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Rupert Murdoch
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BBC Two orders doc on the Murdoch media empire
BBC Two has commissioned a 3×60-minute social history series from 72 Films, which explores the…
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TBI Weekly: What’s next for Comcast, Sky and the Murdochs?
As 21st Century Fox walks away from Sky after selling its 39% stake in the…
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21st Century Fox exits Sky by selling 39% stake to Comcast
21st Century Fox has agreed to sell its 39% stake in Sky to Comcast after…
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‘New Fox’ names exec team with Lachlan taking the helm
Twenty-first Century Fox (21CF) has named Lachlan Murdoch (pictured) as the executive chairman and chief…
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Fox still confident of Sky approval
21st Century Fox remains confident that it will secure regulatory approval for its acquisition of Sky…
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Fox’s Sky takeover blocked once again
21st Century Fox’s second attempt to buy up UK satcaster Sky has been provisionally blocked…
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Murdoch calls on Facebook to pay ‘carriage fees’ for news
News Corp executive chairman Rupert Murdoch has called for Facebook to pay publishers for news…
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A look back at 30 years of TBI history: Rupert Murdoch (1990)
TBI turns 30 this year, and to celebrate we will be publishing a series of…
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Analysis: the Mouse catches the Fox – how Disney-Fox might look
While AT&T’s US$85 billion acquisition of Time Warner is the biggest media deal in purely…
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Disney secures $66bn 21st Century Fox entertainment takeover
The Walt Disney Company has secured a US$66 billion deal that hands it most of…
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Disney may make James Murdoch CEO
The Walt Disney Company is giving serious thought to appointing James Murdoch as its next…
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Peter Rice upped to 21st Century Fox president
Peter Rice has been promoted to president of global media giant 21st Century Fox. He…
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Foxtel merging with Fox Sports in Australia
Australia’s leading pay TV platform, Foxtel, is merging with its News Corp cousin Fox Sports…
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Fox’s Sky takeover set for UK competition probe
21st Century Fox’s £11.7 billion (US$15 billion) takeover of European satcaster Sky is likely to…
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Fox CEO Murdoch: Sky deal on track
21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch has claimed his company’s £11.7 billion (US$15 billion) takeover…
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Europe ushers through Fox’s Sky takeover
21st Century Fox’s takeover of pay TV giant Sky is one step closer after the…
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Fox deal price ‘alarms’ Sky shareholders
Shareholders in Sky could revolt against the deal that will see the European satcaster come under…
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Roger Ailes leaves Fox News
21st Century Fox has confirmed the departure of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network…
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Fox News chief reportedly set for exit
Longstanding Fox News boss Roger Ailes will leave the news channel as soon as this…
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Freudenstein exits Foxtel
Rumours Richard Freudenstein would leave his post as CEO of Australian pay TV giant Foxtel…
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Ex-Star TV chief charged with murder
Former Star TV CEO Peter Mukerjea has been charged with the murder of his step-daughter,…
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Liz Murdoch ‘investing in Featherstone firm’
Shine Group founder Liz Murdoch is set to reunite with Jane Featherstone by investing in…
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Massive job cuts at Nat Geo after Fox deal
National Geographic is axing almost 10% of its 2,000 staff, just months after Rupert Murdoch’s…
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Fox takes control of Nat Geo JV
21st Century Fox has taken majority control of its National Geographic Channels joint venture. The…
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Fox eyes ‘bolt-on’ M&A opportunities
Highlights from 21st Century Fox’s first investor call since Rupert Murdoch stepped down as CEO…
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Fox veteran Hill exiting to create prodco
21st Century Fox is saying goodbye to senior programming executive David Hill after more than…
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Rupert Murdoch preps Fox exit
Rupert Murdoch is soon to step down as CEO of US-based media giant 21st Century…
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Murdoch calls on TV industry to fight Amazon and Netflix
The TV industry needs to provide a “serious competitor” to Netflix and Amazon, according to…
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Crispin Odey makes Sky Deutschland U-turn
The finance company owned by Rupert Murdoch’s former son-in-law, Crispin Odey, has agreed to sell…
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C4 boss slams US studios’ UK takeovers
Channel 4’s CEO David Abraham has slammed the growing number of US studios owning UK…
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