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Rupert Murdoch's Divorce Will Not Affect News Corp. Split Wendi Deng's daughters with the mogul will have economic, but not voting, stakes

Rupert Murdoch has reportedly filed for divorce from Wendi Deng, his wife of 14 years. A spokesperson for News Corp. confirmed the story in a tweet. The announcement was made for…

June 13, 2013, 2:30 PM EDT

WSJ Offers Buyouts to Staff Number of offers undetermined

Buyouts have been offered to employees of The Wall Street Journal and DowJones Newswires, Romenesko reported, citing a tip from an anonymous Journal staffer. The staffer said he was given one…

June 13, 2013, 11:17 AM EDT

Disney’s Rasulo Dismisses the Fox Sports 1 Threat Mouse House CFO relegates ESPN rivals to a ‘distant No. 2’

While Fox Sports 1 believes it will be competitive with ESPN within a few years after its August 17 launch, at least one of Bristol’s corporate overseers seems all but…

May 31, 2013, 12:59 PM EDT

News Corp. Plans Cost-Cutting as Newspapers Are Divested From Entertainment Nearly half of revenue comes from sources other than advertising

News Corp. chief executive Robert Thomson said cost cuts will be "relentless" as the company's newspaper arm divests from Rupert Murdoch's entertainment assets, Reuters reported. The new News Corp. will debut…

May 29, 2013, 12:46 PM EDT

Hulu Bidding War Heats Up Yahoo, other suitors low-ball the streaming video service

While the bidding fracas over Hulu begins to take on the dimensions of an all-out war, it appears that the brand’s suitors are unwilling to pay anywhere near its $2…

May 28, 2013, 1:42 PM EDT

Struggling for Ad Support, Huffington Mag Looks Past iPad Revamp under way

When The Huffington Post’s weekly iPad magazine Huffington transitioned from a pay model to free last August, advertising was intended to sustain the tablet-native title, as consumers had resisted paying…

May 26, 2013, 10:57 PM EDT

Fox Spills the Beans on Upfront Slate Network orders up four dramas and five comedies

Having finished the process of selecting its new original series for the upcoming broadcast season, Fox on Wednesday evening took the unconventional step of revealing its picks ahead of next…

May 9, 2013, 4:17 AM EDT

A Very Brief History of Web Video From lonelygirl15 to billions of viewers

December 1995-January 1999 After seeing Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s short Spirit of Christmas, TV exec Brian Graden commissions a second video he distributes to friends on VHS. The video—and…

April 29, 2013, 10:06 PM EDT

Will News Corp. Pursue a Subscription Model? [Updated] Univision, CBS join Chase Carey in taking aim at Aereo

Chase Carey minced no words when it comes to Aereo. Addressing broadcasters gathered in Las Vegas for the annual National Association of Broadcasters convention, the News Corp. president and CEO…

April 8, 2013, 3:47 PM EDT

Will Hulu's Interim CEO Be Able to Keep Everyone Happy? Andy Forssell knows his content partners, and it looks like they're going to be his main job

Andy Forssell's appointment as interim CEO at Hulu isn't necessarily a surprise, but it does suggest that Hulu is worried about one thing and one thing only at the moment:…

March 15, 2013, 1:09 PM EDT

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