News Corp

News Corporation, founded in 1979 and headquartered in New York, is a global media and information services company that creates and distributes content for consumers and businesses. The company operates across six segments: Digital Real Estate Services, Subscription Video Services, Dow Jones, Book Publishing, News Media, and Other. It offers a variety of content and data products, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and MarketWatch, through multiple channels such as newspapers, websites, mobile applications, and podcasts. News Corp also publishes a range of books, from fiction to religious texts, and provides sports and entertainment programming to pay-TV subscribers. Additionally, it delivers online real estate services and professional software products. Its extensive portfolio includes well-known newspapers like The Australian, The Times, and the New York Post, as well as various digital platforms and services, making it a significant player in the global media landscape.

Michael Florin

Senior Vice President and Head of Investor Relations

Kevin Halpin

Deputy Chief Financial Officer

Susan Panuccio

Chief Financial Officer

Robert Thomson

Chief Executive Officer

51 past transactions

OPIS, A Dow Jones Company

Acquisition in 2021
OPIS, a subsidiary of UCG, is a leading source for worldwide petroleum pricing and news information and has offices in Gaithersburg, MD; Wall, NJ; St. Paul, MN; Gothenburg, Sweden and Singapore. Every day, OPIS publishes spot prices for all refined products, more than 30,000 wholesale gasoline and diesel rack prices and more than 110,000 retail fuel prices (www.opisnet.com). Through its subsidiary, Axxis Software, OPIS also provides leading-edge software solutions for petroleum marketers looking to automate price collection, data storage and repricing of dealer and commercial accounts. (www.axxispetro.com)

Investor's Business Daily

Acquisition in 2021
Since 1984, Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) has been helping ordinary people achieve extraordinary results. This is done with a unique step-by-step investing strategy anyone can use to systematically achieve financial freedom over time. And it works. According to an independent, real-time study of more than 50 leading strategies by the American Association of Individual Investors from January 1998 through December 2012, their system — known as CAN SLIM® — gained 24.7% compared to a gain of just 2.6% for the S & P 500. Over the last quarter-century, countless investors have paid off their homes, put their children through college and built the foundation for a worry-free retirement, by following IBD’s CAN SLIM strategy for growing - and protecting - their money. It’s an approach based on historical fact, not opinion. And anyone can use it successfully. Find out how by learning more about their investing discipline, products & services, and company history.

Elara Technologies

Venture Round in 2020
Elara Technologies operates as a real estate advisory services company. It offers services such as advertising, marketing, mandate business solutions for realty players, realty consultancy, personalized search, virtual viewing, 3d B2B solutions, site visits, negotiations, home loans, and post-sales service.

Matterport

Venture Round in 2018
Matterport is a technology company that operates a cloud-based platform designed to create 3D and virtual reality models of real-world spaces. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, the company enables users to capture, modify, and share digital representations of environments through its proprietary 3D camera, which captures both visual and spatial data. The platform includes Matterport Cloud for hosting and processing, as well as tools such as Matterport Spaces and a web-based 3D player that allow users to navigate and visualize these models. Matterport's offerings facilitate immersive experiences in various applications, including real estate and architecture, allowing users to explore and interact with multi-dimensional spaces online.

mTag

Pre Seed Round in 2018
mTag is the utility empowering professional creatives to be paid for the attention their media captures anywhere across the internet, by serving advertising within or around it wherever it's published. mTag was founded with the mission to develop technology to create a world of freedom and equal opportunity, where everyone can live fulfilled lives in pursuit of their passions and be rewarded deservingly for the value they add to the world.

The Tab

Series A in 2017
The Tab is a media agency founded in 2009 by three students at Cambridge University, designed to provide a fresh perspective on university life and youth culture. It operates as a university news network, employing a team of young journalists and producers who create engaging content covering social news, sports, entertainment, and live protests. The Tab has established a robust network of reporters at universities across the US and UK, allowing it to break exclusive stories that resonate with a demographic of 18 to 24-year-olds. This unique structure enables The Tab to connect deeply with its audience, producing videos, articles, and guides that reflect the experiences of young people in a rapidly changing world. Its content has gained significant traction, being syndicated by major media outlets and attracting millions of readers monthly.

