By Andrew Clark: While Rupert Murdoch’s British newspapers laid off journalists and fought their way through a global advertising recession, the Australian-born media mogul endured a modest degree of personal belt-tightening – his take-home pay dropped by 6% to $16.8m, or £10.9m.

The invite to Wednesday’s Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) event shows a guitar, which usually suggests music, but that hasn’t stopped the buzz about video. The current Apple TV is too expensive at $269 and too limited in the kinds of content it delivers. With that in mind, expectations include a cheaper,…

MySpace (NSDQ: NWS), which has overhauled its management team in recent months and is preparing for a major relaunch of its site, has hired Tom Cox as its SVP of business development. Cox was a VP of business development at AOL (NYSE: AOL) until last December. Since then, he had…

Almost a year after reports first came out that Facebook and MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) were working on a deal that would let MySpace users share content on Facebook, the two companies have finally made the tie-up official, saying that MySpace users will now be able to “sync” their updates with…

No, we don’t have subscription numbers but we do have a little more insight into the differences between Hulu Plus and basic Hulu. Research firm One Touch Intelligence counted all the shows on Hulu and Hulu Plus during one week in August, providing a snapshot of the TV programming on…

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has dropped its TV subscription plans—for now—but the company may be closing in on deals to offer 99-cent video rentals from at least one broadcast network and possibly two in time for an anticipated September re-launch of Apple TV. To succeed, the new version, being referred to…

News Corp.‘s MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) has finalized a deal to buy certain, unspecified assets of social messaging platform Threadbox. Venturebeat had reported last month that a deal was in the works, although Threadbox wouldn’t talk about it then.

News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) is answering some questions about the future of its Fox Audience Network now that president Adam Bain has left for Twitter; the company says it will now be integrating Fox Audience Network’s team and technology with MySpace. That essentially reverses the decision News Corp. made two…

If editions on tablets like iPad are the “game-changer” which may help “transform” newspapers, as Rupert Murdoch put it, then Murdoch and his News International CEO Rebekah Brooks must be pretty upset by progress The Times is making in that regard. The paper is now giving its current iPad users…

Twitter, which has been building up its sales team since the launch of its ad platform this spring, has hired Fox Audience Network president Adam Bain as president of revenue, TechCrunch reports. In recent weeks, Twitter has made several key sales hires, including adding Facebook media sales director Dan Coughlin…

Greg Clayman is leaving his post as MTV’s EVP, digital distribution & business development, and is jumping to News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). to manage its tablet-based news organization, MediaMemo reports. Other the past month, News Corp. has been working on creating a dedicated news unit that would provide content specifically…

There has been a lot of doubt about publishers’ hopes that tablet devices could help return magazines and newspapers to the days when scarcity helped drive ad revenues and consumers couldn’t get all that content for free on the web. A new study from the major publishing JV Next Issue…

It looks like video JV Hulu can be added to the list of expected IPOs coming this year. The IPO could come this fall, the NYT reports, citing unidentified sources. The offering is said to value Hulu at roughly $2 billion.

Some of the stories people are talking about this morning:»  Apple’s tight control over iAds is causing delays and other problems for agencies and marketers. [WSJ] »  Ad agencies are having a tough time figuring out where to situate their fledgling mobile units—in the creative department or media buying? [AdAge]…

Zynga has hired Owen Van Natta, the MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) and Facebook veteran, as its EVP of business operations, as the social gaming giant continues to build out its executive ranks. This will be Van Natta’s third job in a year and a half; he stepped down as CEO of…

We knew Rupert Murdoch was enamored with tablets like iPad. Turns out, News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). is such a big fan, it’s planning to launch a new national U.S. news title via iPad and mobile phone apps.

Facebook has once again caused eMarketer to revise its ad spending projections significantly upward, while rival MySpace (NSDQ: NWS), which is about to embark on a consumer branding campaign and website revamp, continues to trend downward.

Interactive shop Pereira & O’Dell has been hired by MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) to help with buff its image and promote its planned site relaunch, AdAge reported. Two months ago, the News Corp social net issued a call to agencies to help devise a branding campaign in the lead up to…

Ten years ago, three brothers in Germany founded Jamba, jumping head-first into the global fad of selling ringtones, which ultimately grew to be a billion-dollar industry. Since then, the well-known mobile content company has taken a number of twists and turns. Long story short, Jamba was acquired by News Corp…