The days of huge Chinese fundings are not over yet, as online video and gaming sites and others in digital media keep getting stupendous amounts: Chinese online jobs site Zhaopin.com…

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With the U.S. ad market sputtering, domestic web publishers are discovering that there’s a big world out there. But for those who don’t have established ad sales teams in other…

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Updated below: This is an interesting expansion move by the Australian telco giant Telstra: it has taken 55 percent stakes in Norstar Media and in Autohome/PCPop. Norstar operates IT information…

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No, the Weather Channel deal hasn’t yet been finalized, but an almost-namesake has been sold in Australia: Fairfax Digital, the digital media arm of Fairfax Media, has acquired a 75…

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-- DVR viewers watch online ads, but don’t pay attention: Google-owned DoubleClick’s research arm, Performics, recently completed a survey of DVR owners that acknowledges wide ad-skipping. But the study makes…

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Australia’s Photon Group has acquired London-based media planner Naked Communications for an initial payment of $33.1 million (A$36.7 million) in cash. Future payouts are contingent on Naked hitting a set…

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Destra, the Australian digital music and media firm, has bought out local rock music website Mess+Noise, for an undisclosed sum. The rock site also has a bi-monthly companion magazine. Mess+Noise…

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Updated below: The two-year wait for Lachlan Murdoch’s major media move is finally over. The Australian newspaper is reporting that he’s crafted a $1.75 billion (AUS$2 billion) deal to take…

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News Digital Media, the digital arm of Australia’s News Limited (part of News Corp.) has acquired a minority stake in Asia-Pacific travel search engine, Bezurk.com. The site is based in…

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Tilefile, a Sydney, Australia-based social network, has taken an unspecified investment from Motorola Ventures. The company’s previous investor is Japanese venture firm ngi group (formerly Netage). The company, which offers…

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Updated below: Last week, Rupert Murdoch told analysts and investors on the News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) earnings call that he was still considering whether to switch to a free WSJ.com,…

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Adknowledge, a Kansas City, MO-based behavioral targeter, has acquired the UK and Australian divisions of online ad network Media Run for an undisclosed sum. In those areas, Media Run will…

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News Limited, the Australian media arm of News Corp. (NYSE: NWS), has bought comparison shopping search engine Getprice, for an undisclosed amount. Getprice was founded in 2005...it also has a…

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Yahoo7, the JV between Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and Australian broadcaster Channel 7, is in a bit of an upheaval following falling visitor numbers and not enough ad growth. AustralianIT was…

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From paidContent:UK: BBC Worldwide, the international commercial arm of BBC, has bought Lonely Planet, the travel information group founded in Australia in 1972, for an undisclosed sum. Founders Tony and…

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Following on the heels of the European Commission’s early examination of Google’s (NSDQ: GOOG) pending $3.1 billion acquisition of online ad network DoubleClick, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is…

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- Top Gear: BBC Worldwide, the corporation’s overseas commercial arm, is responding to the online popularity of Top Gear with a push in the U.S. Although it is a U.K.…

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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is taking Google to court over its core search marketing business, claiming the behemoth does not properly distinguish between sponsored links and organic…

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New Zealand’s TVNZ is the latest television network to sign a partnership deal with YouTube. As with YouTube’s earlier BBC partnerships, TVNZ will add to a branded channel program excerpts…

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A little more fuel for the anti-premium fire ... APN’s New Zealand Herald is dropping the premium subscription service started by nzherald.co.nz in late 2005. The site relaunched last December…

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Starting next week New Zealand’s Recording Industry Association will include digital downloads in its music charts—a move which is expected to have a significant effect on the singles chart but…

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Rupert Murdoch is happy with his company’s online efforts, particularly the London Times. “The outstanding example is the London Times. In good months it has 10 million unique users and…

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Australian media groups could lose AU$500 million (US$416 million) over the next three years due to the lack of availability of faster broadband speeds, reports the Australian IT, although the…

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In Australia, Telstra has failed to win an injunction against Fox Sports to stop its website showing clips of National Rugby League (NRL) matches, with a judge deciding that “Telstra’s…

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Australian incumbent telco Telstra, which signed a sponsorship deal with the National Rugby League (NRL) for AU$90 million (US$72 million) back in March, is suing Fox Sports for showing too…

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