story »
Oct. 15, 2010 at 2:57 p.m.
Filed under:
Policy,
Politics
By Reuters
Rupert Murdoch, seen here with his wife Wendy Deng in 2007, was quizzed Friday over News Corp.'s political donations. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)
News Corp. shareholders on Friday quizzed Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch and his fellow directors over the process by which the company makes donations to political organizations.
The directors faced several questions at the company’s annual general meeting from individual shareholders and shareholder activists about a recent decision to donate $1 million each to the Republican Governors Association and U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The gifts are being made in the run-up to U.S. congressional mid-term elections on Nov 2.
Murdoch said he and the board believed the donation was made in the “best interest of the company.” Get the full story »
