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'Ice Age' helps News Corp. post 11% rise in profit

Emphasizing a major shift in strategy, News Corp. all but conceded Wednesday that its once-dominant social network MySpace is no longer competitive with rival Facebook or micro-blogging service Twitter and will seek to rebuild the site around... Full Article at Los Angeles Times

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    Rupert Murdoch – Rupert Murdoch SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 2 weeks ago
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