The tie-up between Arab entertainment giant Rotana and pro-Israel media mogul Rupert Murdoch is viewed in Egypt not only with suspicion but as signalling the decline of Arab film and art heritage. In a country where film and television attract some of ...
(Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp will earn $350 million to $400 million from James Cameron's blockbuster "Avatar," once the movie is released on pay television and DVD, Bloomberg said, citing two people with knowledge of the financial performance. The amount represents ...
News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch announced on Tuesday that the Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi is to become the headquarters of his global media empire in the Middle East. Addressing some 400 delegates at the opening of the Abu Dhabi Media Summit, ...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - With shrinking audiences, deep layoffs and two management shake-ups, MySpace, the one-time leader in Internet social networking, has had a rocky year. Mike Jones, who took over as co-president last month with Jason Hirschhorn, said that even within ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Viacom Inc's Comedy Central is withdrawing its popular comedy shows "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report" from online video service Hulu, a Hulu executive said on Tuesday. Hulu's senior vice president of content and ...
News Corp buys out Hearst's 50 percent stake in SmartMoney magazine News Corp. is buying out Hearst's 50 percent stake in SmartMoney, giving it complete ownership of the magazine. The company plans to integrate the magazine with The Wall Street Journal, which ...
LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmakers accused bosses at Rupert Murdoch's top-selling British tabloid on Wednesday of suffering "collective amnesia" over illegal hacking of phone messages meant for royalty and other celebrities. A parliamentary committee on media said in a report it was ...
Global media giant News Corp has bought a 9.09-percent stake in Rotana Group, which is controlled by Saudi tycoon Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the companies said Tuesday. News Corporation agreed to invest 70 million dollars in newly issued Rotana shares, and has ...
<div><p>Japan's Sony Corp., seeking to gain ground on Amazon's popular Kindle, said Thursday that it will begin offering The Wall Street Journal and New York Post on its Daily Edition electronic reader.</p><p>Sony said the digital version of the New York Post, the ...
<div id="subtitle">News Corp. raises stake in German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland to 45.4 percent</div><div><p>News Corp., the media conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch, said Monday it will raises its stake in German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland AG to 45.4 percent.</p> ...
