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14Dec/17

Disney to buy Fox film, TV businesses for $52.4 billion in stock

December 14, 2017Finance20th Century Fox, 21st Century Fox, Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, Bob Iger, Companies, Company: Walt Disney, Disney Media Networks, Entertainment/Culture, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Corporation, Fox Networks Group, Los Angeles, News Corporation, The Walt Disney Company, The Walt Disney Studios, TWENTY - FIRST CENTURY FOX, United States, Walt Disney Co, Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Walt Disney Studiossmbale

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (REUTERS) – Walt Disney Co on Thursday (December 14) agreed to buy film, television and international businesses from Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox Inc for $52.4 billion in stock. Continue reading →

30Aug/17

Murdoch switches off Fox from UK’s Sky

August 30, 2017Media21st Century Fox, British brands, Chris Beauchamp, Companies, Company: Fox, Country: United Kingdom, Fox Corporation, Fox Networks Group, Fox News, Fox News Channel, Keith Rupert Murdoch, Laura Frykberg, London boroughs, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Murdoch, Murdoch family, News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch, Sky, Sky Deutschland, Sky plc, Sky Television, Sky UK, Television, The Walt Disney Company, TWENTY - FIRST CENTURY FOX, United Kingdomsmbale

Rupert Murdoch has pulled his Fox News channel from the Sky platform in Britain, where the government is assessing a bid by the media mogul to buy the broader Sky pay-TV company for $15 billion. Laura Frykberg reports. Continue reading →

23Jan/17

Bernie Ecclestone’s 40-year reign as Formula One supremo is over, reports Auto, Motor und Sport magazine

January 23, 2017Motorsport21st Century Fox, Auto racing, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bernie Ecclestone, Business/Finance, Chase Carey, Company: Liberty Media, CVC Capital Partners, Federation Internationale De l'Automobile, Ferrari, FIA World Motor Sport Council, Formula One, Formula One Group, Formula racing, Geneva, Jean Todt, John Malone, Liberty Media, Max Mosley, McLaren, Motorsport, Ross Brawn, Sports, Switzerland, United Statessmbale

German magazine Auto, Motor und Sport reports Ecclestone will be replaced by American Chase Carey by new Formula One owners.

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12Dec/16

Fox’s bid for Sky hits a snare

December 12, 2016Media21st Century Fox, Austria, British brands, Broadcasting, Business/Finance, Chris Beauchamp, Companies, Fox, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Corporation, Fox News, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Jo Webster, News Corporation, Reuters, Rockefeller Center, Rupert Murdoch, Sky, SKY COMPANY, Sky Deutschland, Sky Group, Sky plc, sky tv, Sky UK, Television, The Walt Disney Company, TWENTY - FIRST CENTURY FOX, United Kingdomsmbale

A major shareholder in British pay-TV company Sky tells Reuters it will vote against Twenty-First Century Fox’s $14 billion takeover bid in its current form. Jo Webster reports. Continue reading →

12Jan/16

Model Jerry Hall and media magnate Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall announce engagement in The Times

January 12, 2016Celebrity21st Century Fox, Beverly Hills, Business, Businesspeople, Chloe Murdoch, Companies, Elisabeth, Elizabeth, Fox Corporation, Gabriel Jagger, Georgia Jagger, Grace, James, James Murdoch, Jerry Hall, Keith Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan, Lachlan Murdoch, London, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Mick Jagger, Murdoch, Murdoch family, Murdoch's News Corp, News Corp, Prudence, Rupert Murdoch, The News, TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX INC., United Kingdom, Wendi Deng, Wendi Deng Murdochsmbale

Media baron Rupert Murdoch and former supermodel Jerry Hall announce their engagement in The Times newspaper.

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26Mar/15

James Murdoch calls on Indian Finance Minister

March 26, 2015Media21st Century Fox, Arun, Arun Jaitley, Business/Finance, Businesspeople, Chief Operating Officer (COO), Companies, Defence Ministers of India, Finance Minister, Finance Ministers of India, Government of India, India, Indian Hindus, Indian people, James Murdoch, Modi, Murdoch, Narendra Modi, Narendra Modi ministry, New Delhi, News Corp, News Corporation, News International phone hacking scandal, Punjabi people, Rupert Murdochsmbale

Chief Operating Officer (COO) of 21st Century Fox, James Murdoch, calls on Indian Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, in New Delhi.

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01Mar/15

Will Smith’s “Focus” tops box office at $19.1 million

March 1, 2015Films20th Century Fox, 21st Century Fox, Box office, Colin Firth, Comcast Corp, Creative works, Dakota Johnson, English-language films, Entertainment, Entertainment/Culture, Fifty Shades, Fifty Shades of Grey, Film, Films, Focus, Grey, It, James Dornan, Kingsman, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Margot Robbie, Mark Duplass, Olivia Wilde, Paramount Pictures, Samuel L. Jackson, Secret Service, SpongeBob SquarePants, Television, The Lazarus Effect, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Time Warner, TIME WARNER INC, United States, USD, Viacom Inc, Warner Bros., Will Smithsmbale

The Will Smith movie “Focus” is set to top the North American weekend box office, racking up $19.1 million in ticket sales.
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16Feb/15

“Fifty Shades of Grey” rakes in $81.7 million on opening weekend

February 16, 2015Films20th Century Fox, 21st Century Fox, American Sniper, Bradley Cooper, Clint Eastwood, Colin Firth, Comcast Corp, Creative works, Dakota Johnson, English-language films, Entertainment, Entertainment/Culture, Fifty Shades, Fifty Shades of Grey, Film, Films, IMAX films, It, James Dornan, Kingsman, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Nick Carpou, Paramount Pictures, Samuel L. Jackson, Secret Service, SpongeBob SquarePants, Television, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, TIME WARNER INC, United States, USD, Valentine's Day, Viacom Inc, Warner Bros.smbale

Film adaptation of bestselling erotic novel “Fifty Shades of Grey” wins the weekend box office.
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