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News Corporation

Type	Public: (NASDAQ: NWSA, ASX:NWS, LSE: NCRA)
Founded	Adelaide, Australia (1979)
Headquarters	New York City
Key people	Rupert Murdoch Peter Chernin David DeVoe Lawrence Jacobs James Murdoch
Industry	Broadcasting, Publishing, Media, Internet, Entertainment
Products	Films, Television, Cable Programming, Satellite Television, Magazines, Newspapers, Books, Sporting Events, Websites
Revenue	▲$28.66 billion USD (March 21, 2008)[1]
Employees	64,000 (2008)[2]
Website	www.newscorp.com

News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) NASDAQ: NWSA, ASX:NWS, LSE: NCRA) is one of the world's largest media conglomerates. The company's Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder is Rupert Murdoch and the President and Chief Operating Officer is Peter Chernin.

News Corporation is a public company listed on the Nasdaq and the Australian Securities Exchange and as a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange. Formerly incorporated in South Australia, the company was re-incorporated as a Delaware General Corporation Law after a majority of shareholders approved the move on 12 November 2004.

News Corporation's headquarters is at 1211 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Ave.), in New York City, in the newer 1960s-1970s corridor of the Rockefeller Center complex.

Revenue for the year ended 30 June 2008 was US$32.996 billion with an operating income of US$5.381 billion. Almost 70% of the company's sales come from its US businesses. On 16 January 2009 the Government Accountability Office reported that News Corp has 152 subsidiaries in low-tax or no-tax countries, one of four companies to have more than 100.^[3]

Contents 1 History 1.1 Moving into the United States 2 Shareholders 3 Corporate governance 4 Office of the Chairman 5 Holdings 5.1 Books 5.2 Newspapers 5.3 Magazines 5.4 Music / Radio 5.5 Sport 5.6 Studios 5.7 TV 5.7.1 Broadcast 5.7.2 Satellite television 5.7.3 Cable 5.8 Internet 5.9 Other assets 6 Annual conference 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

[edit] History

News Corp was created in 1980 by Rupert Murdoch as a holding company for News Limited. News Limited was created by Murdoch from the assets he inherited in 1952 following the death of his father, Sir Keith Murdoch, and subsequent expansion. The main asset left to him was ownership of the Adelaide afternoon tabloid, The News.

In 1986 and 1987, News Corp (through subsidiary News International) moved to adjust the production process of its British newspapers, over which the printing unions had long maintained a highly restrictive grip.^[4] A number of senior Australian media moguls were brought into Murdoch's powerhouse, including John Dux, who was managing director of the South China Morning Post. This led to a confrontation with the printing unions NGA and SOGAT. The move of News International's London operation to Wapping in the East End resulted in nightly battles outside the new plant. Delivery vans and depots were frequently and violently attacked.^[4] Ultimately the unions capitulated.

[edit] Moving into the United States

News Corp made its first acquisition in the United States in 1973, when it purchased the San Antonio Express-News. Soon afterwards it founded the National Star, a supermarket tabloid, and in 1976 it purchased the New York Post. In 1981 News Corp bought half of the movie studio 20th Century Fox, buying the other half in 1984. In 1985 News Corp announced it was buying the Metromedia group of stations, setting the stage for the launch of a fourth U.S. broadcast network. On 4 September 1985, Murdoch became a naturalised citizen to satisfy the legal requirement that only United States citizens could own American television stations. In 1986, the Metromedia deal closed, and the Fox Broadcasting Company was launched. This network, known on-screen as "Fox", can now be picked up in over 96% of U.S. households.

In 1987 News Corp bought The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd in Australia, the company that Rupert Murdoch's father had once managed. By 1992, News Corp had amassed huge debts, which forced it to sell many of the American magazine interests it had acquired in the mid-1980s. Much of this debt came from its stake in the Sky Television satellite network in the UK, which incurred massive losses in its early years of operation, which (like many of its business interests) was heavily subsidised with profits from its other holdings until it was able to force rival satellite operator British Satellite Broadcasting to accept a merger on its terms in 1990. (The merged company, BSkyB has dominated the British pay-TV market since.)

In 1995, the Fox network became the object of scrutiny from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) when it was alleged that its Australian base made Murdoch's ownership of Fox illegal. The FCC, however, ruled in Murdoch's favor, stating that his ownership of Fox was in the public's best interests. It was also noted that the stations themselves were owned by a separate company whose chief shareholder was U.S. citizen Murdoch, although nearly all of the stations' equity was controlled by News Corp. In the same year News Corp announced a deal with MCI Communications to develop a major news website as well as funding a conservative news magazine, The Weekly Standard. In the same year, News Corp launched the Foxtel pay television network in Australia in a partnership with Telstra and Publishing and Broadcasting Limited.