News Technology Services

Acquisition in 2017
NTS is an essential part of News Corp’s global technology strategy. We work directly with News Corp’s global brands to offer a range of technology services, including web development, application support, infrastructure management and cyber operations

Vidora

Seed Round in 2017
Vidora’s mission is to enhance the performance of Marketing and Product teams with No-Code Machine Learning. Our Machine Learning Platform, Cortex, allows teams to use predictions to continually optimize conversions and engagement, while providing end-to-end automation, allowing teams to create hundreds of predictions without the risk and cost of building in house. The largest global brands like Walmart, News Corp, and Discovery, leverage Cortex to intelligently learn from continuous streams of raw data to drive higher performance and automation across the enterprise.

Scroll

Seed Round in 2016
Scroll is a subscription-based service that provides users with an ad-free online journalism experience. Headquartered in the United States, the company aims to present high-quality content to engaged readers while minimizing distractions from advertisements. By allowing users to access articles on participating news sites without ads, Scroll creates a sustainable revenue model that benefits both users and publishers. This approach not only enhances the reading experience but also supports journalism by sharing revenue with the publishers, thereby fostering a more informed and engaged audience. Through its innovative platform, Scroll seeks to address the challenges posed by the distraction economy and filter bubbles, encouraging readers to focus on meaningful content.

AppNexus

Venture Round in 2016
AppNexus Inc. develops a cloud-based software platform that enhances programmatic online advertising for both buyers and sellers of digital inventory. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in New York City, the company offers various tools that optimize campaign performance, including trading solutions and marketplaces for internet advertising. Its platform enables advertisers to create trading desks, advertising networks, and custom exchanges. Additionally, AppNexus provides a digital advertising delivery platform that helps publisher clients maximize revenue from multiple demand sources. Key offerings include the AppNexus Publisher Suite for ad serving and campaign management, as well as PriceCheck, a header bidding solution for various ad formats. The AppNexus Apps program allows third-party technology vendors and existing customers to develop features and expand their reach. AppNexus operates as a subsidiary of Xandr, Inc. and maintains offices in the U.S. and internationally.

Matterport

Venture Round in 2016
Matterport is a technology company that operates a cloud-based platform designed to create 3D and virtual reality models of real-world spaces. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, the company enables users to capture, modify, and share digital representations of environments through its proprietary 3D camera, which captures both visual and spatial data. The platform includes Matterport Cloud for hosting and processing, as well as tools such as Matterport Spaces and a web-based 3D player that allow users to navigate and visualize these models. Matterport's offerings facilitate immersive experiences in various applications, including real estate and architecture, allowing users to explore and interact with multi-dimensional spaces online.

Wireless Group plc

Acquisition in 2016
Wireless Group is one of the most successful media groups in the UK and Ireland and part of the News Corp portfolio of brands, comprising a highly focused radio division with market leading assets and a growing digital division incorporating Simply Zesty and Tibus. Wireless Group GB comprises 16 radio stations across England and Wales, including talkSPORT, the world's biggest sports radio station and global audio partner of the Premier League, talkSPORT 2, talkRADIO and Virgin Radio. It also owns Sport, the UK's biggest sports magazine and has stakes in eight of the UK's digital radio multiplexes.

Roku

Series H in 2015
Roku, Inc. operates a TV streaming platform that enables users to access a wide range of content, including movies, TV episodes, live sports, music, and news. The company consists of two main segments: Platform and Player. Roku's platform features a user-friendly interface powered by its proprietary operating system, Roku OS. The company manufactures and sells streaming media players, accessories, and TVs under the Roku brand, along with branded remote control buttons. Additionally, Roku provides advertising solutions such as video ads and brand sponsorships. Its products and services are available through various retailers and distributors, as well as directly to customers via its website, reaching markets in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, Mexico, and parts of Latin America. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Los Gatos, California, Roku has established itself as a leader in streaming innovation, boasting a large and engaged customer base.

