scotfree Posted July 7, 2011 Report Posted July 7, 2011 Fingers in many pies. See also: List of assets owned by News Corporation BooksHarperCollins book publishing company HarperCollins India (40%)[clarification needed] joint venture with India Today Group Zondervan Christian book publisher Inspirio - religious gift production. [edit] NewspapersAustralia published by News Limited. The Australian (Nationwide) Community Media Group (16 QLD & NSW suburban/regional titles) Cumberland-Courier Newspapers (23 suburban/commuter titles) The Courier-Mail (Queensland) The Sunday Mail (Queensland) The Cairns Post (Cairns, Queensland) The Gold Coast Bulletin (Gold Coast, Queensland) The Townsville Bulletin (Townsville, Queensland) The Daily Telegraph (New South Wales) The Sunday Telegraph (New South Wales) Herald Sun (Victoria) Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria) The Weekly Times (Victoria) Leader Newspapers (33 suburban Melbourne, VIC titles) MX (Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane CBD) The Geelong Advertiser (Geelong, Victoria) The Advertiser (South Australia) The Sunday Mail (South Australia) Messenger Newspapers (11 suburban Adelaide, SA titles) The Sunday Times (Western Australia) The Mercury (Tasmania) Quest Newspapers (19 suburban Brisbane, QLD titles) The Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania) Northern Territory News (Northern Territory) The Sunday Territorian (Northern Territory) The Tablelands Advertiser (Atherton Tablelands and the Far North, Queensland) Fiji Fiji Times (National) (10%) Nai Lalakai (10%) Shanti Dut (10%) Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Post-Courier (National) (62.5%) UK and Ireland newspapers, published by subsidiaries of News International Ltd. News Group Newspapers Ltd. The Sun (published in Scotland as The Scottish Sun and in Ireland as The Irish Sun) News of the World (ceased trading due to public pressure) Times Newspapers Ltd. The Sunday Times The Times The Times Literary Supplement US newspapers and magazines The New York Post Community Newspaper Group The Brooklyn Paper Bronx Times-Reporter Brooklyn Courier-Life Queens Times Ledger Dow Jones & Company Consumer Media Group The Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Europe Wall Street Journal Asia Barron's - weekly financial markets magazine. Marketwatch - Financial news and information website. Far Eastern Economic Review Enterprise Media Group Dow Jones Newswires - global, real-time news and information provider. Factiva - provides business news and information together with content delivery tools and services. Dow Jones Indexes - stock market indexes and indicators, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Dow Jones Financial Information Services - produces databases, electronic media, newsletters, conferences, directories, and other information services on specialised markets and industry sectors. Betten Financial News - leading Dutch language financial and economic news service. Local Media Group Ottaway Community Newspapers - 8 daily and 15 weekly regional newspapers. STOXX (33%)- joint venture with Deutsche Boerse and SWG Group for the development and distribution of Dow Jones STOXX indices. Vedomosti (33%) - Russia's leading financial newspaper (joint venture with Financial Times and Independent Media). SmartMoney The Timesledger Newspapers of Queens, New York: Bayside Times, Whitestone Times, Flushing Times, Fresh Meadows Times, Little Neck Ledger, Jackson Heights Times, Richmond Hill Times, Jamaica Times, Laurelton Times, Queens Village Times, Astoria Times, Forest Hills Ledger, Ridgewood Ledger, Howard Beach Times The Courier-Life Newspapers in Brooklyn The Brooklyn Paper Caribbean Life Times-Herald Record (Middletown, New York) [edit] MagazinesNews America Marketing (Smartsource) (weekly Sunday newspaper coupon insert/website) Australian Alpha Magazine Australian Country Style Australian Golf Digest Australian Good Taste Big League BCME Delicious Donna Hay Fast Fours GQ (Australia) Gardening Australia InsideOut (Aust) Lifestyle Pools Live to Ride Notebook Overlander 4WD Modern Boating Modern Fishing Parents Pure Health Super Food Ideas Truck Australia Truckin' Life twowheels twowheels scooter Vogue (Australia) Vogue Entertaining & Travel Vogue Living InsideOut (UK Based Magazine) [edit] Music and radioFox Film Music Group [edit] RussiaNashe (50%) Best FM (50%) [edit] Sport50% of the National Rugby League (Australia and New Zealand) Majority ownership of the Brisbane Broncos (68.9%) and full ownership of the Melbourne Storm rugby league team. Colorado Rockies (15%) [edit] StudiosFox Filmed Entertainment: 20th Century Fox's parent company 20th Century Fox: a film production/distribution company Fox Searchlight Pictures - specialized films. Fox 2000 Pictures - general audience feature films. 