Fox Sports Interactive Media facts for kids
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Formerly
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News Corp. Digital Media Fox Interactive Media Fox Sports Digital Media |
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| Subsidiary | |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Fox Network Center (Fox Studio Lot Building 101), 10201 W Pico Blvd, , |
| Services | Online media |
| Owner | Fox Corporation |
| Parent | Fox Sports Media Group |
Fox Sports Interactive Media is a company that manages the online parts of Fox Sports in the United States. It used to be called News Corp. Digital Media, Fox Interactive Media, and Fox Sports Digital Media. It is part of the Fox Sports Media Group.
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How Fox Interactive Media Started
Fox Interactive Media began in 2005. The CEO of News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, chose a team to find new ways to use the internet. Their goal was to share and make money from online content. This team created a new part of the company called Fox Interactive Media. Murdoch gave them $2 billion to buy other companies.
Buying Other Companies
Fox Interactive looked at many companies to buy. They chose Myspace, a fast-growing social media site, as their main online property. They also bought the gaming website IGN and the movie review site Rotten Tomatoes. By December 2006, Fox Interactive Media had become the biggest online company in the United States. It was even bigger than Yahoo at that time.
Selling Off Properties
Later, the group sold most of the companies it had bought. In 2009, Fox sold Photobucket, a photo-sharing site. In 2010, they sold the Fox Audience Network.
Fox Interactive Media also managed the websites for Fox's TV stations. In 2008, they worked with LIN Media to offer a special online system. This system helped local TV stations manage their websites. This part of the business later became its own company called EndPlay. By 2012, Fox started using a different company for its TV station websites.
In June 2011, Myspace was sold for $35 million. This was much less than the $580 million News Corp paid for it in 2005. Rupert Murdoch later said buying Myspace was a "huge mistake." In February 2013, IGN Entertainment was also sold.
Becoming Fox Sports Digital Media
Since the company only had properties related to Fox Sports left, its name changed in mid-2013. It became Fox Sports Digital Media.
In 2014, Fox Sports Digital Media worked with Sporting News Media. They partnered to create content and combine their sales efforts. In 2015, the company bought parts of a sports startup called Straightcast Media.
Fox Sports Go and Recent Changes
Fox Sports Go was the company's online video service. In 2019, it was separated from Fox Sports Interactive Media. This happened when Disney bought many parts of 21st Century Fox. Fox Sports Interactive Media kept the rights to videos for the channels Fox Corporation still owned. Fox Sports Go continued to link to Fox Sports Interactive Media's websites for a while.
