Rebekah Brooks confirmed as News UK chief executive as former Telegraph editor Tony Gallagher is appointed as Sun editor September 3, 2015 News UK, the UK newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch's publishing giant News Corp, has confirmed it's appointed Rebekah Brooks as its chief executive. Brooks left the company under a cloud four years ago at the height of the phone hacking scandal, but was cleared of all charges last year. Read more: One chart showing every company [...]
News UK is “discussing” appointing Rebekah Brooks as chief executive August 29, 2015 Rebekah Brooks could soon return to work at News Corp, this time as chief executive of News UK. Read more: Rupert Murdoch's News Corp sales fall short of expectations The former News of the World editor resigned from the organisation four years ago amid the phone hacking scandal, but was cleared of all charges [...]
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp sales fall short of expectations August 12, 2015 The figures News Corp’s sales missed analysts’ expectations, with total revenue falling two per cent to $2.14bn from $2.19bn. Rupert Murdoch’s publishing company reported a net loss of $379m, against a $12m profit a year ago. At 7 cents, earnings per share beat forecasts, with analysts’ predicting earnings per share of 5 cents. News Corp [...]
Sky Sports and News UK win rights to show Premier League highlights online July 22, 2015 Sky Sports and News UK have signed a joint three-year agreement with the Premier League to show highlights across its mobile and online platforms. Read more: Sky Sports subscription fees rise following record Premier League deal Starting from the 2016/17 season, Sky Sports and News UK will have exclusive rights to show in-match content and [...]
Rupert Murdoch steps down as 21st Century Fox chief: Here’s a chart of every company his son James will inherit (and the News Corp empire) June 17, 2015 Rupert Murdoch has announced he will be stepping down from his post as chief executive of 21st Century Fox in two weeks. Read more: James Murdoch confirmed as new 21st Century Fox chief exec Murdoch’s son, James, will take over, leaving Rupert and his other son, Lachlan, as executive co-chairmen. Chase Carey, a career Murdoch man [...]
James Murdoch confirmed as new 21st Century Fox chief exec June 16, 2015 James Murdoch will succeed his father Rupert as chief executive officer of 21st Century Fox, the company confirmed on Tuesday. Company founder Rupert Murdoch will hand over duties on July 1 when he will become executive co-chairman alongside elder son Lachlan. Read more: Rupert Murdoch steps down – here's every company he owns In a statement [...]
Rupert Murdoch reportedly stepping down from 21st Century Fox June 11, 2015 Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is preparing to step down from his empire at 21st Century Fox, according to reports. Murdoch is expected to hand over the reigns to son James within six months to a year, according to CNBC, citing unnamed sources close to the family. The 84-year-old will remain as executive chairman and will [...]
21st Century Fox earnings down despite box office film successes May 6, 2015 Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox yesterday reported a hit to its earnings for the third quarter, after asset sales and the fact it did not show the Super Bowl. Net income fell seven per cent to $975m (£640m), from $1.06bn a year earlier. The media giant posted quarterly revenues of $US6.8bn, which were down from [...]
21st Century Fox revenue falls as Rupert Murdoch deals with falling TV viewership May 6, 2015 The figures 21st Century Fox's share price jumped in after-hours trading after the media conglomerate reported third-quarter earnings that beat analysts' expectations – although revenues missed targets. Revenues fell from $8.2bn to $6.84bn (£4.49bn). However, excluding turnover from the Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia businesses which have since been sold to Sky, revenues actually increased one [...]
Big guns Lord Ashcroft and Rupert Murdoch aim fire at David Cameron April 27, 2015 David Cameron recently pledged to serve a full second term as Prime Minister – yet titans of the centre-right are eyeing up a somewhat quicker exit for him. Party donor and keen psephologist Lord Ashcroft is no big fan of Cameron, referring to the Tory leader as “suspicious” in a recent blog post regarding [...]