News Corp. in Talks to Buy Blinkx
Saturday, 20. August 2005 - 12:00 pm
REUTERS — Aug 15 — News Corp. is considering buying closely held Web search provider Blinkx. Murdochlast week confirmed during an earnings conference call with analysts
that the company was in advanced talks to buy a controlling interest in
a Web search engine, which he would not identify, and that it had
budgeted up to $2 billion for investments and strategic acquisitions. RELEASE @ BIZ RATE
Mark Brooks: News Corp. just bought Intermix which owns Myspace.