Unruly

Acquisition in 2015
Unruly is a London-based advertising technology company that gets videos watched, tracked, and shared across the Open Web. Unruly uses emotional audience data and user-friendly video formats to massively increase viewer engagement, brand performance & publisher revenues. The company was founded in 2006 and acquired by News Corp in 2015.

VCCircle

Acquisition in 2015
VCCircle Network is an online financial media and information group with presence in news, data, events, and training. The company’s flagship website VCCircle.com provides news, information and analytics for the Indian investment ecosystem, covering investments, M&A, venture capital, private equity, investment banking, and emerging companies and sectors. This is in addition to VCCEdge, a comprehensive database of VC, PE, and M&A deals; IPOs; directories; private and public company information; financials; shareholding structures; professionals; and key developments related to companies. The VCCircle Network organizes over 18 conferences every year across industry verticals and have over a dozen annual properties now running in multi-year editions. Over 15,000 delegates and 1,500 speakers have attended the events since its inception in 2007. Since its launch in June 2011, the training division has also organized about 30 training workshops in finance, legal, and regulatory topics targeted at Indian corporate, financial, and legal professionals. About 1000 participants have attended the workshops since its inception. The VCCircle application is now available for iOS and Android devices. VCCircle Network was founded in 2005 and is based in Noida, India, along with offices in Mumbai and Bangalore. The company currently operates as a subsidiary of Mosaic Media Ventures.

BigDecisions

Acquisition in 2014
BigDecisions.com, a News Corp owned site, aims to help Indian consumers make smarter financial decisions through interactive, decision-making tools powered by sophisticated algorithms and data. Its mission is to provide a platform to deliver unbiased information and analysis to consumers on topics ranging from life and health insurance and retirement planning to providing for a child’s education or buying and renting real estate.

NWS Digital India Pvt Ltd

Acquisition in 2014
NWS Digital India Private Limited operates an online finance planning portal.

PropTiger

Venture Round in 2014
Headquartered in the National Capital Region of Delhi (NCR), PropTiger has been founded by alumni of Harvard Business School, IIT and ISB who possess decades of combined experience in real estate in India as well as abroad. PropTiger has a team of real estate experts spread across 8 cities in India, namely Noida, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata and Ahmedabad. Each of our staff is well trained across various aspects of buying residential property – we assist you right from narrowing down the various options to selecting the ideal property for you and completing the final paperwork related to the transaction. Rest assured, that our assistance is completely transparent.

Move

Acquisition in 2014
Move is an online real estate platform that operates multiple websites offering rental listings, home finance services, and moving services. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Move provides valuable real estate information, tools, and professional expertise tailored for both consumers and real estate professionals. The platform aims to support users through all stages of the home journey, enhancing the overall experience of buying, selling, renting, and moving.

Harlequin

Acquisition in 2014
Harlequin is one of the world's leading publishers of books for women. The Toronto-based company publishes more than 110 titles a month in 34 languages in 110 international markets on six continents. These books are written by over 1,300 talented authors worldwide, offering women a broad range of reading from bestseller fi ction to romance, from young adult novels to nonfi ction, from African-American novels to inspirational romance, and more. With half of its books sold overseas and a tremendous 95% outside Canada—it is both the country's most successful publisher and one of its most international businesses.

RelateIQ

Series C in 2014
Now known as [SalesforceIQ](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/salesforceiq), RelateIQ, a salesforce.com company, has re-thought customer relationship management from the ground up, building the world's first Relationship Intelligence platform. It automatically captures data on your most important sales prospects, making it easy to collaborate with your teammates to close deals faster. The platform works everywhere you work, whether it's on a mobile app in your pocket or in your email inbox through a browser extension, and advanced data science capabilities mean RelateIQ will provide the insights you need before you even realize you need them. RelateIQ helps our customers drive more revenue and save hours of time, all while making their jobs less work. For more information on how RelateIQ is changing the way the world works, please connect with us on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter.

