Shuhaib Shariff

Posts Tagged ‘online advertising

Rupert Murdoch’s biggest gamble yet – Pay for Content!

Posted by: shuhaibshariff on: April 1, 2010

In what could potentially be a game changer, media baron Rupert Murdoch has decided to charge a fee to online readers of his UK publications: The Times and its sister publication, The Sunday Times. Content on the above portals will no longer be free. Most analysts are baffled with this decision … online news publications [...]

Fly.com (domain name) sells for $1.8 Million!

Posted by: shuhaibshariff on: February 2, 2009

The internet domain name “Fly.com” was acquired by Travel Zoo (a travel website) for a whopping $1.8 million. Hard to believe but its true… even in times of economic depression, premium domain names continue to command fancy prices. Link to the story on TechCrunch: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/30/travelzoo-buys-flycom-for-a-lofty-18-million/ On another note: People often ask me if internet advertising [...]


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