20th Century Fox Television - primetime television programming. 20th Television - television distribution (syndication). Fox 21 - low scripted/budgeted television production company. Fox Television Studios (productions)- market specific programming e.g. COPS and network television company. Fox Television Studios International Fox World Productions Fox World Australia Fox TV Studios France Fox TV Studios India Natural History New Zealand - natural world documentaries, non-fiction programming. Fox Faith - Promotion and distribution of Christian and related "family friendly" movies on DVD and some theatrical release. Fox Studios Australia, Sydney, New South Wales Blue Sky Studios - production of CGI films e.g. Ice Age. Fox Entertainment Group New Regency Productions (20%) - general audience feature films. Regency Enterprises (20%) - parent company of New Regency Productions (50%). BSkyB Studios London, England FOX Star Studios New Delhi,India [edit] TVNews Corp agreed to sell eight of its television stations to Oak Hill Capital Partners for approximately $1.1 billion as of 22 December 2007. The stations are US Fox affiliates.[32] [edit] BroadcastFox Broadcasting Company (Fox), a US broadcast television network My Network TV, a US broadcast television network Fox Television Stations Group, a group of owned and operated Fox television stations Saeta TV Channel 10, channel of Uruguay ITV plc (7.5%), a British broadcast television network and the UK's largest advertising revenue based broadcaster News Corp Europe bTV, a broadcast television network in Bulgaria. They sold this to CME in February 2010. B1 TV (12,5%), a broadcast television network in Romania, in partnership with Ismar International NVkkkk Fox Televizija, a broadcast television network in Serbia (49%). They sold this to Antenna Group in January 2010 Fox Turkey, a Turkish terrestrial channel (56,5%) (formerly TGRT) Imedi Media Holding (100%), a Georgian radio and TV broadcaster. Imedi Television Radio Imedi Israel 10 (9%), a terrestrial channel in Israel. LNT (100%), a terrestrial channel in Latvia TV5 Riga (100%), a terrestrial channel in Latvia Cielo (100%), a free channel in Italy ANTV (20%), a private television station in Indonesia, under the administration and label of STAR TV Prime Television New Zealand - commercial TV station, interest held through stake in SKY Network Television [edit] Satellite televisionBritish Sky Broadcasting, United Kingdom & Ireland (39.1% holding). In practice, a controlling interest. SKY Network TV, New Zealand (44%) SKY Italy, Italian satellite TV service SKY México, Latin American satellite TV service SKY Brasil, Brazilian satellite TV servive SKY Germany (49.90%), Germany's largest pay TV provider SKY Tata (20%), an Indian DTH HDTV service (in partnership with Tata Group) Foxtel (25%), Australia, a joint venture with Telstra (50%) and Consolidated Media Holdings (25%) FOX Italy, Italian Broadcast and Production Company (with 2 HDTV) STAR TV, an Asian satellite TV service having 300 million viewers in 53 countries (it acquired STAR Vijay and Asianet, (two prominent south Indian networks) Phoenix Television (17.6%), satellite TV network with landing rights in Hong Kong, and select provinces on Mainland China. [edit] CableCable TV channels owned (in whole or part) and operated by News Corporation include: Fox Business Network, a business news channel. Fox Classics, a channel airing classic TV shows & movies Fox Movie Channel, an all-movie channel that airs commercial-free movies from 20th Century Fox's film library Fox News Channel, a 24-hour news & opinion channel Fox Sports Net, a chain of US regional cable news television networks broadcasting local sporting events linked together by national sports news programming. Local channels include "Fox Sports Southwest", "Fox Sports Detroit", etc. (some affiliates are owned by Cablevision). SportSouth, a regional sports network in the United States, with