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Why Is News Corp Looking To Split?
News Corp . (NASDAQ:NWS) might be considering splitting into two companies, separating its publishing business from its TV and filmed entertainment businesses. The company’s management had indicated earlier that some of its shareholders wer...
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News Corp’s TV Ad Sales Look Promising
It seems to be a good season for broadcasters and cable networks with ad pricing picking up for the new TV season, as indicated by the hefty amount that News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS) has received. The company’s Fox Network, which offers cable chan...
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News Corp Buys Disney’s Stake In ESPN Star Sports
News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS) is buying Disney’s (NYSE:DIS) 50% stake in ESPN Star Sports (ESS), a joint venture between ESPN and News Corp that operates several sports networks in Asia under ESPN and Star Sports brands. This marks an end to a 16-...
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Cheapest Large Caps With Highest Expected Growth As Of May 2012
Submitted by Dividend Yield as part of our contributors program . Cheapest Large Capitalized Stocks With Highest Earnings Per Share Growth By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment . Here is a current sheet of America’s cheapest Lar...
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Time Warner, News Corp Look To Capture Digital Shift With Next Issue Media
The shift of magazines to the digital medium has been happening for sometime and all of the big media companies such as News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS), Time Warner (NYSE:TWX) and Disney (NYSE:DIS) have been supporting it. It is clear that print sales are...
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News Corp Readies To Challenge ESPN’s Sports Empire
News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS) is looking to build a sports network that could rival Disney’s (NYSE:DIS) ESPN. News Corp seems to be the only major media company in a position to challenge the dominance of ESPN’s empire. A few months back, C...
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News Corp’s Bid For BskyB Could Resurface After Younger Murdoch’s Exit
Rupert Murdoch’s son James Murdoch has resigned as the chairman of BskyB. While this is a result of the mounting pressure due to the phone hacking scandal in the U.K. that has been haunting News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS) for the past year, it could also ...
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A Look At News Corp’s Upside If Fox Sports Became More Like ESPN
News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS) owes about 39% of its value to its cable networks with Fox Sports leading the way. We estimate that Fox Sports constitutes about 17% to News Corp’s value, which makes it the single most important channel for the compa...
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Despite New Accusations News Corp.’s Stock Looks Solid
The shares of media giant News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS) have risen by about 12% since the beginning of 2012 and by about 33% since October 2011. The company suffered a blow to its reputation when its tabloid, The News Of The World, was accused of resort...
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News Corp Makes Hay While Ad Market Recovers
News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS) recently released its Q2 fiscal 2012 results. The key takeaway from the earnings was that the advertising growth exists across cable networks and broadcasting network and the economy showing signs of a stronger pulse given ...
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News Corp Earnings Preview: What We Are Watching
News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS) will report its fiscal 2nd quarter 2012 earnings on Wednesday, and investors will keep a watchful eye on advertising trends as well as subscriber growth for News Corp’s cable networks, which we estimate contribute alm...
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Entertainment Stocks: Selling Dreams to the Have-Nots
The other day I had a serious discussion with some friends about the future of unskilled workers. The income inequality in our society is partly caused by skill inequality. Some skills and jobs are more scalable and therefore naturally command a ...
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News Corp Updates: High Profile Funds Bet on a Recovery
News Corp’s (NASDAQ:NWS) stock has recovered to some extent after its phenomenal dip around July and August resulting from the hacking scandal which led to shut down of News of The Worl d, as well as broader market fall due to economic woes...
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Telecom & Media Notes: Verizon, Sprint, Dish, Viacom, AT&T & News Corp.
Below we present a summary of key updates that might be of interest to investors interested in technology stocks. This update includes AT&T (NYSE:T), Verizon (NYSE:VZ), Sprint (NYSE:S), Dish Network (NASDAQ:DISH), Viacom (NYSE:VIA) and News ...
