News Corporation
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News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS, NASDAQ: NWSA, ASX: NWS, ASX: NWSLV), often abbreviated to News Corp., is the world's third-largest media conglomerate (behind The Walt Disney Company and the Time Warner Company) as of 2008, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009. The company's Chairman & Chief Executive Officer is Rupert Murdoch.News Corporation is a publicly-traded company listed on the NASDAQ, with secondary listings on the Australian Securities Exchange. Formerly incorporated in South Australia, the company was re-incorporated under Delaware General Corporation Law after a majority of shareholders approved the move on November 12, 2004. At present, News Corporation is headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Ave.), in New York City, in the newer 1960s-1970s corridor of the Rockefeller Center complex.News Corp was created in 1979 by Rupert Murdoch as a holding company for News Limited.
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10 winners and losers in media. And 3 things every publisher must have…
In the clockwork orange world of UK publishers (and their peers around the world) trying to get to to grips with what they hope is their digital future, it is easy to believe that good times are just around the corner. But they’re not:.
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Great technology — however cool — isn’t always enough
On the surface, Plastic Logic had it all. When the British company first emerged 12 years ago, it looked as if it could become a technology giant: after all, it was spun out of one of the world’s great universities, staffed by amazing engineers, and owned a killer product — electronic displays that could be printed on plastic as thin as a credit card.
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Barely a Peep From New FCC Commissioners at Senate Hearing
The two new Federal Communications Commissioners, Ajit Pai (R) and Jessica Rosenworcel (D) had their coming out party Wednesday in an oversight hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee. It was the first opportunity lawmakers, regulators and industry lobbyists had to see how the two new Commissioners stand on major issues facing the FCC, from implementing incentive spectrum auctions to review of the media ownership rules.
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CBS signs 1 new comedy, 3 dramas
CBS is planning just one new comedy and three new dramas for its upcoming fall schedule—fewer than any of its rivals—while moving two major building blocks of its lineup in a bid for increased ratings. CBS, which is running a fraction of a step behind News Corp.
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Does Yahoo Even Know How to Be a Modern Media Company?
Now that Yahoo has managed to make its way through yet another CEO shuffle — its sixth in just five years — the former portal has to get back to the main task at hand: namely, figuring out what its future looks like. By replacing Scott. . .
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Leveson inquiry: Adam Boulton says Brown's pyjama party was 'bonkers'
Sky News presenter could not believe the then prime minister 'indulged' in such intimacy and it would 'end in tears'.
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Lord Justice Leveson's statement on Jeremy Hunt row - full text
Statement announcing that the culture secretary, his former adviser and a News Corp lobblist will give evidence this month.
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Leveson inquiry: Jeremy Hunt, adviser and lobbyist to appear in next fortnight
Culture secretary, Adam Smith and News Corp's Frédéric Michel to give evidence on BSkyB bid.
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Flipper cleared! Dolphins are not gay or bisexual rapists after all
Dolphins have been defamed. Six weeks ago, the Daily Mail informed us about The dark side of Flipper: He's a sexual predator who resorts to rape to get his way.
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Morning Brief: Rebekah Brooks to be charged in hacking case; Human Rights Law Review details wrongful execution in Texas; Greek party leaders meet in last-ditch effort to form coalition government
The former head of News International, the British division of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. , is to be charged today with obstructive of justice – as in Watergate, it is the cover-up that gets you.
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Former Murdoch deputy, News International chief exec to be charged in phone hacking coverup
The Guardian | Crown Prosecution Service The former head of News Corp. ’s UK newspapers will face criminal charges for her role in covering up the phone hacking scandal that led to News of the World’s closing. Rebekah… Read more.
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