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What The News Corp. Split Means For Investors
Gary Bourgeault • Sun, May 26 • 2 Comments
News Corp. Options Active After Earnings
Interactive Brokers • Thu, May 9
Read All About It: News Corp. Announces Spin-Off Details
Mike Arnold • Sun, Mar 10
Adding To News Corp. Right Now
Abba's Aces • Sun, Mar 3 • 1 Comment
Addition By Subtraction: The Reason I'm Buying News Corp.
Abba's Aces • Mon, Feb 18
News Corp.'s Cable Networks Continue To Drive Profitability
Saibus Research • Tue, Feb 12 • 4 Comments
News Corporation's Outlook Is Tied To Its Cable Networks Business Strength
Trefis • Fri, Feb 8
News Corp Earnings: Cable Business, Improving Ad Market And Sports In Focus
Trefis • Wed, Feb 6
The New News Corp. Might Be Worth A New Look
Taylor Kiviat • Mon, Dec 24, 2012 • 1 Comment
News Corporation New Media Strategy Is Baseball And Local Sports
Chris Katje • Tue, Dec 11, 2012
Last Chance To Get On The News Corp. Train
Dana Blankenhorn • Mon, Dec 3, 2012 • 2 Comments
News Corp Sports More Sports To Keep Leverage
Peter Pham • Mon, Dec 3, 2012
News Corp.'s Cable Assets Offset Publishing Weakness
Saibus Research • Fri, Nov 30, 2012
Private Equity Could Make Big Money From News Corp., Why Not Join Them?
Dana Blankenhorn • Mon, Oct 22, 2012
News Corp.'s Accounting More Problematic Despite New Compliance Unit
GMI Ratings • Mon, Oct 1, 2012
Play News Corp. Against Dish Network And Viacom Internet Speculation
Dana Blankenhorn • Fri, Sep 28, 2012 • 1 Comment
Earnings Preview: News Corp.
Theflyonthewall • Tue, Aug 7, 2012
Splitting Up News Corp. Means Shoring Up - Or Shipping Out - Print Ops
Diane Mermigas • Thu, Jul 5, 2012 • 3 Comments
News Corp. Shareholders Finally Get What They Were Paying For
Dana Blankenhorn • Fri, Jun 29, 2012
News Corp's Possible Split Could Reward Shareholders
Valuentum • Thu, Jun 28, 2012 • 1 Comment

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Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Wall Street Breakfast • Mon, Jun 3 • 57 Comments
Yahoo Acquires PlayerScale, Expands Empire Into Gaming
Kyle Spencer • Tue, May 28 • 8 Comments
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Wall Street Breakfast • Fri, May 24 • 98 Comments
Hulu In The Hands Of The Cable Companies Would Negatively Impact Netflix
Money Investor • Thu, May 16 • 45 Comments
Complete Seth Klarman And Baupost Group Portfolio Update
Profit Fan • Wed, May 15 • 3 Comments
Tracking Seth Klarman's Baupost Group Holdings - Q1 2013 Update
John Vincent • Wed, May 15 • 3 Comments
Comcast's Shares Certainly Aren't Growing At Xfinity Speeds
Black Coral Research • Wed, May 8 • 2 Comments
YouTube Subscription Hype Is Overblown, At Least For Now
Gary Bourgeault • Wed, May 8 • 5 Comments
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Wall Street Breakfast • Mon, May 6 • 56 Comments
Portfolio Protection Playbook: Federal Reserve Indifferent About Risk
Mike Arnold • Sun, May 5 • 16 Comments
Cable Networks Will Drive CBS's Earnings
Trefis • Tue, Apr 30
Akamai: Hitting A Home Run With Expanding Margins
Nick Chiu • Fri, Apr 26 • 1 Comment
Aereo And The Death Of Broadcast TV
Felix Salmon • Mon, Apr 22 • 4 Comments
Man Of Steel Movie Could Make Time Warner DC Comics Unit Pay Off
Chris Katje • Mon, Apr 22
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Wall Street Breakfast • Wed, Apr 10 • 69 Comments
Netflix Is Still The Hottest Ticket
Richard Saintvilus • Thu, Apr 4 • 26 Comments
Individual Investor Fund: Mr. Market Keeps On Going
James Sands • Tue, Apr 2 • 2 Comments
Paywalls Rise
Felix Salmon • Fri, Mar 29 • 5 Comments
Another Disruption To The Media Business?
Mike Arnold • Thu, Mar 28 • 2 Comments
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Wall Street Breakfast • Tue, Mar 26 • 42 Comments

