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Disney spends $52.4bn on Fox
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/12/2017
» NEW YORK: The Walt Disney Co on Thursday agreed to buy film, TV and international assets from Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox Inc for $52.4 billion (1.7 trillion baht) as Disney seeks greater scale to tackle growing competition from Netflix and Amazon.com.
Disney to buy Fox film, TV assets for $52.4bn in stock
Reuters, Published on 14/12/2017
» NEW YORK: The Walt Disney Co on Thursday agreed to buy film, TV and international assets from Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox Inc for $52.4 billion (1.7 trillion baht) as Disney seeks greater scale to tackle growing competition from Netflix and Amazon.com.
'Rampant' Singapore piracy prompts Hollywood lobby for crackdown
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/12/2017
» HONG KONG: Singapore, which prides itself on being a haven for law and order, is being called a haven for pirating copyrighted programming by entertainment titans such as Walt Disney, HBO, the National Basketball Association and the English Premier League.
When Big Media Companies Ditch Their Stodgy Parts
Business, Justin Fox, Published on 23/01/2017
» In July 2015, the London-based publisher Pearson Plc informed the world that it was getting out of the news business, announcing a deal to sell the Financial Times to Nikkei Inc and plans to get rid of its 50% stake in The Economist.
Murdoch still eyeing Time Warner after rejection
AFP, Published on 16/07/2014
» Rupert Murdoch's conglomerate said Wednesday it made an unsuccessful bid for rival Time Warner which could shake up the media-entertainment world.