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News Corp. third-quarter profit climbs; revenue up 14%
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is preparing to split into two entities, and the company's fiscal third-quarter financials illustrated why: Its cable television and film properties continue to flex their muscles while the publishing unit's profit exhibited...
Tags: News of the World, United Kingdom, Fox News Channel (tv network), Fox Broadcasting Company, Apple iPad
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William C. Cox Jr. dies at 82; helped seal Dow Jones sale to Murdoch
William C. Cox Jr., the patriarch of the Bancroft clan that controlled Dow Jones & Co. for 105 years and sold it to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in a decision sparking a family feud, died Wednesday at his home in Hobe Sound, Fla., according to his...Tags: News of the World, News Corp., Diabetes, Newspaper and Magazine, New Corporation Limited
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Tech-shy 'Oracle' Warren Buffett joins Twitter
Staff and wire reportBillionaire investor Warren Buffett, who famously sat out the technology bubble of the late 1990s because he said he didn't understand the companies, set up his first Twitter account Thursday. He opted for the straigtforward @WarrenBuffett handle...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Bill Clinton, Warren Buffett, Corporate Officers, IBM
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News Corp. plans June 11 shareholder vote on company split
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. will hold a special meeting June 11 for shareholders to vote on amendments needed to authorize the company's plan to break into two separate publicly traded entities. Shareholders will not be presented with an up-or-down vote...Tags: Shareholders, News Corp., U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Politics, Companies and Corporations
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Alec Baldwin might bring political baggage to NBC talk show
NBC might turn left -- way left -- for its next late-night host: Alec Baldwin. The former "30 Rock" star and outspoken liberal is in talks for a show that would most likely air in the 1:35 a.m. slot now occupied by Carson Daly, according to a report...
Tags: Carson Daly, Jonathan Lynn, NBC (tv network), David Letterman, Alec Baldwin
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After Boston, looking for solutions to mounting media confusion
The Baltimore SunOne of the driving principles in the live and late-breaking world of TV news is to just keep moving on. Don’t dwell too long on yesterday’s mistakes, or you’ll miss today’s big story. But the mistakes made by social media and...Tags: Sports, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), CNN (tv network), Radio, Police Arrests
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Stars pick the directors they want to watch
Let's say there's a row of beautiful movie theaters, and the marquee of each one reads, "New film by (name of filmmaker here)." And let's say there's no other information about the film itself. Which one would you choose? We offered this dilemma to some...
Tags: The Fighter (movie), Amour (movie), Django Unchained (movie), Harvey Weinstein, Ben Affleck
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With company split, Rupert Murdoch's pay to reach $28.3 million
Although News Corp. plans to divide into two separate publicly traded companies in a few months, Rupert Murdoch won't see much division in his annual compensation. Instead he will get a little addition. Murdoch's combined salary, bonus and other...Tags: Photography and Video, News Corp., Newspapers, Services and Shopping, Tribune Company
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Review: 'War on Whistleblowers' fails to fully sound alarm
Since 2002, filmmaker-activist Robert Greenwald has made a string of vital feature documentaries, including the trenchant exposés "Uncovered: The War on Iraq" and "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism." His latest, the brief "War on...
Tags: Daniel Ellsberg, Politics, U.S. Department of Defense, Iraq War (2003-2011), National Security
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News Corp. agrees to $139-million settlement of suit against board
Two years ago, Rupert Murdoch and other board members of News Corp. were sued by shareholders for lax oversight and alleged misdeeds within the sprawling media conglomerate. News Corp. on Monday agreed to settle the case. Now here's the punch line:...Tags: News of the World, Lawyers, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Entertainment
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Rupert Murdoch's entertainment group to be named 21st Century Fox
Rupert Murdoch has settled on a new name for his soon-to-be-reconstituted film and television company: 21st Century Fox, a moniker with a guaranteed 87-year shelf life. That should be more than sufficient for the 82-year-old media mogul. Murdoch and...Tags: Business, Fox News Channel (tv network), Fox Broadcasting Company, The Wall Street Journal, Entertainment
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Swift, hopeful reaction to immigration bill
WASHINGTON – An eagerly awaited immigration overhaul from a bipartisan group of senators arrived early Wednesday, an 844-page bill that both the political left and right now see as the best chance in decades to achieve fix a broken immigration...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Marriott International Inc., National Retail Federation, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Politics
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