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MUMBAI: Rupert Murdoch’s compensation for the latest fiscal year dropped 3.7 per cent to $28.9 million. He had made $30 million the previous year, but...
MUMBAI: Last December, the 21st Century Fox had announced the separation of its business into two independent publicly-traded companies. And starting 1 July, the Rupert Murdoch...
MUMBAI: California headquartered Roku, which creates streaming software platform for delivering video, music and casual games to the TV has announced that it has received a...
MUMBAI: During Ad Age‘s Digital Conference Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia addressed the threat by CBS and News Corp to stop their channels from being free to...
MUMBAI: Former News Corp President Peter Chernin is said to have made a bid for online video streaming service Hulu at a bid amount of $500...
MUMBAI: Total advertisement expenditure in the US in the second quarter of 2012 increased 0.9 per cent from a year ago and finished the period at...
MUMBAI: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sent letters of inquiry to at least five movie studios in the past two months, including News Corp’s...
MUMBAI: Rupert Murdoch, one of the most ardent defenders of conventional media, has staked his reputation on the latest invention in newspapers. News Corp has launched...
MUMBAI: Mark Williams is joining Newscorp as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Europe and Asia. He will be reporting directly to the company’s head of Asian...
MUMBAI: Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has completed the $5 billion acquisition of Dow Jones, including its flagship Wall Street Journal. The takeover will give News Corp....
MUMBAI: News Corp. will launch Fox Business Network (FBN) on 15 October in a bid to rival business cable channels CNBC and Bloomberg Television, a company...
MUMBAI: News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch says that his media conglomerate plans to launch a more ‘business-friendly’ business channel in the US than its rival CNBC....
MUMBAI: News Corp is buying a stake in Australian web video firm Roo. Ruper Murdoch’s media conglomerate is initially taking a five per cent stake, which...
MUMBAI: US media conglomerate News Corp is looking to launch its social networking site MySpace in China within the next few months. It has finalised a...
MUMBAI: News Corp’s social networking site, MySpace, plans to more than double the number of countries it will operate in by the end of the year....
MUMBAI: Telefonica, which has a majority stake in global television format creator and distributor Endemol is looking to sell the firm. In India Endemol recently completed...
MUMBAI: Lifting the lid off the worst kept secret in Indian media, Star has made it official that its two head honchos in India – Star...
MUMBAI: The families of four under-aged girls have filed lawsuits against News Corp. and its MySpace.com social-networking site. The families claim that their daughters were sexually...
MUMBAI: US media conglomerate News Corporation today announced that it had signed a share exchange agreement with Liberty Media. Under the terms of the agreement, Liberty...
MUMBAI: US media conglomerate News Corp is acquiring NBC Universal’s 25 per cent stake in two entities that run the international operations of the National Geographic...
MUMBAI: Star India looks to be aiming to move a significant part of its production activities, particularly relating to format shows and advertiser funded programming (AFP),...
MUMBAI: As a result of pressure from different quarters US media conglomerate News Corporation Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch has announced that the company has cancelled...
MUMBAI: The Star Group is expected to post a 15 per cent year on year revenue growth at $624 million for FY June 2007 with operating...
MUMBAI: US media conglomerate News Corp reported a first-quarter profit of $843 million, versus last year’s loss of $433 million. Star’s first quarter operating income was...
MUMBAI: News Corp-controlled News Outdoor Group (NOG)’s Indian arm News Outdoor India (NOI) has taken up a 10-year lease on bus shelters in Greater Bangalore. According...
MUMBAI: US media conglomerate News Corp has launched a Japanese-language version of its social networking site (SNS) MySpace. This marks MySpace’s first Asian entry. Media reports...
MUMBAI: Nielsen Media Research and US media conglomerate News Corp have announced an eight-year agreement under which Nielsen will provide audience measurement services for 49 News...
MUMBAI: A little over a month has passed since Tom Freston quit US media conglomerate Viacom. He will receive $84.8 million in severance, accrued salary and...
MUMBAI: Star has appointed Dr. Jack Gao as its CEO of Star China. Gao will officially join Star in November 2006, and will report to Star...
MUMBAI: Liberty Media Corp. said it would probably swap its 19.1-percent stake in News Corp. for News Corp.’s 38.3 per cent controlling interest in DirecTV. Liberty...
MUMBAI: Brad Greenspan, who is one of the founders of the social networking site Myspace.com, has issued an online report at Freemyspace.com that details how Intermix...
MUMBAI: In a further attempt to connect with a younger demographic, US media conglomerate News Corp will buy a UK jobs recruitment site Milkround Online. Media...
MUMBAI: US media conglomerate is targetting the mobile space in a big way. A few days ago it hatched an alliance with VeriSign to form a...
MUMBAI: News Corp is looking to rival the success Apple has had with its online iTunes music store. The US media conglomerate is said to be...
MUMBAI: US media conglomerate News Corp and VeriSign have announced a joint venture to form what they claim is world’s largest provider of mobile entertainment. News...
MUMBAI: Media scion, Lachlan Murdoch who surprised many industry observers last year by leaving News Corporation has bought close to 10 per cent stake in Australian...
MUMBAI: US media conglomerate News Corp is said to be looking at expanding the scope of its social networking site MySpace by making a print magazine....
MUMBAI: Rupert Murdoch’s media powerhouse News Corp has reported record numbers with full year net profit standing at $ 2.314 billion. This marks an increase of...
MUMBAI: In a bid to expand its presence in the smaller European markets US media conglomerate News Corp has bought a majority stake in a Turkish...
MUMBAI: Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has said that he plans to divide his wealth equally among his six children. In an interviw on US broadcaster CBS’...
MUMBAI: News Corporation has appointed Dr Rod Paige, the former US Secretary of Education to the board of directors with immediate effect. The addition of Dr....
MUMBAI: Media mogul and News Corp chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch has been named the most influential Australian of all time. This appeared in a survey...
MUMBAI: Video game and entertainment information destination IGN.com, which was acquired by News Corp recently has launched IGN TV. The channel focusses on television shows for...
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate News Corporation has announced that its venture Fox Televizija formed in cooperation with partners in Serbia, has been awarded a national television license...
MUMBAI: “Societies or companies that expect a glorious past to shield them from the forces of change driven by advancing technology will fail and fall. That...
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, which holds a 37 per cent stake in the Ronnie Screwvala promoted United Television (UTV) is negotiating with Screwvala to retain a...
MUMBAI: Viacom is planning to get into the social networking game. Speaking to attendees at an industry event in New York, Viacom CEO Tom Freston revealed...
Rupert Murdoch landed in his private jet at Mumbai’s Sahar International Airport with his entourage a short while back. Special arrangements were made at the airport...
MUMBAI: A slew of announcements made yesterday looks as if everyone wants in on the mobile TV bandwagon. Media conglomerate News Corp. owners of Fox TV...
MUMBAI: The Star Group has strongly refuted a recent report in the Financial Times that News Corp “has discussed withdrawing from Phoenix Satellite Television, its Hong...