CloudPress

Acquisition in 2014
CloudPress is a marketing platform that enables brands to create, launch, and track interactive, shoppable campaigns online. Our visual drag-and-drop interface allows brands to quickly and easily create beautiful, shoppable experiences that capture their brand’s identity and showcase their products and services in an engaging way. Once published, the campaigns are fully hosted on our servers and can be immediately shared and embedded across social and web marketing channels. Our analytics dashboard provides a coherent look at metrics aggregated across all channels and gives brands insights to inform their marketing efforts.

Storyful

Acquisition in 2013
Storyful, founded in December 2009 by journalist Mark Little, operates as a pioneering news agency tailored for the social media era. It serves as an online platform that utilizes journalistic expertise and curation technology to filter valuable content from social media channels like Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook, converting the vast array of online information into relevant news streams. Through its StoryfulPro product, the company provides global news organizations with access to curated social media content, enhancing their reporting capabilities. Storyful has formed curation partnerships with various established media brands, reflecting its commitment to collaborative storytelling in a rapidly evolving news landscape. The agency's approach challenges traditional news categorization, blurring the lines between professional and amateur content, and emphasizes the importance of immediate and authentic voices in storytelling.

Roku

Series F in 2013
Roku, Inc. operates a TV streaming platform that enables users to access a wide range of content, including movies, TV episodes, live sports, music, and news. The company consists of two main segments: Platform and Player. Roku's platform features a user-friendly interface powered by its proprietary operating system, Roku OS. The company manufactures and sells streaming media players, accessories, and TVs under the Roku brand, along with branded remote control buttons. Additionally, Roku provides advertising solutions such as video ads and brand sponsorships. Its products and services are available through various retailers and distributors, as well as directly to customers via its website, reaching markets in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, Mexico, and parts of Latin America. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Los Gatos, California, Roku has established itself as a leader in streaming innovation, boasting a large and engaged customer base.

YES Network

Acquisition in 2012
The YES Network, the most-watched regional sports network in the country the past 10 years, features the 27-time World Champion New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Nets. YES, which has earned 300 Emmy Award nominations and 67 Emmy Awards since launch, also televises original biography, interview and magazine programs, inaddition to college sports. All programming produced by YES is in HD.

Roku

Series E in 2012
Roku, Inc. operates a TV streaming platform that enables users to access a wide range of content, including movies, TV episodes, live sports, music, and news. The company consists of two main segments: Platform and Player. Roku's platform features a user-friendly interface powered by its proprietary operating system, Roku OS. The company manufactures and sells streaming media players, accessories, and TVs under the Roku brand, along with branded remote control buttons. Additionally, Roku provides advertising solutions such as video ads and brand sponsorships. Its products and services are available through various retailers and distributors, as well as directly to customers via its website, reaching markets in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, Mexico, and parts of Latin America. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Los Gatos, California, Roku has established itself as a leader in streaming innovation, boasting a large and engaged customer base.

Unigo

Series B in 2012
Unigo’s consumer site has 1.8 million registered users and receives 14 million unique visitors per year. The site provides personalized matches with 6,500 colleges, 700,000 college reviews, 3.6 million scholarships, 90,000 internships and 3.3 million study materials. Unigo’s investors include McGraw-Hill Ventures, Dow Jones Ventures / News Corp, and The Gates Foundation. Unigo licenses college data and reviews to many mainstream media brands including The Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, USA Today, and ABC News. Unigo also created curriculum and tutoring services with McGraw-Hill Education taught in high schools across the country. At b2e.unigo.com, Unigo provides enrollment and market research services directly to colleges and universities. Each year, Unigo reaches more than 50% of all college-bound students and provides services to approximately 9 million consumers. The company has received awards and recognitions from Facebook, the Webby Awards, the White House, the Viacom / Get Schooled Foundation and more.

