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News Corp. unveils educational tablet Amplify
News Corp. took the wraps off its new tablet computer for the school market Wednesday, saying the device would use “digital innovation to transform teaching and learning.” Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate showed the Amplify device at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, after having announced plans in July.…
Murdoch’s News Corp doubles profits in 2012
News Corp said Wednesday it is on track to complete the split of the media-entertainment conglomerate by June, as the company reported a jump in profits from its accounting of broadcast operations. The Rupert Murdoch-led group said profits more than doubled to $2.38 billion, boosted by income from newly acquired…
News Corp. to file with U.S. regulators to split into two companies
Media conglomerate News Corp announced on Friday that it had filed a document with US regulators describing its split into two independent companies. The statement did not specify a date for the planned split into one company focused on news and publishing, to retain the News Corp name, and another…
News Corp. taps WSJ editor as publishing CEO
Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate News Corp. plans to name Wall Street Journal managing editor Robert Thomson as chief executive of its publishing spinoff, the newspaper said on Saturday. The Journal cited people familiar with the matter as saying that the name of the new publishing company, along with senior executive…
News Corp. publishing profits down by nearly half after phone-hacking scandal
Home to titles including the Times, Sun and Wall Street Journal hit by $67m charge relating to phone-hacking scandal. Profits almost halved at News Corporation’s publishing division, home to titles including the Times, Sun and Wall Street Journal, in the three months to the end of September, during which the…
Murdoch aims to buy the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune
Two US newspapers, the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune, are reporting that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is gearing up to acquire them. The titles are currently owned by the debt-laden Tribune Company, which is likely to end up in the hands of two investment firms and a bank…
Roger Ailes to stay as head of Fox News for four more years
Creator of the infamously ‘fair and balanced’ network signs a new contract that will keep him at the helm until 2016 Roger Ailes has signed a new contract with Fox News which will keep him in charge of the channel for the next four years, News Corp announced on Friday.…
James Murdoch set to run News Corp’s U.S. Fox TV business
James Murdoch is reportedly being lined up to run News Corporation’s Fox TV business in the US despite being sharply criticised by British broadcasting regulator Ofcom on Thursday. The role being discussed would put him in charge of the Fox Networks Group, which includes the Fox terrestrial TV network as…
James Murdoch to oversee Fox Networks Group: report
LONDON — News Corp is planning to give James Murdoch responsibility for its US television businesses, the Fox Networks Group, the Financial Times reported in its Friday edition. Murdoch, who is already deputy chief operating officer of News Corp, will oversee the group which includes the national Fox network and…
Fox launches video streaming service with iTunes and Google
Twentieth Century Fox, the cinema unit of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., said Tuesday it would offer streaming movies for various devices through Apple’s iTunes, Google Play and other services. The Digital HD project will allow access to new releases before DVDs are issued, “attractive pricing,” cloud storage and availability across…
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