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1. Fox Mobile Sale Triggers $100 Million Lawsuit

   2:04 pm 4/24/2013

   • by Eriq Gardner

   An executive says that he recruited the individuals who bought the company from News Corp. then was pushed aside.Read more

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   Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Settles Shareholder Lawsuit for $139 Million

   6:27 am 4/22/2013

   • by Eriq Gardner

   As part of a deal, the company agrees to set up a "whistleblowing hotline" as well as put a "political activity policy" on its website.Read more

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   News Corp. Names Entertainment Spinoff 21st Century Fox

   1:59 pm 4/16/2013

   • by Alex Ben Block

   Previously referred to as the Fox Group, the film and TV assets will fall under a separate umbrella from Rupert Murdoch's publishing efforts. Read more

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4. BBC Hires Former London 'Times' Editor James Harding as News Director

   12:49 am 4/16/2013

   • by Georg Szalai

   UPDATED: "He will give BBC News a renewed sense of purpose as it moves away from what has been an undeniably difficult chapter," says BBC boss Tony Hall in reference to the Jimmy Savile scandal.Read more

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   MIPTV: Aereo or Not, It's All About Cable Now

   11:46 am 4/9/2013

   • by Scott Roxborough

   The global success of cable shows from "The Walking Dead" to "Pawn Stars" is pushing the networks to change course.Read more

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   Analysts: Aereo May (Eventually) Cause Fox to Switch to Cable

   5:19 pm 4/8/2013

   • by Georg Szalai

   Media company stocks rise as News Corp.'s Chase Carey, Univision's Haim Saban threaten to pull the plug on over-the-air broadcasting because of court wins by Barry Diller's Aereo.Read more

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   News Corp.'s Chase Carey: Aereo Could Force Fox Off Broadcast Air

   10:55 am 4/8/2013

   • by Eriq Gardner

   Court rulings allowing Barry Diller's startup to continue streaming over-the-air signals online would prompt the move, Carey told the audience at NAB: "We can't sit idly by and let someone steal our signal."Read more

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   Disney Scores Top Spot in SNL Financial Report

   4:50 pm 3/28/2013

   • by Paul Bond

   The research firm ranked 25 entertainment companies on the basis of net income and operating revenue.Read more

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   Rupert Murdoch's 'The Sun' to Erect Online Paywall

   3:18 am 3/27/2013

   • by Georg Szalai

   Mike Darcey, the CEO of News Corp.'s U.K. newspaper unit News International, says its current practice of offering all content for free on the Internet is "untenable." Read more

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10. Analyst Ups Target on Some Exhibitors but Predicts Decline in First-Quarter Domestic Box Office

    1:55 pm 3/25/2013

    • by Paul Bond

    "The filmed entertainment business is stable today," Wall Street analyst Michael Nathanson of Nomura Equity Research writes. "This is a statement we did not think was possible to make only a couple of years ago."Read more

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