More than a domain? The ongoing tale of BreakingNews.com.au
By Tim Lince in Media News on Thursday, 30th May 2013 at 12:00pmAn Australian entrepreneur who claims to have popularised Goji berries around the world is now aiming to turn a stockpile of desirable domain names into a global media empire.
Antony Jacobson is not short on ambition. Having acquired a trove of country-specific domains around the ‘BreakingNews’ brand over a decade ago, Jacobson is now attempting to raise millions of dollars to fund his vision for a multinational media business, starting next year with operations in Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore.
He boldly claims that BreakingNews.com.au will be “Australia’s most significant destination for breaking news”.
“Newspapers are extinct when it comes to breaking news, and my aim is to create a digital news force that compe...
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