Beyond Oblivion

Private Equity Round in 2011
Beyond Oblivion is a music and technology company founded in 2008 by its CEO, Adam Kidron. Its principle shareholders are Wellcome Trust, News Corporation, Allen & Company, Intertrust Technologies Corporation, and Adam Kidron. Beyond Oblivion's first go-to-market product is boinc. boinc is a magnetic and social music service that distributes a vast legal music library from a cloud (supplied by majors, independents, and artists the world over), and embeds the right to download and PLAY IT ALL within devices like PCs, tablets, autos and smartphones. boinc replaces paid-download, paid subscription, and advertiser-supported services with an inexpensive one-time, lifetime-of-device usage fee - paying copyright owners a micro-royalty per play, no matter if the original file were legally or illegally downloaded.

Endemol Shine UK

Acquisition in 2011
Endemol Shine UK is one of Britain's largest independent production companies and is behind some of TV's biggest hits. Their diverse range of hits includes Big Brother, Black Mirror, Broadchurch, Grantchester, MasterChef, One Born Every Minute, Peaky Blinders, Pointless, Sunday Brunch, The Fall, The Island, Vicious, 8 out of 10 Cats and many more. Labels within the UK Group include Artists Studio, Bandit Television, Brown Eyed Boy, Cave Bear Productions, DSP, Dragonfly, Fifty Fathoms, House of Tomorrow, Initial, Kudos, Princess Productions, Remarkable Television, Shine North, Shine TV, Tiger Aspect, Tigress and Zeppotron.

Ezuza

Series A in 2011
Ezuza, Inc. is a company that specializes in mobile payment solutions, targeting emerging markets. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Mexico City, it provides a range of services including online and mobile payments, air-time top-ups, person-to-person transfers, international remittances, bill payments, and tailored corporate payment solutions. Ezuza aims to facilitate financial transactions and enhance payment accessibility for users in these markets.

Magnite

Venture Round in 2010
Rubicon Project (NYSE: RUBI) has engineered the Advertising Automation Cloud, one of the largest real-time cloud and Big Data computing systems. The Company's mission is to automate the buying and selling of advertising by offering innovative products to connect buyers and sellers globally.

GetPrice

Acquisition in 2010
GetPrice is an Australian online Comparison Shopping Engine offering product and price comparisons from primarily Australian retailers as a free service to consumers. The information on the GetPrice site helps people find the right product at the right price from the right merchant. A range of product categories are covered, including consumer electronics, home and garden, fashion and cosmetics, games and entertainment.

Skiff

Acquisition in 2010
Skiff (formerly FirstPaper) is an e-reading and advertising company formed to address the needs of consumers, publishers, and advertisers as print media increasingly migrates to new forms of digital consumption. This includes the emerging class of dedicated e-readers and reading-friendly devices, which create new opportunities and demand new business approaches. Headquarters located in NYC with second office in Palo Alto, CA.

Beyond Oblivion

Series B in 2010
Beyond Oblivion is a music and technology company founded in 2008 by its CEO, Adam Kidron. Its principle shareholders are Wellcome Trust, News Corporation, Allen & Company, Intertrust Technologies Corporation, and Adam Kidron. Beyond Oblivion's first go-to-market product is boinc. boinc is a magnetic and social music service that distributes a vast legal music library from a cloud (supplied by majors, independents, and artists the world over), and embeds the right to download and PLAY IT ALL within devices like PCs, tablets, autos and smartphones. boinc replaces paid-download, paid subscription, and advertiser-supported services with an inexpensive one-time, lifetime-of-device usage fee - paying copyright owners a micro-royalty per play, no matter if the original file were legally or illegally downloaded.

iList

Acquisition in 2010
iList was a social classifieds service trying to take on Craigslist. It let you cross-post your listings on Facebook, Twitter, FriendFeed, and Pownce. It also tried to tap into your friends and contacts to get them to promote your listings to their friends. The site is no longer in service.