In 1996, Fox established the Fox News Channel, a 24-hour cable news station.

In 1999, News Corp significantly expanded its music holdings in Australia by acquiring the controlling share in a leading Australian based label, Michael Gudinski's Mushroom Records; merging it with already held Festival Records to create Festival Mushroom Records (FMR). Both Festival and FMR were managed by Rupert Murdoch's son James Murdoch for several years.

In late 2003, News Corp acquired a 34% stake in DirecTV Group, (formerly: Hughes Electronics), from General Motors for Electronics, operator of the largest American satellite TV system, for US$6 billion.

In 2007 News Corporation reached an agreement to purchase Dow Jones, publishers of the Wall Street Journal, for an estimated $5.6 billion. On 15 October 2007 the corporation spun off a business news channel from Fox News - Fox Business Network.^[5] The channel's lawyers were "reviewing all of the fine details of the contract" between Dow Jones and CNBC, said Alexis Glick, Fox Business Network's vice president of business news and the channel's morning anchor. But, she added, "we will actively use" the other Dow Jones properties.^[6] "...this new channel is a bit tedious. Somehow, business is more interesting when treated in a business-like way", commented Rob Carrick in 16 October's Toronto Globe and Mail.^[7] On 8 February 2007, Murdoch promised guests at the McGraw-Hill Media Summit that, "a Fox channel would be more business-friendly than CNBC. That channel leap[s] on every scandal, or what they think is a scandal", he said.^[8]

[edit] Shareholders

• In August 2005 the Murdoch family owned only about 29% of the company. However, nearly all of these shares were voting shares, and Rupert Murdoch retained effective control of the company. Nonetheless, John Malone of Liberty Media had built up a large stake, with about half of the shares being voting shares. Therefore, in November 2006, News Corporation announced its intention to transfer its 38.5 per cent managing interest in DirecTV Group to John Malone's Liberty Media; in return it bought back Liberty's 16.3% shares in News Corp., giving Murdoch tighter control of the latter firm.^[9] Murdoch sold 17.5 million class A shares in December 2007.^[10]
• Saudi prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, who is an investment tycoon and chairman of the Kingdom Holding Company, said in an interview with Charlie Rose that he had about a 6-7% stake in News Corp.^[11][12]
• Years after when Elektra Records was absorbed in 2004, News Corporation owned half of the re-issues from the record label company.

[edit] Corporate governance

The company's Board of Directors consists of 15 individuals:

• Rupert Murdoch (Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer)
• Daniel Suárez García
• Peter Barnes
• Peter Chernin (President & Chief Operating Officer)
• Kenneth Cowley
• David DeVoe (Chief Financial Officer)
• Viet Dinh
• Sir Roderick Eddington (Lead Director)
• Andrew Knight
• Lachlan Murdoch
• James Murdoch (Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Europe & Asia)
• Mark Hurd
• Thomas Perkins
• Arthur Siskind (Senior Adviser to the Chairman)
• John Thornton
• Stanley Shuman (Emeritus)

[edit] Office of the Chairman

• Rupert Murdoch (Chairman & Chief Executive Officer)
• Peter Chernin (Chief Operating Officer & President)
• David DeVoe (Chief Financial Officer)
• Lawrence Jacobs (Group General Counsel)
• James Murdoch (Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Europe & Asia)
• Roger Ailes (Chairman of Fox Television Stations Group)
• Daniel Suárez García (Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Latin America)

[edit] Holdings

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[edit] Books

• HarperCollins book publishing company
  • HarperCollins India (40%) joint venture with India Today Group
• Zondervan Christian book publisher
  • Youth Specialties - organisation helping youth workers worldwide through training seminars and conventions, resources and the internet.
  • Inspirio - religious gift production.

