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Fox News: It's Eductaoinal!

Bob Harris | Posted 07.23.2008 | Media

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Microsoft's New Yahoo Plans May Include Old Allies News Corp, Time Warner

Reuters | Posted 07.10.2008 | Business

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(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is preparing a new bid for Yahoo Inc's search business and has approached other media companies about joining it in a deal ...

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News Corp, CBS, Hit 52-Week Lows

Hollywood Reporter | Georg Szalai | Posted 07.09.2008 | Media

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It was a tough first half for big media and entertainment stocks as economic sluggishness, company-specific concerns and broader market declines -- pa...

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MySpace Redesign To Focus On Making So Much Money

The New York Times | BRIAN STELTER | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business

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When the News Corporation added MySpace to its portfolio nearly three years ago, it expected that if its base of 16 million users kept growing -- and ...

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Verdict In $1 Billion NewsCorp Spying Case

ABC News | Len Tepper and Brian Ross | Posted 05.22.2008 | Business

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Jurors in Los Angeles have reached a verdict in a $1 billion lawsuit alleging that a company in Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp empire spied on a rival and ...

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News Corp Withdraws Bid For Newsday

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 05.18.2008 | Media

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NEW YORK — News Corp., the media conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch, has withdrawn its bid to purchase the Long Island paper Newsday, a N...

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News Corp Earnings Triple As Newsday Sale Looms

AP | SETH SUTEL | Posted 05.16.2008 | Business

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NEW YORK — News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch said Wednesday he expects to clinch a deal to buy the Long Island-based newspaper Newsday within a week...

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Rupert Murdoch To Double The Price of The New York Post

New York Times | Tim Arango | Posted 05.16.2008 | Media

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Mr. Murdoch has set his sights on Newsday because he sees it as a way to eliminate losses at The New York Post, a News Corporation property that loses...

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Murdoch: Economy Hurting Advertising

Reuters | Kenneth Li | Posted 05.15.2008 | Business

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Rupert Murdoch said on Wednesday stress in the U.S. economy is squeezing advertising budgets, adding that News Corp's (NWSa.N) Fox Interactive Media w...

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Actress Judy Davis Sues News Corp Subsidiary For Defamation

AP | Posted 05.14.2008 | Entertainment

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Judy Davis told an Australian court Tuesday that she stopped attending her daughter's soccer games out of anguish over newspaper articles she claims s...

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The Media Shopoholic Strikes Again

Marvin Kitman | Posted 05.22.2008 | Media

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Marvin Kitman

Whenever Murdoch is depressed, my studies over the years as a media pathologist find, he has what he calls "an expansionist lunge." And when he's in one of them he can't be outbid.

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Rupert Murdoch Vs. FCC In Battle To Control New York Media — And Wage War Against The New York Times

Huffington Post | Posted 05.01.2008 | Media

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Several stories this morning highlight Rupert Murdoch's battle to control New York media — first by ousting the editor of the Wall Street Journa...

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WSJ: News Corp Nearing $580M Deal For Newsday

Wall Street Journal | Merissa Marr | Posted 04.30.2008 | Media

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Tribune Co. is closing in on an agreement to sell its Long Island newspaper Newsday to News Corp. for about $580 million, according to individuals fa...

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Google-Yahoo-Microsoft: Analysts React

PaidContent | Joseph Weisenthal | Posted 04.18.2008 | Business

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With the Microsoft-Yahoo-Google (NSDQ: GOOG) dance so fluid, analyst reports are going stale pretty fast. Whereas just a couple days ago, most analyst...

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Internet, Media Stars Line Up for Yahoo

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 04.18.2008 | Business

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SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc.'s last-ditch efforts to avoid a takeover by Microsoft Corp. appear to be setting the stage for a dramatic finale feat...

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Justice Dept. Sues News Corp For Refusing To Pay FCC Fine

AP | JOHN DUNBAR | Posted 04.12.2008 | Media

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WASHINGTON — In an unusual move, the Justice Department sued Fox Broadcasting Co. and another broadcaster Friday to collect $56,000 in fines for...

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News Corp. Blows MySpace Targets, Dumps Sales Chief

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 04.12.2008 | Business

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News Corp.'s Fox Interactive Media group, which includes MySpace and other web sites, will miss the company's goals of $1 billion in revenue and $200 ...

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Fox News Ironically Needs Endangered Species Act

236.com | Posted 04.06.2008 | Media

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Time magazine, pondering the fate of Fox News, called the network a "cultural artifact of the Bush era." Ratings have begun to plateau and MNSBC is co...

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Media Mogul Battle! Murdoch, Zuckerman Both Eyeing Another New York Paper

Huffington Post | Posted 03.29.2008 | Media

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As first reported yesterday by Crains New York, News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch — who recently acquired Dow Jones (and the Wall Street Journa...

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AOL to Pay $850M for Social Network Bebo

AP | ANICK JESDANUN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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NEW YORK — AOL stepped up its bid to boost traffic and advertising opportunities worldwide as the struggling Internet company agreed Thursday to...

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NBC-News Corp. Video Site Hulu.com Set To Launch To Public

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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From the AP: LOS ANGELES -- Hulu.com, a joint venture between News Corp. and NBC Universal, plans to open its vast online library of ad-supported TV ...

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News Corp Will Not Fight Microsoft For Yahoo

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Rupert Murdoch said on Monday his News Corp (NWSa.N) would not get into a fight with Microsoft Corp over Yahoo Inc, confirming what most industry and ...

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Judith Regan Sued By Her Lawyers

Huffington Post/Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Judith Regan settled her lawsuit against News Corp. in January, but there's a new legal battle on her horizon. Regan is being sued by her former lawy...

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News Corp's Asian Publication Kills Review Of Critical Murdoch Book

New York Times | Donald Greenlees | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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When Rupert Murdoch took control in December of Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, he also collected a small Hong Kong monthly, The Far ...

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Why A Yahoo-News Corp. Deal Makes Sense

Seeking Alpha | Larry Dignan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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News Corp. is reportedly talking to Yahoo about an arrangement that would look a lot like a joint venture. It's unclear how these talks will play out,...

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