Unigo

Series A in 2009
Unigo’s consumer site has 1.8 million registered users and receives 14 million unique visitors per year. The site provides personalized matches with 6,500 colleges, 700,000 college reviews, 3.6 million scholarships, 90,000 internships and 3.3 million study materials. Unigo’s investors include McGraw-Hill Ventures, Dow Jones Ventures / News Corp, and The Gates Foundation. Unigo licenses college data and reviews to many mainstream media brands including The Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, USA Today, and ABC News. Unigo also created curriculum and tutoring services with McGraw-Hill Education taught in high schools across the country. At b2e.unigo.com, Unigo provides enrollment and market research services directly to colleges and universities. Each year, Unigo reaches more than 50% of all college-bound students and provides services to approximately 9 million consumers. The company has received awards and recognitions from Facebook, the Webby Awards, the White House, the Viacom / Get Schooled Foundation and more.

AdChina

Series B in 2009
AdChina, Ltd. operates a comprehensive internet advertising platform in China, connecting advertisers with publishers across various digital channels. Founded in 2007 and based in Shanghai, the company offers a suite of software and technical services designed to streamline the advertising process. The AdChina AdManager system is central to the platform, enabling the tracking of available advertising space, processing of orders, and analysis of audience data to match advertisements with their intended target audience. Additionally, AdChina provides the AdChina Demand Platform, a tool for advertising agencies and advertisers, and the AdChina Supply Platform, which supports publishers in both online and mobile environments. The platform boasts significant reach, accessing billions of page views and millions of unique visitors each month, establishing AdChina as a key player in the Chinese digital advertising landscape.

Wego

Series A in 2008
Wego Pte Ltd. operates a travel search platform that allows users to explore and compare options from various airlines, hotel chains, and online travel agencies primarily in the Asia Pacific and Middle East regions. The company's website and mobile applications facilitate the research and booking process by providing tools that aggregate prices and offerings from a wide range of travel providers, enabling users to find the best deals quickly. Founded in 2005 and originally known as Bezurk Pte Ltd., Wego changed its name in 2008 and is based in Singapore, with additional offices in Jakarta, Bengaluru, and Dubai. The platform is recognized for delivering unbiased comparisons of travel products, helping consumers make informed decisions when booking flights and accommodations.

Dow Jones

Acquisition in 2007
Dow Jones is a global news and business information provider that delivers content to consumers and organizations via newspapers, websites, apps, video, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, conferences, and radio. It conducts large news-gathering operations with the help of its 2,000 journalists in more than 50 countries, including The Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by total average circulation. Dow Jones & Co.’s premier brands include Barron’s, MarketWatch, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones VentureSource, and DJX. In 1987, The Ticker, a real-time newswire and the fundamental source for news in the investment community, was announced and Barron’s, America’s premier financial weekly was founded in 1921. The company’s information services publish in 13 languages and distribute content in 28 languages, combining technology with news and data to support business decision making. It is now serving its users through its paid online news site no matter where there, via web, mobile devices, Internet-connected televisions, and tablets. Dow Jones & Co. was founded in 1882.

BeliefNet

Acquisition in 2007
Beliefnet offers a variety of resources related to spirituality (articles, quizzes, devotionals, sacred text searches, message boards, prayer circles, photo galleries and more). Their mission is to "help people like you find, and walk, a spiritual path that will bring comfort, hope, clarity, strength, and happiness."

GetPrice

Series A in 2007
GetPrice is an Australian online Comparison Shopping Engine offering product and price comparisons from primarily Australian retailers as a free service to consumers. The information on the GetPrice site helps people find the right product at the right price from the right merchant. A range of product categories are covered, including consumer electronics, home and garden, fashion and cosmetics, games and entertainment.

Mahalo

Series B in 2007
Mahalo is a human-powered search engine founded by entrepreneur Jason Calacanis. It differentiates itself by generating search results through a team of profile builders who create detailed pages for approximately 10,000 unique queries, with plans to expand to 25,000 queries. The search results are non-algorithmic, resulting in deep and useful content, although the process is slower than automated engines. For queries without a dedicated page, Mahalo supplements results with information from Google. The layout combines elements of traditional search engines and Wikipedia, with factual information provided alongside categorized links. Users can submit their own links for consideration, which are voted on before publication. Despite its slow growth due to the manual curation process, Mahalo functions without revenue for several years, positioning itself as an alternative to major search engines and knowledge-sharing platforms.

