News Corporation
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Murdoch turns to Gates for website help
Independent (London), The | 2 hours 23 minutes ago
Microsoft and News Corp joins forces in bid to make internet news pay
Young Murdoch sees smaller role for newspapers and welcomes a small online audience
MediaGuardian | 3 days 11 hours 51 minutes 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.
MSN, MySpace in music talks -- report - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 27 days 13 hours 10 minutes ago
Dollar edges down vs. major rivals
Will News Corp move its content to Microsoft's Bing?
MediaGuardian | 16 hours 28 minutes ago
According to a Financial Times report, Microsoft is in discussions with News Corporation and others about pulling content from Google
Hello Bing: News Corp's search for search
CNNMoney.com | 3 hours 58 minutes ago
Rupert Murdoch wants some money for the content he produces. He might find a partner in Microsoft, but it won't be easy.
Microsoft to pay newspaper websites to remove content from Google
Telegraph (London) | 5 hours 31 minutes ago
Microsoft has reportedly offered to pay newspaper websites, including those owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, to remove their content from Google.
Sorry Rupert, News Content Is Not a Google Killer
Advertising Age | 6 hours ago
Why Microsoft Shouldn't Overpay for Exclusive Content for Bing
Readers would pay for online news, study shows
Observer (London), The | 7 days 5 hours 38 minutes ago
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John Ivison: Harper to loosen telecom rules?
National Post (Canada) | 13 hours 28 minutes ago
When Stephen Harper announced a relaxation of foreign ownership rules for Canada's airline and uranium mining industries in Halifax during last year's election, he was asked if the Conservatives were also looking at liberalizing the regulations for broadcasters and telecom companies.
Murdoch's $1m-a-week property loss
MediaGuardian | 14 days 17 hours 20 minutes ago
Yet another digital headache for Rupert Murdoch. His News Corporation is paying more than $1m (£600,000) a month to rent an empty office complex in Los Angeles that it has been unable to sub-lease since scrapping an ambitious plan to move MySpace and its other digital businesses there.
Rupert Murdoch, Carlos Slim and Ratan Tata on the challenges facing the U.S. economy
Wall Street Journal, The | 7 hours 5 minutes ago
The U.S. economic system has been tested to a degree unseen in many years. How has the model fared? And what are the challenges moving forward?
Microsoft Would Pay News Corp. to De-Index Sites - Reviews by PC Magazine
PC Magazine | 11 hours 57 minutes ago
Microsoft has had talks with News Corp about a tie up, which would involve News Corp getting paid to take its news websites off Google, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
James Murdoch signals reduced role for his family's newspapers
Independent (London), The | 4 days 2 hours 22 minutes ago
Future profits will come from television, not press
A question of ownership: Conservative's key support will play David Cameron to their advantage
Observer (London), The | 2 days 2 hours 18 minutes ago
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Rupert Murdoch to remove News Corp's content from Google 'in months'
Telegraph (London) | 10 days 16 hours 37 minutes ago
Rupert Murdoch, the head of News Corporation, is prepared to remove his company’s content from Google’ search index “within months” as the pay versus free content debate reaches crisis point.
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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 |
