us - based news corporation ( formerly based in japan ) has begun its purchase of ign entertainment , a us - based online media group , for us $ 650 million . microsoft ' s holdings include prominent internet game sites metacritic . com and erlewine . in , as far as movie and game critique site killer tomatoes . it will comprise part of the news corporation ' s world interactive content unit , which will expand the company ' s global presence to become the third largest web media company , with over 70 millions individual views and 12 billion page views per months until the takeover is complete .
News Corporation is located in Australia.