Intermix Media

Acquisition in 2005
provides content via a network of websites including myspace. A leading online media and ecommerce enterprise, Intermix Media (Amex: MIX) and its subsidiaries utilize proprietary technologies and analytical marketing to develop unique content, an active community and innovative ecommerce offerings. The Intermix Network blends user-generated and proprietary online content to motivate its users to spend more time on its Network and to invite their friends to join them. By integrating social networking applications, self-publishing and viral marketing, the Intermix Network has grown to over 27 million unique visitors per month. Intermix also leverages its optimization technologies, marketing methodologies and the Internet through its Alena unit, where it launches branded consumer product offerings. Alena expands Intermix’s consumer reach by marketing select high margin and innovative products directly to the consumer across the Internet. In doing so, Alena cost-effectively builds consumer brands and drives new users back to the Intermix Network.

Myspace

Acquisition in 2005
Myspace LLC operates as a social networking platform that allows users to create personal profiles and connect with others through shared interests. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Myspace initially gained prominence by enabling members to share photos, music, and personal journals, along with customizable user pages that support various widgets. At its peak, the platform boasted around 125 million users and was recognized as one of the largest social networks globally. Myspace also ventured into the music industry with Myspace Music, allowing users to stream songs and create playlists, supported by advertising revenue. Over the years, the company faced challenges, including declining user engagement and a chaotic interface, leading to significant changes in management and operations. In 2011, Myspace was acquired by Specific Media, with Justin Timberlake playing a pivotal role in its future direction. Despite its decline from the heights of social networking, Myspace remains a notable part of internet history.

Fox

Acquisition in 2005
Fox operates as a prominent entertainment company engaged in producing and distributing various forms of media content. It comprises four main segments: Filmed Entertainment, Television Stations, Television Broadcast Network, and Cable Network Programming. The Filmed Entertainment segment focuses on the production and distribution of feature films and television shows. The Television Stations segment manages a portfolio of broadcast television stations, while the Television Broadcast Network segment provides network programming across multiple platforms. Additionally, the Cable Network Programming segment is involved in cable networks that cover areas such as news, sports, general entertainment, and movies. Established in 1985 and headquartered in New York, Fox aims to engage audiences through diverse programming, including drama, comedy, children's shows, and reality programs, providing a range of entertainment options via various broadcasting channels.

DIRECTV

Acquisition in 2003
DIRECTV is a prominent American digital entertainment services provider that offers a wide range of programming, including sports, news, movies, and family channels. With over 25 million customers across the U.S. and Latin America, it is recognized for delivering advanced technology and comprehensive sports packages. In the United States, DIRECTV serves approximately 18.56 million customers, providing access to more than 130 HD channels and high-quality audio options. The company is noted for its exclusive sports offerings, such as NFL SUNDAY TICKET, and has been recognized for its customer satisfaction, outperforming major cable providers for nearly a decade. In Latin America, DIRECTV caters to 6.5 million customers through its subsidiaries, leading in technology and service in the pay-TV sector. The company also owns several regional sports networks and has a significant stake in Game Show Network, further enhancing its entertainment portfolio.

Hughes

Funding Round in 2003
Founded in 1971, Hughes Network Systems is a satellite broadband solutions and services company based in Germantown. The organisation provides managed network services and applications in the United States.

OmniSky

Venture Round in 2000
In January 2002, OmniSky Corporation sold substantially all of its assets to EarthLink, Inc., including its subscriber base, all of its intellectual property rights, and key network assets, pursuant to its filing for Bankruptcy. The company prior to selling its assets was a global developer and provider of wireless data applications and services for users of mobile devices.

iSyndicate

Venture Round in 2000
iSyndicate is the preeminent content syndication service on the Internet, distributing a broad selection of written, graphical, audio and video content from 998 sources, to a vast and diverse network of 257,791 Web sites.
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