[edit] Newspapers

• Australia published by News Limited.
  • The Australian (Nationwide)
  • Community Media Group (16 QLD & NSW suburban/regional titles)
  • Cumberland-Courier Newspapers (26 suburban/commuter titles)
  • The Courier-Mail (Queensland)
  • The Sunday Mail (Queensland)
  • The Cairns Post (Cairns, Queensland)
  • The Gold Coast Bulletin (Gold Coast, Queensland)
  • The Townsville Bulletin (Townsville, Queensland)
  • The Daily Telegraph (New South Wales)
  • The Sunday Telgraph (New South Wales)
  • Herald Sun (Victoria)
  • Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria)
  • The Weekly Times (Victoria)
  • Leader Newspapers (30 suburban Melbourne, VIC titles)
  • MX (Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane CBD)
  • The Geelong Advertiser (Geelong, Victoria)
  • The Advertiser (South Australia)
  • The Sunday Mail (South Australia)
  • Messenger Newspapers (11 suburban Adelaide, SA titles)
  • The Sunday Times (Western Australia)
  • The Mercury (Tasmania)
  • Quest Newspapers (19 suburban Brisbane, QLD titles)
  • The Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania)
  • Northern Territory News (Northern Territory)
  • The Sunday Territorian (Northern Territory)
  • The Tablelands Advertiser (Atherton Tablelands and the Far North, Queensland)
• Fiji
  • Fiji Times (National)
  • Nai Lalakai
  • Shanti Dut
• Papua New Guinea
  • Papua New Guinea Post-Courier (National)(62.5%)
• UK and Ireland newspapers, published by subsidiaries of News International Ltd.
  • News Group Newspapers Ltd.
    • the tabloid The Sun (published in Ireland as The Irish Sun)
    • the tabloid News of the World
  • Times Newspapers Ltd.
    • the broadsheet The Sunday Times
    • the 'ex-broadsheet' (Now in compact form) The Times
    • The Times Literary Supplement
  • NI Free Newspapers Ltd.
    • the free newspaper thelondonpaper
• US newspapers and magazines
  • The New York Post
  • Dow Jones & Company
    • Consumer Media Group
      • The Wall Street Journal - the leading US financial newspaper.
      • Wall Street Journal Europe
      • Wall Street Journal Asia
      • Barron's - weekly financial markets magazine.
      • Marketwatch - Financial news and information website.
      • Far Eastern Economic Review
    • Enterprise Media Group
      • Dow Jones Newswires - global, real-time news and information provider.
      • Factiva - provides business news and information together with content delivery tools and services.
      • Dow Jones Indexes - stock market indexes and indicators, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
      • Dow Jones Financial Information Services - produces databases, electronic media, newsletters, conferences, directories, and other information services on specialised markets and industry sectors.
      • Betten Financial News - leading Dutch language financial and economic news service.
    • Local Media Group
      • Ottoway Community Newspapers - 8 daily and 15 weekly regional newspapers.
    • STOXX (33%)- joint venture with Deutsche Boerse and SWG Group for the development and distribution of Dow Jones STOXX indices.
    • Vedomosti (33%) - Russia's leading financial newspaper (joint venture with Financial Times and Independent Media).
    • SmartMoney (50%)
  • The Timesledger Newspapers of Queens, New York:
    • Bayside Times, Whitestone Times, Flushing Times, Fresh Meadows Times, Little Neck Ledger, Jackson Heights Times, Richmond Hill Times, Jamaica Times, Laurelton Times, Queens Village Times, Astoria Times, Forest Hills Ledger, Ridgewood Ledger, Howard Beach Times
  • The Courier-Life Newspapers in Brooklyn
  • The Brooklyn Paper
  • Caribbean Life
  • The Times-Herald Record (Middletown, New York)

[edit] Magazines

• News America Marketing (Smartsource) (weekly Sunday newspaper coupon insert/website)
• The Weekly Standard (Washington, D.C.)
• Australian
  • Alpha Magazine
  • Australian Country Style
  • Australian Golf Digest
  • Australian Good Taste
  • Big League
  • BCME
  • Delicious
  • Donna Hay
  • Fast Fours
  • GQ (Australia)
  • Gardening Australia
  • InsideOut (Aust)
  • Lifestyle Pools
  • Live to Ride
  • Notebook
  • Overlander 4WD
  • Modern Boating
  • Modern Fishing
  • Parents
  • Pure Health
  • Super Food Ideas
  • Truck Australia
  • Truckin' Life
  • twowheels
  • twowheels scooter
  • Vogue (Australia)
  • Vogue Entertaining & Travel
  • Vogue Living
• Love it! (UK based Magazine)
• InsideOut (UK Based Magazine)

[edit] Music / Radio

• MySpace Records
• India
  • Radio City (India radio station)(20%)held through STAR TV- commercial FM network with stations in 20 cities.
• Russia
  • Nashe (50%)
  • Best FM (50%)
• Fox Film Music Group

