REUTERS -- Aug 15 -- News Corp. is considering buying closely held Web search provider Blinkx. Murdoch last week confirmed during an earnings conference call with analysts that the company was in advanced talks to buy a controlling interest in a Web search engine, which he would not identify, and that it had budgeted up to $2 billion for investments and strategic acquisitions.
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Mark Brooks: News Corp. just bought Intermix which owns Myspace.
