News Corporation
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YellowBrix Acquires Screaming Media From Dow Jones & Company [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 60 days 19 hours 48 minutes ago
...market and business intelligence news and industry information on companies...com Dow Jones & Company is a News Corporation company. Dow Jones is a leading provider of global business news and information services. Its Consumer...
Dow Jones Economic Sentiment Indicator Dips to 34.1, First Monthly Decrease Since February [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 54 days 22 hours 48 minutes ago
...collection includes more than 25,000 news and information sources as well as...Twitter. Dow Jones & Company is a News Corporation company. Dow Jones is a leading provider of global business news and information services. Its Consumer...
Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation to Appear at the Morgan Stanley Global Consumer & Retail Conference on November 20, 2009 [Press Release]
Business Wire | 14 days 19 hours 33 minutes ago
Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation (NYSE: PVH) announced today that Company management will appear at the Morgan Stanley Global Consumer & Retail Conference being held in New York City on Friday, November 20th at 9:45 AM Eastern time.
ATCO Water Selected to Partner With Three Hills and Trochu [Press Release]
MarketWire | 21 days 13 hours 34 minutes ago
CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/02/09 -- ATCO Water announced today it has been selected by the towns of Three Hills and Trochu to develop a long-term partnership for the delivery of water and wastewater services.
Is Rupert Murdoch really going to make news disappear behind a paywall?
Guardian (London), The | 4 hours 25 minutes ago
As News Corp talks to Microsoft over Bing deal, how can the publisher ensure only paying customers see its online content?
Midlands Closes First Tranche of $3.2 Million in Brokered and Non-Brokered Financing [Press Release]
MarketWire | 13 days 17 hours 21 minutes ago
TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 11/10/09 -- Midlands Minerals Corporation ("Midlands" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: MEX) announced that as of today's date, November 10th, 2009, it has closed the first tranche of its previously announced brokered and non-brokered private placement of Units at a price of $0.15 per Unit (the "Offering"). The Company issued 9,005,000 Units on a brokered basis for gross proceeds of $1,350,750 and 12,426,667 Units on a non-brokered basis for gross proceeds o...
BB&T reports 3rd quarter earnings per share of $.23 [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 35 days 20 hours 21 minutes ago
...24. This news release contains...analysis of the Corporation's performance...analysis of the Corporation. These capital...companies. This news release contains...date of this news release. BB&T Corporation Financial Highlights...
Dow Jones Newswires First to Report on Key Legal Victory for Merck as Judge Upholds Singulair Patent [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 84 days 23 hours 48 minutes ago
...Dow Jones publishes up to 12,000 news items each day, in 11 languages...Company (www.dowjones.com) is a News Corporation company . Dow Jones is a leading provider of global business news and information services. Its Consumer...
SecureInfo s IA Symposium to Offer Information Assurance Training, Certification, and Professional Networking [Press Release]
Business Wire | 13 days 21 hours 31 minutes ago
SecureInfo® Corporation, a market-proven provider of Information Assurance solutions, today announced that it will be hosting an Information Assurance Symposium and Training Workshop at the Baypoint Marriott in Panama City Beach, Florida, February 22 – 25, 2010. This first-of-its-kind symposium brings together information assurance experts from the DoD, civilian government and industry. It provides a unique setting for education and discussion focused on optimizing the certification, accredit...
Oshkosh Corporation Reports Fiscal 2009 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results [Press Release]
Business Wire | 21 days 26 minutes ago
Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK), a leading manufacturer of specialty vehicles and vehicle bodies, today reported fiscal 2009 fourth quarter net sales of $1.49 billion and income from continuing operations of $52.4 million, or $0.63 per share, compared with net sales of $1.85 billion and income from continuing operations of $62.4 million, or $0.84 per share, in the prior year’s fourth quarter. Results from continuing operations for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 included a tax benefit of $0...
Dow Jones Newswires Report on Motors Liquidation Co. Sparks 33% Decline in Shares after Three Weeks of Gains [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 87 days 23 hours 49 minutes ago
...Dow Jones publishes up to 12,000 news items each day, in 11 languages...Company (www.dowjones.com) is a News Corporation company . Dow Jones is a leading provider of global business news and information services. Its Consumer...
Astral and Kootenay Provide Update on Exploration Activities at Jumping Josephine [Press Release]
MarketWire | 39 days 14 hours 29 minutes ago
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/15/09 -- Astral Mining Corporation (TSX VENTURE: AA)(PINK SHEETS: AAMJF) ("Astral" or "the Company") and joint venture partner Kootenay Gold Inc. (TSX VENTURE: KTN) are pleased to announce an update on exploration progress to date for 2009. Jumping Josephine is host to the JJ Main discovery zone, a mineralized quartz stockwork zone, up to 12.4m true width, intersected in drilling over 900m along strike and vertically to a depth of 240m. Drill...
Castle Gold Reports Up to 39 Grams Per Tonne Gold and Up to 1,500 Grams Per Tonne Silver From Outcrop Samples at Its La Fortuna Project, Mexico [Press Release]
MarketWire | 14 days 17 hours 21 minutes ago
TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 11/09/09 -- CASTLE GOLD CORPORATION (Castle Gold, the Company) (TSX VENTURE: CSG) is pleased to announce a second set of assay results from the surface mapping and sampling program conducted on its 100% owned La Fortuna concessions located in north west Durango state, Mexico.
Young Murdoch sees smaller role for newspapers and welcomes a small online audience
MediaGuardian | 3 days 22 hours 1 minute ago
James Murdoch's speech to investors in Barcelona yesterday revealed the direction that News Corporation plans to take in the coming years. His key quote: In the business of ideas, which is the business that we are in, we do think journalism plays a role, and we do think there are business models there that will make a lot of sense, albeit perhaps not at the scale of some of our broadcasting businesses and other entertainment businesses.
Dow Jones Newswires First to Report on Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom's U.K. Mobile Joint Venture [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 59 days 20 hours 49 minutes ago
...Dow Jones publishes up to 18,000 news items each day, in 11 languages...Company (www.dowjones.com) is a News Corporation company . Dow Jones is a leading provider of global business news and information services. Its Consumer...
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Company Overview
| Company: | News Corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Media |
| Website: | http://www.newscorp.com |
This News is heard, seen, and read all around the world. The world's #3 media conglomerate (behind Time Warner and Walt Disney), News Corporation has operations spanning film, television, and publishing. It produces and distributes movies through Fox Filmed Entertainment, while its FOX Broadcasting network boasts more than 200 affiliate stations in the US. The company also owns and operates more than 25 TV stations, as well as a portfolio of cable networks. Its publishing businesses include newspaper publishers Dow Jones (The Wall Street Journal) and News International (The Times, London), and book publisher HarperCollins. In addition, News Corporation owns about 40% of British Sky Broadcasting.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 30,423 (2009) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | -7.8 (2009) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | -3,378 (2009) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 0.0 (2009) |
| Number of Employees | 55,000 (2009) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | -14.1 (2009) |
| Fiscal Year-End | June |
