News Corporation
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News Corporation Selects Hara for On-Demand Environmental and Energy Management [Press Release]
Business Wire | 3 days 15 hours 1 minute ago
Hara, the fastest growing provider of on-demand environmental and energy management software, today announced that News Corporation (NASDAQ:NWS), a diversified global media company with operations in eight industry segments, has selected Hara to help reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions. The company deployed Hara Environmental and Energy Management (EEM) to provide a central platform for measuring, managing, and monitoring their energy and environmental data across the company’s div...
Dow Jones Introduces a New Executive Dashboard for CEOs [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 3 days 6 hours 14 minutes ago
...Dow Jones & Company, a News Corporation company , today announced the...www.dowjones.com) is a News Corporation company . Dow Jones is a leading provider of global business news and information services. Its...
Dow Jones Provides Interactive Online Community for its Customers [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 3 days 1 hour 27 minutes ago
...Dow Jones & Company, a News Corporation company , is currently hosting...www.dowjones.com) is a News Corporation company . Dow Jones is a leading provider of global business news and information services. Its...
FOX Renews its Contract with USA Video for Expanded Deployment of Company's Unique Anti-Piracy Solutions [Press Release]
MarketWire | 3 days 8 hours 1 minute ago
NIANTIC, CONNECTICUT -- (Marketwire) -- 11/19/09 -- USA Video Interactive Corporation (NASDAQ: USVO)(OTCBB: USVO)(TSX VENTURE: US)(BERLIN: USF)(FRANKFURT: USF) today announced that based on the success of the customized deployment of its proprietary watermarking technology to Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC (FOX) over the past year, the company has finalized negotiations to renew and expand the original contract between the two companies. After a year of customization and evalua...
News Corporation Reports First Quarter Operating Income of $1.04 Billion; Growth of 9% over the Year Ago Quarter [Press Release]
Business Wire | 18 days 7 hours ago
News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) today reported first quarter consolidated operating income of $1.04 billion, an increase of 9% compared with $953 million of operating income reported a year ago. This result reflects double-digit percentage profit increases at the Filmed Entertainment, Cable Network Programming and Book Publishing segments, partially offset by decreases at the Television, Direct Broadcast Satellite Television, Newspapers and Information Services and Other...
Global Leaders Elected to Institute for Public Relations Board of Trustees; Commission on Measurement and Evaluation [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 3 days 6 hours 1 minute ago
...Buonocore, Senior Vice President, Communications, ITT Corporation; Julie H. Craven, Vice President, Corporate Communications...Matthew Anderson, Group Director, Europe and Asia, News Corporation; Tony Cervone, Senior Vice President, Communications...
/C O R R E C T I O N -- Liberty Media Corporation/ [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 3 days 21 hours 40 minutes ago
In the news release, "Liberty Media Corporation Announces Starz Entertainment to Host Conference Call," issued 17-Nov-2009 by Liberty Media Corporation over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company to disregard the seventh paragraph, which began: "In addition, the conference call will be broadcast..." This paragraph has been removed from the complete, corrected release, which follows:
SOASTA Leverages the Cloud to Test 1,000,000 Users on MySpace [Press Release]
MarketWire | 5 days 9 hours 1 minute ago
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/17/09 -- SOASTA, the leader in cloud testing, and MySpace today announced a significant test of the newly launched MySpace Music Videos hub
Airbus, Boeing Struggling to Find Buyers at Dubai Air Show; Sales Down 96% from 2007; Turn to Airline Industry Today for Complete Coverage [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 4 days 7 hours 17 minutes ago
... -- Latest Japan Air Lines (JAL) News -- http://airlines.einnews.com/news/japan-airlines-corporation Thousands of industry professionals and government institutions rely on EIN News for their daily information needs...
EpiCept Corporation Reports Third Quarter Results, Provides Business Update [Press Release]
Business Wire | 12 days 23 hours ago
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WPP and Fox Audience Network Announce a Partnership to Provide Enhanced Online Media Planning Services [Press Release]
Business Wire | 17 days 12 hours 56 minutes ago
Fox Audience Network (FAN), a division of News Corporation, and WPP (NASDAQ:WPPGY) today announced a partnership to provide marketers with more accurate and in-depth information to increase the effectiveness of their digital marketing investments.
Oshkosh Corporation Exceeds November M-ATV Delivery Requirement [Press Release]
Business Wire | 2 days 6 hours 48 minutes ago
Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK) today announced it met the November MRAP All Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) production requirement ahead of schedule on Nov. 19. This marks the fifth consecutive month the Company has exceeded the accelerated M-ATV delivery schedule. Oshkosh will continue to increase production to meet December’s requirement of 1,000 vehicles, with output remaining at that high level through April 2010.
OpenTV Powers FOXTEL Next Generation [Press Release]
Business Wire | 6 days 16 hours 31 minutes ago
OpenTV Corp. (NASDAQ:OPTV), a leading software and technology provider of advanced digital television solutions, announced today that FOXTEL, the leading subscription television operator in Australia and longtime OpenTV customer, has launched its next generation platform in collaboration with OpenTV. Powered by OpenTV middleware and using OpenTV’s latest interactive TV technology, the operator’s new platform features an array of new channels and innovative applications that were developed by ...
Optical Cable Corporation Announces Share Repurchase Plan [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 5 days 7 hours 50 minutes ago
...www.occfiber.com Optical Cable Corporation, OCC, Superior Modular Products, SMP...logos are trademarks of Optical Cable Corporation. This news release by Optical Cable Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively...
EpiCept Corporation Announces Health Canada Accepts Ceplene Application for Review [Press Release]
Business Wire | 13 days 23 hours ago
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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 |
