Murdoch

Report: Murdoch Close to Deal for Liberty Media Stake in News Corp.

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 7, 2006 - 2:49pm.

New York - Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is negotiating a deal with Liberty Media that would give him greater control over his company in exchange for News Corp.'s stake in satellite TV firm DirecTV, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

Is Camp Allen and the Moguls Drifting Towards Irrelevance?

Authored by Jay Baage on July 7, 2006 - 5:45am.

Fuel up your jets, next week is the start of “Camp Allen”, the annual summer investment conference hosted by the investment banker Herbert A. Allen Jr. of Allen & Co. that caters to the crème de la crème of media, entertainment and tech managers.

WSJ: News Corp.'s Murdoch Considering U.S. Broadband Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 7, 2005 - 2:55am.

Chicago - News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch is considering launching a high-speed Internet service in the U.S., The Wall Street Journal reported. "We may be forming a company with partners to build something out here that would give you broadband," Murdoch told The Journal. Murdoch also commented that more consumers will be interested in broadband once high-definition camcorders become widely adopted. The owner of the 20th Century Fox movie studio and Fox TV channels recently launched a new media unit, Fox Interactive, to oversee its online operations. The company's Web units include social networking service MySpace.com, recently acquired by News Corp. for $580 million.

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