[edit] Sport

• 50% of the National Rugby League (Australia and New Zealand)
• Majority ownership of the Brisbane Broncos (68.9%) and, full ownership of the Melbourne Storm rugby league team.
• Colorado Rockies (15%)

[edit] Studios

• Fox Filmed Entertainment: 20th Century Fox's parent company
• 20th Century Fox: a film production company
• 20th Century Fox Television - primetime television programming.
• 20th Television - television distribution (syndication).
• Fox Searchlight Pictures - specialised films.
• Fox 2000 Pictures - general audience feature films.
• Fox Television Studios(productions)- market specific programming eg. COPS.
• Fox Television Studios International
  • Fox World Productions
  • Fox World Australia
  • Fox TV Studios France
  • Fox TV Studios India
  • Natural History New Zealand - natural world documentaries, non-fiction programming.
• Fox Atomic - produces theatrical films, comics, and digital content targeting the 17-24 year olds. Aiming to produce/acquire eight films per year over a range of genres, specifically action and horror
• Fox Faith - Promotion and distribution of Christian and related "family friendly" movies on DVD and some theatrical release.
• Fox Studios Australia, Sydney, New South Wales
• Blue Sky Studios - production of CGI films eg. Ice Age.
• Fox Entertainment Group
• New Regency Productions (20%) - general audience feature films.
• Regency Enterprises (20%) - parent company of New Regency Productions (50%).

[edit] TV

News Corp agreed to sell eight of its television stations to Oak Hill Capital Partners for approximately $1.1 billion as of 22 December 2007. The stations are US FOX affiliates.^[13]

[edit] Broadcast

• Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX), a US broadcast television network
• My Network TV, a US broadcast television network
• Fox Television Stations Group, a group of owned and operated FOX television stations
• Saeta TV Channel 10, channel of Uruguay
• ITV plc (17.5%), a British broadcast television network and the UK's largest advertising revenue based broadcaster via BSkyB, although a recent legal decision will require this stake to be cut.
• News Corp Europe
  • bTV, a broadcast television network in Bulgaria
  • B1 TV (12,5%), a broadcast television network in Romania, in partnership with Ismar International NV
  • Fox Televizija, a broadcast television network in Serbia (49%)
  • Fox Turkey, a Turkish terrestrial channel (56,5%) (formerly TGRT)
  • Imedi Media Holding (100%), a Georgian radio and TV broadcaster.
    • Imedi Television
    • Radio Imedi
  • Israel 10 (9%), a terrestrial channel in Israel.
  • LNT (100%), a terrestrial channel in Latvia
  • TV5 Riga (100%), a terrestrial channel in Latvia
• ANTV (20%), a private television station in Indonesia, under the administration and label of STAR TV
• Prime Television New Zealand - commercial TV station, interest held through stake in SKY Network Television
• asianet[india, malayalam language]

[edit] Satellite television

• BSkyB, United Kingdom (39.1% holding).
• Foxtel (25%), Australia, a joint venture with Telstra and Publishing and Broadcasting Limited
• SKY Network Television , New Zealand (44%)
• Sky Italia, Italian satellite TV service
• Fox Channels Italy, Italian Broadcast and Production Company (with 2 HDTV)
• Sky Latin America, Latin American satellite TV service
• Premiere (25.01%), Germany's largest pay TV provider.
• STAR TV, an Asian satellite TV service
• Phoenix Television (17.6%), satellite TV network with landing rights in Hong Kong, and select provinces on Mainland China
• Tata Sky (20%), an Indian DTH TV service (in partnership with Tata Group)

