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News Corp Buys 'Social News' Agency Storyful 20 December 2013 News Corp buys 'social news' agency Storyful 20 December 2013 platforms." Mark Little, founder and CEO of Storyful, said the tie-up will be beneficial for both firms. "By joining forces with News Corp, Storyful can quickly transform its vision into a global reality," said Little. "We believe that journalism in the age of social media needs to be open, innovative and A News Corp. sign is seen outside of its offices in New collaborative, and so does the business model that York, October 27, 2004 will sustain it. News Corp is a natural fit for a company which wants to help reinvent the news industry. Rupert Murdoch's publishing group News Corp. Little added in a blog post: "Our global team of said Friday it had acquired the "social news journalists will continue to cover real-time news agency" Storyful, which seeks to merge journalism 24/7. Our technology teams will continue to build with social media. tools to power the newsrooms of the future." US-based News Corp. will pay $25 million for the "We will continue to serve the world's leading news Irish-based start-up, according to a statement. organizations (with more resources and focus). And we will work with brands, advertisers, non-profits The firm acquires and distributes video and user- and other organizations to help them realize the full generated content to its partners, and provides potential of verified video and other online content," social media dashboards, analytics and other tools Little added. to news organizations to help improve their news and advertising efforts online and on mobile News Corp. is the publishing and newspaper platforms. segment of the Murdoch's recently split media empire, a breakup which created 21st Century Fox Storyful, which has been a partner with the News for its fast-growing TV and film operations. Corp-owned Wall Street Journal, will continue to operate as a stand alone unit from its Dublin Murdoch remains in control of both firms, and is headquarters and work with media clients. chairman of News Corp, which includes The Wall Street Journal and New York Post newspapers in "Storyful has become the village square for the United States, The Sunday Times of London valuable video, using journalistic sensibility, and The Sun in Britain, and The Australian in the integrity and creativity to find, authenticate and country of the tycoon's birth. commercialize user-generated content," said Robert Thomson, chief executive of News Corp. © 2013 AFP "Through this acquisition, we can extend the village square across borders, languages and 1 / 2 APA citation: News Corp buys 'social news' agency Storyful (2013, December 20) retrieved 2 October 2021 from https://phys.org/news/2013-12-news-corp-social-agency-storyful.html This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only. 2 / 2 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org).
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