Despite a turbulent fourth quarter defined by the phone hacking scandal, News Corp. reported on Wednesday afternoon that its total operating income for the quarter was $1.35 billion, a 45 percent increase from the $932 million reported this time last year.
Still, the media giant pulled out one big gun to further alleviate investors’ concerns: Rupert Murdoch himself. The octogenarian chairman and CEO of the media conglomerate joined analysts on the company’s quarterly earnings call on Wednesday afternoon—Murdoch’s first such appearance in about a year.
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