its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, and affiliate of Fox Sports Net. Sun Sports a regional sports network in the United States, with its headquarters in Miami, Florida, and affiliate of Fox Sports Net. Fox College Sports, a college sports network consisting of three regionally aligned channels, mostly with archived Fox Sports Net programs but also some live and original content. Fox Sports International Fox Soccer Channel, a United States digital cable and satellite network specializing mainly in soccer. Fox Soccer Plus, a sister network to FSC, but including coverage of other sports, most notably rugby union. Launched in 2010 after News Corporation picked up many of the broadcast rights abandoned by Setanta Sports when it stopped broadcasting in the U.S. Fox Sports Middle East - English language sports network airing in Middle East countries including Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE & Yemen. Fox Pan American Sports (37.9%) - joint venture with Hicks, Muse, and Tate & Furst. Fox Sports en Español (50%), a Spanish-language North American cable sports network; its sports lineup is tailored to appeal to a Latin American audience. Fox Sports en Latinoamérica, a Mexico-based Latin American satellite and cable sports network. FX Networks, a cable network broadcasting reruns of programming previously shown on other channels, but recently creating its own programming, including the Emmy Award-winning programs The Shield and Damages. Speed Channel FUEL TV Big Ten Network, cable and satellite channel dedicated to The Big Ten Conference, launched Aug 2007 (49%) National Geographic Channel (joint venture with National Geographic Magazine) 67% National Geographic Channel International 75% National Geographic Wild (joint venture with National Geographic Magazine) Fox International Channels, domestic cable channels offering different formats of Fox programming in over thirty countries worldwide. Fox Fox Life Fox Life HD Fox Crime FX Fox Horror Fox Movies Fox Sports Speed Channel National Geographic Channel National Geographic Channel HD National Geographic Wild National Geographic Adventure National Geographic Music National Geographic Junior Cult Next:HD Voyage Real Estate TV BabyTV Fox Toma 1 - Spanish language television production. Fox Telecolombia - Spanish language television production. (51%) Utarget.Fox - European and Latin American online ad company, plus now handles TV ad sales. Middle & South America Fox Latin American Channels - channels available in over 17 countries in Latin America National Geographic Channel National Geographic Channel HD National Geographic Wild Nat Geo Music Universal Channel Universal HD Fox Channel Fox HD FX Fox Life Syfy Fox Sports Speed Channel Baby TV Utilisima Fox One-Stop Media - advertising sales for company owned and third party channels in Latin America LAPTV (60%) (Latin American Pay Television) operates 8 cable movie channels throughout South America excluding Brazil. Telecine(12.5%) operates 5 cable movie channels in Brazil. Australia Premier Media Group (50%) Fox Sports 1 Fox Sports 2 Fox Sports 3 SPEED FoxSportsNews Fuel TV Australia Premium Movie Partnership (20%) - movie channels, a joint venture between 20th Century Fox, Sony, NBC Universal, Viacom and Liberty Media PLATFORMS India Hathway Cable & Datacom (22.2%), India's 2nd largest cable network through 7 cities including Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai & Pune Taiwan Total TV (20%), Pay TV platform with JV partner KOO's Group majority owner (80%). News Corp also has a 20% interest in the KOO's Group directly [edit] InternetFox Interactive Media Foxsports.com - website with sports news, scores, statistics, video and fantasy sports Hulu (27%) - online video streaming site in partnership with NBC Universal and The Walt Disney Company. Flektor - provides Web-based tools for photo and video editing and mashups. IGN Entertainment - Internet entertainment portal (Includes the sites IGN, GameSpy, TeamXbox, and Askmen.com) Giga.de Slingshot Labs - web development incubator (Includes the sites DailyFill). Strategic Data Corp - interactive advertising company which develops technology to deliver targeted internet advertising. Scout.com WhatIfSports.com - sports simulation and prediction website. Also provides fantasy-style sports games to play. Indya.com - 'India's no. 1 Entertainment Portal' ROO Group Inc (5% increasing to 10% with performance targets) News Digital Media News.com.au - Australian-oriented news website News Lab CareerOne.com.au (50%) - recruitment advertisement website in partnership with Monster Worldwide. Carsguide.com.au in2mobi.com.au TrueLocal.com.au Moshtix.com.au – a ticket retailer Learning Seat Wego News owns minority stake in Wego.com Netus (75%) - investment co. in online properties. REA Group (60.7%) Realestate.com.au Casa.it (69.4%), Sky Italia also holds a 30.6% share atHome group, operator of leading realestate websites in Luxembourg, France, Belgium and Germany. Altowin (51%),provider of office management tools for realestate agents in Belgium. Propertyfinder.com (50%), News International holds the remaining 50% Sherlock Publications, owner of hotproperty.co.uk portal and magazine titles 'Hot Property', 'Renting' and 'Overseas' ukpropertyshop.co.uk, most comprehensive UK estate agent directory. PropertyLook, property websites in Australia and New Zealand. HomeSite.com.au, home renovation and improvement website. Square Foot Limited, Hong Kong's largest English Language property magazine and website Primedia - Holding co. of Inside DB, a Hong Kong lifestyle magazine. TadpoleNet Media (10%) Hosts of ArmySailor.com New Zealand DVD Unlimited - leading online DVD subscription service (ownership through stake in Sky Network Television). Fox Networks - one of the largest international ad networks. Expedient InfoMedia blog network. [edit] Other assetsNDS - Conditional access technology and personal digital video recorders (PVRs) (49%) Jungo Timothy Coville ITE, publisher of PlayStation and Mobile games, and interactive television Broadsystem Ltd (UK) - Telephony provider for media companies, bought in 1991 Broadsystem Australia (Australia) Broadsystem Ventures (UK) - provider of cheap-rate telephone calls, particularly for customers of Sky Television. Bought outright in 1999. Jamba! - Mobile Entertainment/Mobile Handsets Personalisation/Games. News Outdoor Group - Largest outdoor advertising company in Eastern Europe with over 70,000 ads including billboards and bus shelters, operating in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, India, Israel, Poland, Romania, Russia (96 cities), Turkey & Ukraine. Maximedia Israel (67%) Mosgorreklama (50%) - Russia sign and marketing material manufacturer Kamera Acikhava Reklamclik (?) - leading outdoor advertising company in Turkey Australian Associated Press (45%) - real time news service. Stats Inc (50%) - worlds leading provider of sporting information and statistical analysis (a JV with Associated Press) Fox Sports Grill (50%) - Upscale sports bar and restaurant with 7 locations - Scottsdale, Arizona; Irvine, California; Seattle, Washington; Plano, Texas; Houston, Texas; San Diego, California; and Atlanta, Georgia. Fox Sports Skybox (70%) - Sports fan's Bar & Grill at Staples Center and 6 airport restaurants. News America Marketing (US) - (100%) - nation’s leading marketing services company, products include a portfolio of in-store, home-delivered and online media under the SmartSource brand. Rotana (9%) - Largest Arab entertainment company owned by Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal The Daily - iPad only newspaper delivered daily. 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BobbyBiscuit Posted July 7, 2011 Report Posted July 7, 2011 it's great that rag won't be on sale anymore, but if this wasn't the age of the internet I doubt he'd have been so willing to let it go. The newspaper industry is dying on its arse. Quote
Kowalski Posted July 7, 2011 Author Report Posted July 7, 2011 thesunonsunday.co.uk domain registered two days ago, how convenient. Quote
Cowie Posted July 7, 2011 Report Posted July 7, 2011 The newspaper industry is dying on its arse. This. He did some maths & decided that the risk of keeping it going was too much... Quote