[edit] Cable

CHANNELS

• Fox Business Network, a business news channel.
• Fox Classics, a channel airing classic TV shows & movies
• Fox Movie Channel, an all-movie channel that airs commercial-free movies from 20th Century Fox film library
• Fox News Channel, a 24-hour news channel
• Fox Reality, a 'Reality TV'-themed channel
• Fox Sports Net, a chain of US regional cable television networks broadcasting local sporting events linked together by national sports news programming. Local channels include "Fox Sports Southwest", "Fox Sports Bay Area", etc. (some affiliates are owned by Cablevision).
• Fox College Sports, a college sports network consisting of three regionally-aligned channels
• SportSouth, a regional sports network in the United States, with its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
• Fox Sports International
  • Fox Soccer Channel, a United States digital cable network specialising mainly in soccer.
  • Fox Sports Middle East - English language sports network airing in Middle East countries including Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE & Yemen.
  • Fox Pan American Sports (37.9%) - joint venture with Hicks, Muse, and Tate & Furst.
    • Fox Sports en Español (50%), a Spanish-language North American cable sports network; its sports lineup is tailored to appeal to a Latin American audience.
    • Fox Sports en Latinoamérica, a Mexico-based Latin American satellite and cable sports network.
• FX Networks, a cable network broadcasting reruns of programming previously shown on other channels, but recently creating its own programming, including the Emmy Award-winning program The Shield.
• SPEED Channel
• FUEL TV
• Big Ten Network, cable and satellite channel dedicated to The Big Ten Conference, launched Aug 2007 (49%)
• National Geographic Channel (joint venture with National Geographic Magazine) 67%
• National Geographic Channel International 75%
• Fox International Channels, domestic cable channels offering different formats of Fox programming in over thirty countries worldwide.
  • Fox
  • Fox Life
  • Fox Life HD
  • Fox Crime
  • FX
  • Fox Horror
  • Fox Movies
  • Fox Sports
  • Speed Channel
  • National Geographic Channel
  • National Geographic Channel HD
  • National Geographic Wild
  • National Geographic Adventure
  • National Geographic Music
  • National Geographic Junior
  • Cult
  • Next:HD
  • Voyage
  • Real Estate TV
  • BabyTV
  • Fox Toma 1 - Spanish language television production.
  • Fox Telecolombia - Spanish language television production. (51%)
  • Utarget.Fox - European and Latin American online ad company, plus now handles TV ad sales.
• Latin America
  • Fox Latin American Channels - channels available in over 17 countries in Latin America
    • Baby TV
    • Canal FOX
    • Canal FX
    • Canal Fox Life
    • Canal Fox Reality
    • Canal Fox Sports
    • Canal Speed
    • Canal National Geographic Channel
    • Fox One-Stop Media - advertising sales for company owned and third party channels in Latin America
  • LAPTV (22.5%) (Latin American Pay Television) operates 8 cable movie channels throughout South America excluding Brazil.
    • Movie City
    • Cine Canal
    • Cine Canal Classics
    • City Vibe
    • City Mix
    • The Film Zone
    • Movie City HD
    • Movie City On Demand
  • Telecine(12.5%) operates 5 cable movie channels in Brazil.
    • Telecine Premium
    • Telecine Action
    • Telecine Light
    • Telecine Pipoca
    • Telecine Cult
• Australia
  • Premier Media Group (50%)
    • Fox Sports One
    • Fox Sports Two
    • Fox Sports Three
    • FoxSportsNews
    • FUEL TV (Australia)
    • How To Channel
  • Premium Movie Partnership (20%) - movie channels, a joint venture between 20th Century Fox, Sony Universal Pictures, Paramount and Liberty Media
    • Showtime 1 & 2
    • Showtime Greats

PLATFORMS

• India
  • Hathway Cable & Datacom (22.2%), India's 2nd largest cable network through 7 cities including Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai & Pune
• Taiwan
  • Total TV (20%), Pay TV platform with JV partner KOO's Group majority owner (80%). News Corp also has a 20% interest in the KOO's Group directly

