Rupert Murdoch

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Murdoch's wife to produce Chinese period drama

Reuters US Online Report Entertainment News 18 days ago

BEIJING (Hollywood Reporter) - Rupert Murdoch's wife is among the producers of "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan," an English-language Chinese drama starring Zhang Ziyi, perhaps the country's most exportable actress. Set in 19th century remote China, the film revolves around the ...

News Corp, Time Warner helped by movies, cable

Reuters US Online Report Business News 18 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp and Time Warner Inc reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit as movie studios and cable network gains helped offset declines at their newspaper and magazine units. Both News Corp and Time Warner, which have been cutting costs to ...

Plan to charge for online content delayed: Murdoch

AFP American Edition 19 days ago

News Corp chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch has said that a plan to begin charging readers of his newspapers online may be delayed. Murdoch had previously outlined plans to erect pay walls around his vast newspaper empire by the end of ...

News Corp. 1Q up but online paper fees delayed

AP News 20 days ago

News Corp. posts surprise rise in 1Q income, Murdoch says `everything' delaying online fees Media conglomerate News Corp. posted a surprise increase in quarterly profit Wednesday, but Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said the company might not meet its goal of charging fees ...

News Corp. net profit up on movie, cable TV showing

AFP Global Edition 20 days ago

Global media giant News Corp. posted an 11 percent rise in quarterly net profit on Wednesday as strong results from its movie, cable television and book publishing divisions offset a newspaper slump. News Corp. reported a net profit of 571 million dollars, ...

White House criticism of Fox increasing ratings: Murdoch

AFP Global Edition 39 days ago

News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch said on Friday that White House criticism of commentators on his Fox News television channel had served to "tremendously" increase their ratings. "There were some strong remarks coming out of the White House about one or two ...

AP, News Corp bosses say pay up

AP News 46 days ago

AP, News Corp bosses tell search engines and bloggers that it is time to pay up The message from some of the world's leading news providers at the first Beijing international media summit was clear: It's time to demand payment for online ...

US media magnate Murdoch meets SKorean businessmen

AFP Asian Edition 46 days ago

US media magnate Rupert Murdoch has met top executives of South Korea's two leading electronics firms for talks on business cooperation, officials and reports said on Thursday. Murdoch discussed "business matters" on Wednesday with heads of LG Electronics including CEO Nam Yong, ...

Murdoch in Asia, checking out e-reader partners?

Reuters US Online Report Internet News 48 days ago

SEOUL (Reuters) - News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch has held talks with Japanese and South Korean firms, possibly sounding out potential partners to rival Amazon.com Inc's Kindle electronic reader, sources said on Wednesday. Murdoch, whose media empire straddles the Wall Street Journal ...

Rupert Murdoch to visit SKorea: reports

AFP Asian Edition 48 days ago

US media magnate Rupert Murdoch was scheduled to visit South Korea Wednesday for business talks with the country's biggest company Samsung Electronics, local media reports said. Yonhap news agency said Murdoch, chairman of News Corporation, would meet top officials including senior vice-president ...

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