maverick sheep Posted July 7, 2011 Report Posted July 7, 2011 Is Murdoch free to destroy tabloid’s records? Jul 7, 2011 16:10 EDT By Alison Frankel The views expressed are her own. Here’s some News of the World news to spin the heads of American lawyers. According to British media law star Mark Stephens of Finers Stephens Innocent (whom The Times of London has dubbed “Mr Media”), Rupert Murdoch’s soon-to-be shuttered tabloid may not be obliged to retain documents that could be relevant to civil and criminal claims against the newspaper—even in cases that are already underway. That could mean that dozens of sports, media, and political celebrities who claim News of the World hacked into their telephone accounts won’t be able to find out exactly what the tabloid knew and how it got the information. If News of the World is to be liquidated, Stephens told Reuters, it “is a stroke of genius—perhaps evil genius.” Under British law, Stephens explained, all of the assets of the shuttered newspaper, including its records, will be transferred to a professional liquidator (such as a global accounting firm). The liquidator’s obligation is to maximize the estate’s assets and minimize its liabilities. So the liquidator could be well within its discretion to decide News of the World would be best served by defaulting on pending claims rather than defending them. That way, the paper could simply destroy its documents to avoid the cost of warehousing them—and to preclude any other time bombs contained in News of the World’s records from exploding. “Why would the liquidator want to keep [the records]?” Stephens said. “Minimizing liability is the liquidator’s job.” That’s a very different scenario, Stephens said, from what would happen if a newspaper in the U.S. went into bankruptcy. In the U.S., a plaintiff (or, for that matter, a criminal investigator) could obtain a court order barring that kind of document destruction. In the U.K., there’s no requirement that the estate retain its records, nor any law granting plaintiffs a right to stop the liquidator from getting rid of them. Have just been told that is apparently not true. Business closing doesn't equate to liquidation. So Murdoch cannot legally shred documents. I'm sure that'll stop him... Best quote about this all came from Paddy O'flynn of the Express, "James Murdoch - the only surgeon who cuts out all the healthy flesh to save the cancer." http://www.hasrebekahbrooksbeensackedyet.com/ Quote
glasgow sheep Posted July 8, 2011 Report Posted July 8, 2011 Rebekah Brooks must know some serious shit 08-07-11 REBEKAH Brooks is clearly keeping the Murdochs out of jail, it has emerged. As James Murdoch closed the most successful newspaper in the western world rather than sack a devious harpie, experts said that harpie must have some weapons-grade shit up her sleeve. Professor Henry Brubaker, of the Institute for Studies, said: "Jesus fucking Christ, they must have killed a tramp." The News of the World will be axed on Sunday, followed a day later by Brooks returning to work at a desk that is obviously filled with grisly secrets. And today Brooks' former protegé Andy Coulson will be arrested and charged with not wearing a disguise and following James and Rupert Murdoch when they went on one of their late night, East End killing sprees. Martin Bishop, media analyst at Madeley-Finnegan, said: "No-one was calling for the paper to be closed, apart from the usual Twitter monkeys. If they had sacked Brooks and waved a batch of former executives off to prison, then slowly but surely things would have returned to normal, what with the British public being, you know, idiots. "I reckon there's a refrigerated dungeon full of Brazilian kids and Rupert eats a fresh one every day." Meanwhile accountants raised the possibility that the whole thing is just an elaborate tax dodge. Despite the Murdochs' effort to draw a line under calling their Sunday tabloid journalism the News of the World, tax experts caught the faint whiff of financial genius. Helen Archer, from Porter, Pinkney and Turner, said: "I would not be surprised if Rupert Murdoch invented phone hacking after discovering a loophole which allows you to save hundreds of millions of pounds if you shut down a newspaper based on outrage. "And even though they pay fuck all tax anyway, a good accountant can always get you a refund." But Professor Brubaker added: "Nah, I reckon it's got something to do with a grainy photo of some oiled teenage boys, forming a human pyramid." Quote
glasgow sheep Posted July 8, 2011 Report Posted July 8, 2011 Coulson arrested http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14077405 Although this probably means we'll have to put up with more of the Tommy Sheridan bullshit. In anycase looks like NI and the Murdoch's are hoping to use him as a sacrificial lamb to protect themselves, will he sit back and accept it? Any what of Call-me-Dave? Quote