[edit] Internet

• Fox Interactive Media
  • Foxsports.com - website with sports news, scores, statistics, video and fantasy sports
  • MySpace - Social networking website, general interest website acquired through purchase from Intermix Media
  • MySpace TV, a video site which will host amateur videos, contents from net and studios that competes with Google's YouTube
  • Photobucket - Photo sharing website.
  • Beliefnet - Largest online faith and spirituality network.
  • Hulu (45%) - online video download site in partnership with NBC Universal.
  • Flektor - provides Web-based tools for photo and video editing and mashups.
  • IGN Entertainment - Internet entertainment portal (Includes the sites IGN, GameSpy, Rotten Tomatoes, TeamXbox, and Askmen.com)
  • Slingshot Labs - web development incubator (Includes the sites DailyFill).
  • Strategic Data Corp - interactive advertising company which develops technology to deliver targeted internet advertising.
  • Scout.com
  • WhatIfSports.com - sports simulation and prediction website. Also provides fantasy-style sports games to play.
• Indya.com - 'India's no. 1 Entertainment Portal'
• ROO Group Inc (5% increasing to 10% with performance targets)
• News Digital Media
  • News.com.au - Australian-oriented news website
    • News Lab
  • CareerOne.com.au (50%) - recruitment advertisement website in partnership with Monster Worldwide.
  • CarsGuide.com.au
  • in2mobi.com.au
  • TrueLocal.com.au
  • Moshtix.com.au
  • Learning Seat
  • Netus (75%) - investment co. in online properties.
• REA Group (60.7%)
  • Realestate.com.au
  • Casa.it (69.4%), Sky Italia also holds a 30.6% share
  • atHome group, operator of leading realestate websites in Luxembourg, France, Belgium and Germany.
    • Altowin (51%),provider of office management tools for realestate agents in Belgium.
  • Propertyfinder.com (50%), News International holds the remaining 50%
    • Sherlock Publications, owner of hotproperty.co.uk portal and magazine titles 'Hot Property', 'Renting' and 'Overseas'
    • ukpropertyshop.co.uk, most comprehensive UK estate agent directory.
  • PropertyLook, property websites in Australia and New Zealand.
  • HomeSite.com.au, home renovation and improvement website.
  • Square Foot Limited, Hong Kong's largest English Language property magazine and website
    • Primedia - Holding co. of Inside DB, a Hong Kong lifestyle magazine.
• TadpoleNet Media (10%) Hosts of ArmySailor.com
• New Zealand
  • DVD Unlimited - leading online DVD subscription service (ownership through stake in Sky Network Television).

[edit] Other assets

• NDS - Conditional access technology and personal digital video recorders (PVRs) (49%)
  • Jungo
  • Timothy Coville
  • ITE, publisher of Playstation and Mobile games, and interactive television
  • Orbis Technology, supplier of online gambling software
• Broadsystem Ltd (UK) - Telephony provider for media companies, bought in 1991
• Broadsystem Australia (Australia)
• Broadsystem Ventures (UK) - provider of cheap-rate telephone calls, particularly for customers of Sky Television. Bought outright in 1999.
• Jamba! - Mobile Entertainment/Mobile Handsets Personalisation/Games.
• News Outdoor Group - Largest outdoor advertising company in Eastern Europe with over 70,000 ads including billboards and bus shelters, operating in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, India, Israel, Poland, Romania, Russia (96 cities), Turkey & Ukraine.
  • Maximedia Israel (67%)
  • Mosgorreklama (50%) - Russia sign and marketing material manufacturer
  • Kamera Acikhava Reklamclik (?) - leading outdoor advertising company in Turkey
• Australian Associated Press (45%) - real time news service.
• Stats Inc (50%) - worlds leading provider of sporting information and statistical analysis (a JV with Associated Press)
• Fox Sports Grill (50%) - Upscale sports bar and restaurant with 8 locations - Scottsdale, Arizona; Irvine, California; Seattle, Washington; Glendale, Arizona; Plano, Texas; Houston, Texas; San Diego, California; and Atlanta, Georgia.
• Fox Sports Skybox (70%) - Sports fan's Bar & Grill at Staples Center and 6 airport restaurants.
• News America Marketing (US) - (100%) - nation’s leading marketing services company, products include a portfolio of in-store, home-delivered and online media under the SmartSource brand.

[edit] Annual conference

News Corporation organises an annual management conference, discussing media issues related to geopolitics. Attendees include News Corporation executives, senior journalists, Politicians and Celebrities. Previous events were in Cancun, Mexico, and the Hayman Island off the coast of Australia. The events are private and secretive, there are no records available for the agenda or talks given at the conferences, and no uninvited journalists are permitted access.^[14]

The 2006 event in Pebble Beach, California was led by Rupert Murdoch. According to a copy of the agenda leaked to the Los Angeles Times and other media accounts,^[15] issues discussed related from Europe to broadcasting and new media, terrorism to the national policy.^[16] The event included speeches from Rupert Murdoch, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Prime Minister Tony Blair, Bono, Al Gore, Senator John McCain and Bill Clinton while Israeli vice-premier, Shimon Peres, will appear on a panel named Islam and the West. The Other notable attendees include Newt Gingrich and Nicole Kidman.

[edit] See also

• List of conglomerates
• List of assets owned by News Corporation

[edit] References

• Dow Jones Indexes

[edit] External links

• News Corporation official site
• Ketupa - News Corporation profile with history and holdings
• News Corp. Corporate Timeline - Columbia Journalism Review This Site has not been updated since 2004.
• Broadsystem - official site for News International subsidiary
• Dow Jones Indexes, dowjonesindexes.com

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