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Rupert Murdoch plays what-if with NBC Universal by Company Town

Fox Business Network interviewed News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch today (gee, wonder how they were able to book that one) and the media mogul acknowledged taking a look at General Electric's NBC Universal after word got out that Comcast was...
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News Corp.'s top mouthpiece exiting by Company Town

Gary Ginsberg, the communications chief for Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., is leaving after almost 11 years in the job. Ginsberg, whose official title was executive vice president of global marketing and corporate affairs, will be replaced by the well...
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Fox Television Studios tries new model for network TV by Company Town

When Emiliano Calemzuk was tapped by Peter Chernin to take over News Corp.'s Fox Television Studios, the media giant's boutique production house, the first thing he did was move its offices off the Fox lot in Century City and away...
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News Corp.'s Chase Carey says there will be no last-minute bid on NBC Universal by Company Town

News Corp. President and Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey said not to expect his boss, Chairman Rupert Murdoch, to make a last-minute bid on NBC Universal, whose parent General Electric Co. is in talks to sell control of the entertainment...

Scripps makes its travel plans, and they're not cheap by Company Town

Scripps Networks Interactive has bought a majority stake in the Travel Channel in a deal that values the cable network at $975 million. That price tag is sure to raise eyebrows in the industry. When Travel Channel parent Cox Communications...

"Ice Age" heats up News Corp.'s earnings, but overall revenues experience cooling by Company Town

A strong summer box office, a healthy cable business and strong book sales helped News Corp. report an 11% increase in net income, helping to offset decreases in the media conglomerate's broadcast television, newspaper and Internet businesses. The...
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Networks preparing to battle cable and maybe their own affiliates over retransmission consent by Company Town

In the search for new revenue streams, the broadcast networks are going to their affiliates with their hands held out or their guns drawn, depending on one's viewpoint. Specifically, if their affiliates are getting money from cable and satellite operators...
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News Corp. cuts travel budget by Company Town

After jumping in the race to land the Travel Channel and no doubt driving up the price, News Corp. is now pulling out, people close to the situation say. To be sure, the bidding for Travel Channel has gotten out...
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News Corp. mulls the Chernin factor by Company Town

Peter Chernin is not flying the News Corp. jet into Philly. But he probably could if he wanted to. The veteran movie and TV executive, who stepped down as president and chief operating officer of the News Corp. media empire...
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News Corp. closing in on Travel Channel, but it may be an expensive trip by Company Town

Apparently the cost of travel really is on the rise. News Corp. has emerged as the leading contender to buy the Travel Channel, the cable network that Cox Communications put on the block, according to a report in today's Financial...
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It is always sunny in Philadelphia as reruns of FX comedy go for big bucks by Company Town

It just got a little sunnier in Philadelphia. No, we're not talking about the Phillies being on the verge of making the World Series for the second year in a row. News Corp.'s Twentieth Television has just sold reruns of...
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Fox shutting down reality cable channel by Company Town

Reality as a genre may still be hot, but it's not enough to sustain a cable channel. News Corp. is shuttering its 4-year-old Fox Reality Channel (what, you mean you didn't know there was a Fox Reality Channel?). The channel,...
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Cox's Travel Channel is on the road and in search of a buyer by Company Town

Will rock and roll chef Anthony Bourdain come work in the commissary as part of a deal? That might be what some of the major media conglomerates kicking the tires of Cox Communications' Travel Channel are wondering. The auction for...
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Hey, Peter Chernin, what's cooking? by Company Town

In his post-News Corp. life, the entrepreneurial Peter Chernin is cooking up more than just movies and TV shows. The veteran media executive-turned-independent producer is quietly moonlighting as a restaurateur in Martha's Vineyard, where he and his...
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MySpace likes iLike by Company Town

News Corp.'s struggling social networking site MySpace today announced it has a deal to acquire iLike, an application that helps users of social networks share music recommendations and playlists. The combination would bring together MySpace, a site...
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