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Some advertisers say they're ready to spend again — and media platforms stand to gain

May 9, 2023
Many platforms saw declines in ad revenue over the past year and had to cut costs and staff. Now there's optimism about a rebound.
"Whether it's television, cable, streaming, as well as audio, any company that accepts advertising will benefit," says media analyst Jessica Reif Ehrlich.
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FOX launches sports channels to challenge ESPN

Aug 16, 2013
ESPN has been king of the hill in TV sports for three decades. But now FOX Sports aims to do to ESPN what Fox News did to CNN.

UK businesses investigated for phone-hacking, 'blagging'

Aug 2, 2013
The phone-hacking scandal in Britain may extend far beyond the news media to hundreds of other companies.

What (if anything) News Corp. has to do with the future of news

May 8, 2013
How will News Corporation’s future earnings look once it's free of its newspaper division? The split is scheduled for next month.

MundoFox takes on Univision and Telemundo

Aug 13, 2012
News Corp. launches Spanish-language network in the U.S.

News Corp. may become two separate companies

Jun 26, 2012
Rupert Murdoch’s troubled company is considering splitting the entertainment side of the business from the publishing business.

Is News Corp. about to become News Corps?

Jun 26, 2012
The Wall Street Journal's John Jannarone explains how News Corp. would split its entertainment and publishing businesses in two.

For public good, not for profit.

Report: News Corp. considers company split

Jun 26, 2012
The Wall Street Journal reports that News Corp will divide into an entertainment company and a media company

Rupert Murdoch deemed 'unfit' to run company

May 1, 2012
Rupert Murdoch is "unfit to run a major international corporation." That is the verdict from a committee of British lawmakers today. The committee was investigating allegations of widespread phone hacking by journalists working for Murdoch's News of the World tabloid newspaper.

Rupert Murdoch's U.K. testimony draws U.S. interest

Apr 26, 2012
Murdoch tells a U.K. government inquiry he didn’t know about phone hacking at one of his British newspapers. U.S. investigators are watching closely.