glasgow sheep Posted July 8, 2011 Report Posted July 8, 2011 Brooks resigns now. ok Now for James Murdoch Quote
glasgow sheep Posted July 8, 2011 Report Posted July 8, 2011 Brooks resigns now. Where you getting that from? BBC and Guardian quoting her as staying Quote
capitalsharpie Posted July 8, 2011 Report Posted July 8, 2011 My thoughts are eith the victims in all of this (apart from sheridan). Couldnt happen to a nastier bunch of cunts, I;m particularly enjoying cameron squirm under this. cunts the lot of em. I HATEred tops. Quote
Harcus Posted July 9, 2011 Report Posted July 9, 2011 I HATEred tops. The away top might be better though. Quote
glasgow sheep Posted July 9, 2011 Report Posted July 9, 2011 Sorry, more mash More people are going to read the Mail on Sunday 08-07-11 THE readership of the Mail on Sunday will increase, it is as simple as that, experts warned last night. The closure of the News of the World will mean the planet's most disturbed thing will now be bought by thousands of tabloid readers who are not intimidated by the dreaded 'third syllable'. Media analyst, Julian Cook, said: "The ones who just like the pictures will now point and howl at the Daily Star Sunday - oh yes, there is such a thing. "And those who bought the News of the World as some kind of edgy, ironic statement will just go back to reading whatever dicks normally read. "But the hard, cold, sickening fact that will become this country's epitaph is that hundreds of thousands of people will now drift within the gravitational pull of Peter Hitchens. "So those FUCKING ARSEHOLES at the Guardian might want to think about that shit for a minute before they pop the champagne that they can't really afford because they haven't made a profit since 1642." He added: "The News of the World did some nauseating, ghastly things, but it's not Hitchens. It's not even close. "By default, we have increased the audience for pure, cruel, mindless hate. Well done! "Then again, at least Peter Hitchens only hacks into to his own voicemail to find out what his multiple personalities have been telling him to do. "Sometimes he is Bad Peter, sometimes he is Crazee Peter and sometimes he is Peter Christ, the Angry Jesus. From a spectator's point of view, it's best when he's being all three. "But for British culture, I'm afraid it is a case of 'out of the frying pan, into the mental hospital'." Quote
maverick sheep Posted July 9, 2011 Report Posted July 9, 2011 sometimes even the mail publish readable articles. Max Hastings is one of the good guys though. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2012770/MAX-HASTINGS-News-World-shutting-Without-free-Press-poorer.html?ito=feeds-newsxml Quote
maverick sheep Posted July 9, 2011 Report Posted July 9, 2011 Apparently the front page tomorrow reads "Thank you & goodbye." An apology would be nice... Quote
tom_widdows Posted July 9, 2011 Report Posted July 9, 2011 be interesting to see if their predictions of a 30% increase in sales for the final issue will be true. The great british public are outraged but 'oh harry we'd better buy the last one as I bet it will be worth something someday' Quote
dave_min Posted July 10, 2011 Report Posted July 10, 2011 I bought it today. It was pish. Save yourself £1. Quote
tom_widdows Posted July 10, 2011 Report Posted July 10, 2011 I bought it today. It was pish. Save yourself £1. Did you always buy it? Is any tabloid anything other than sensationalist pish? Quote
dave_min Posted July 10, 2011 Report Posted July 10, 2011 Did you always buy it? Is any tabloid anything other than sensationalist pish? Nope, I hardly ever buy any paper. And no. Quote
tom_widdows Posted July 10, 2011 Report Posted July 10, 2011 Then why did you feel the need to give Murdoch a £1? Quote
dave_min Posted July 10, 2011 Report Posted July 10, 2011 Then why did you feel the need to give Murdoch a £1? I gave 74p to charity and 26p to my local newsagent. Quote
tom_widdows Posted July 10, 2011 Report Posted July 10, 2011 Then why not stick 74p in a help for heroes tin then buy a Chomp & 6 cola bottles? Quote
dave_min Posted July 11, 2011 Report Posted July 11, 2011 Then why not stick 74p in a help for heroes tin then buy a Chomp & 6 cola bottles? I don't support the charity. I also got more enjoyment out of reading the paper than I would from some sweets. Quote
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