May
13
Digital Music Service to Pose New Challenge to Subscription Model
Posted in: UncategorizedA new company will sell licensed smartphones that allow users unlimited free music downloads, hiding the price of the music in that of the phone.
May
09
Dow Jones Acting Chief Is Given Job Permanently
Posted in: UncategorizedWilliam Lewis, a longtime News Corporation insider, had been the Dow Jones division’s acting chief since Les Fenwick resigned in January.
May
08
Time Warner Sets Date for Time Inc. Spinoff
Posted in: UncategorizedA securities filing says that what is now Time Warner’s magazine division will become a separate, publicly traded company on June 6.
May
08
Cable Fees and Football Help Profits Climb at Fox
Posted in: UncategorizedThe Super Bowl, new digital streaming TV deals and higher fees for its cable networks resulted in a stronger-than-expected gain in quarterly profit at 21st Century Fox.
Apr
16
Dee Dee Myers to Join Warner Bros. as Head of Communications
Posted in: UncategorizedMs. Myers, a former White House press secretary under Bill Clinton, will become an executive vice president reporting directly to Warner’s chief executive.
Mar
31
Media Decoder: Start-Up Ozy Media Adds Axel Springer as a Backer
Posted in: UncategorizedAxel Springer of Germany is poised to announce an investment in Ozy Media, an online news site whose target audience is what it calls “the change generation.”
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Mar
31
The Media Equation: In Media Moguls’ Rarefied Realm, It’s Like Father, Like Son
Posted in: UncategorizedEven a cursory look at the media landscape suggests Rupert Murdoch is far from an outlier in wanting to see a property he built with his bare-knuckled hands land on his progeny.
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Mar
27
Putting 2 Sons in Top Posts, Murdoch Guards His Dynasty
Posted in: UncategorizedLachlan Murdoch became nonexecutive co-chairman of the News Corporation and 21st Century Fox, and James Murdoch became co-chief operating officer at 21st Century Fox.
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Mar
21
Talk: Vice’s Shane Smith: ‘Have We Unleashed a Monster?’
Posted in: UncategorizedThe C.E.O. of the magazine-turned-media-company on his new kind of news.
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Mar
06
Jack Griffin Appointed Chief of Tribune Publishing
Posted in: UncategorizedMr. Griffin, who was ousted as chief executive of Time Inc. in 2011, will become the new head of Tribune Publishing in mid-April.
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Feb
24
Seeking a Lead on News, Network Turns to Data-Mining Media Group
Posted in: UncategorizedNews organizations are rushing to form alliances with new companies they hope can give them an edge in finding stories and attracting younger viewers.
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Feb
21
Murdoch Is Said to Pay $57 Million for Condo
Posted in: UncategorizedRecently divorced, Rupert Murdoch has bought the top four floors of One Madison, near Madison Square Park in Manhattan.
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Feb
10
Profit Tumbles at Fox, but Cable Makes Gains
Posted in: UncategorizedA loss of roughly $1 billion in income from discontinued operations in the year-earlier period accounted for much of the decline.
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Jan
22
Lex Fenwick, Dow Jones Chief, Resigns in Shift by News Corp.
Posted in: UncategorizedNews Corporation, which owns Dow Jones, said it was reviewing the unit’s “institutional strategy.” Mr. Fenwick will be replaced temporarily by William Lewis.
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Jan
17
The Times Hires a Technology Columnist
Posted in: UncategorizedFarhad Manjoo, a technology columnist at The Wall Street Journal, will write the “State of the Art” column.
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Jan
10
‘American Idol’ Changes Its Judges, Tempo and Talent
Posted in: UncategorizedHoping to stabilize a sharp ratings decline for “American Idol,” Fox changes the judging panel, brings in a new director and promises stronger singing contestants.
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Jan
09
Biography Casts Critical Light on Fox News Chief
Posted in: UncategorizedA 560-page biography about Roger Ailes being published this month aims to be an exhaustive look at the television executive’s life and monumental career.
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Jan
07
Run Run Shaw, Chinese-Movie Giant of the Kung Fu Genre, Dies at 106
Posted in: UncategorizedMr. Shaw and his older brother, Run Me, were movie pioneers in Asia, producing and sometimes directing films like “Five Fingers of Death.”
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Jan
02
21st Century Fox Sells Stake in Chinese TV Company
Posted in: UncategorizedThe move was the latest step that the company has taken to reduce its position in China.
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Jan
02
New Venture for AllThingsD Journalists
Posted in: UncategorizedThe ReCode site was started by Walter Mossberg and Kara Swisher after they parted ways with News Corporation and The Wall Street Journal.
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