News Corporation's Management Discusses F2Q 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Feb 6
News Corporation's Management Discusses F1Q13 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Nov 6, 2012
News Management Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Aug 11, 2011
News Corp. Management Discusses F1Q2011 Results – Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Nov 4, 2010
News F4Q10 (Qtr End 06/30/2010) Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Aug 5, 2010
News Corporation F2Q10 (Qtr End 12/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Feb 2, 2010
News Corporation F2Q10 (Qtr End 12/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Feb 2, 2010
News Corporation F1Q10 (Qtr End 09/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Nov 6, 2009
News Corporation F4Q09 (Qtr End 06/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Aug 5, 2009
News Corporation F3Q09 (Qtr End 3/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, May 6, 2009
News Corporation F2Q09 (Qtr End 12/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Feb 5, 2009 • 3 Comments
News Corporation F1Q09 (Qtr End 09/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Nov 5, 2008
News Corporation F4Q08 (Qtr End 6/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Aug 5, 2008
News Corporation F3Q08 (Qtr End 3/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, May 8, 2008
News Corporation F2Q08 (Qtr End 12/31/07) Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Feb 4, 2008
News Corporation F1Q08 (Qtr End 9/30/07) Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Nov 7, 2007
News Corporation F4Q07 (Qtr End 6/30/07) Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Aug 8, 2007
News Corporation F3Q07 (Qtr End 3/31/07) Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, May 9, 2007
News Corporation F2Q07 (Qtr End 12/31/06) Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Feb 7, 2007
News Corp F1Q07 (Qtr End 9/30/06) Earnings Call Transcript
Wed, Nov 8, 2006

Janet Nova Elevated to Executive Vice President and Deputy Group General Counsel for 21st Century Fox

Business Wire (Mon, 12:00PM)
News Corporation and the new News Corporation Execute Previously Announced Stockholder Rights Agreements

Business Wire (Fri, 5:40PM)
Apple’s Eddy Cue defends e-book approach

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News Corporation’s Veteran Chief Financial Officer David DeVoe to Retire after Company’s Separation

Business Wire (Thu, 4:05PM)
News Corp.’s Rupert Murdoch files for divorce

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News Corporation Announces Expected Trading Timetable for Shares of Common Stock of 21st Century Fox and the new News Corporation

Business Wire (Thu, 8:30AM)
News Corporation Stockholders Approve Charter Amendments Related to Separation of Its Businesses

Business Wire (Jun 11, 2013)
Asia Markets: Asia stocks lower after Bank of Japan stays pat

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MySpace founder lauds Facebook, raps Zynga

at MarketWatch.com (Jun 4, 2013)
News Corporation to Cancel Standard Listing on London Stock Exchange

Business Wire (May 30, 2013)
News Corp.’s Murdoch plays down newspaper buys

at MarketWatch.com (May 29, 2013)
Hulu Said to Attract At Least 6 Bidders

at Fox Business (May 24, 2013)
News Corporation Board of Directors Approves Separation of Businesses

Business Wire (May 24, 2013)
Outside the Box: How not to screw it up: Three challenges for Yahoo

at MarketWatch.com (May 22, 2013)
Antoinette Cook Bush Named Executive Vice President and Global Head of Government Affairs for New News Corporation

Business Wire (May 15, 2013)
Stocks to Watch: Tesla, Green Mountain, Groupon are stocks to watch

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Asia Markets: Most Asia stocks drop after China data

at MarketWatch.com (May 9, 2013)
After Hours: Tesla Motors shares rally after hours

at MarketWatch.com (May 8, 2013)
Earnings Watch: Updates, advisories and surprises

at MarketWatch.com (May 8, 2013)
News Corporation Reports Third Quarter Earnings Per Share of $1.22 on Net Income Attributable to Stockholders of $2.85 Billion

Business Wire (May 8, 2013)

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Company Description

News Corporation, a Delaware corporation, is a diversified global media company with operations in the following eight industry segments: (i) Filmed Entertainment; (ii) Television; (iii) Cable Network Programming; (iv) Direct Broadcast Satellite Television; (v) Magazines and Inserts; (vi)... More

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Industry: Entertainment - Diversified

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Friday, June 14, 1:26 PM Stanley Druckenmiller took out a new 2.3M share position in News Corp. (NWS, NWSA) during Q1, according to SEC filings. The investor is far from the first billionaire to have loaded up on the media giant in front of its planned spinoff. Comment! [Consumer]
Friday, June 14, 8:17 AM News Corp. (NWS, NWSA) trades 1.1% lower premarket after announcing longtime CFO David DeVoe will retire. It's a busy time for Rupert Murdoch these days, not only is his business splitting into two, he's also reported to be splitting up his marriage. Unlike the predicament Steve Wynn found himself in with shares of Wynn Resorts and a divorce situation, Wendi Murdoch doesn't have a sizable stake in the media company. 2 Comments [Consumer]
Friday, June 14, 4:47 AM Intel (INTC) is reportedly encountering difficulty in signing up programming deals for its upcoming online TV service, with major media companies such as Disney (DIS), Time Warner (TWX), Viacom (VIA), News Corp (NWS) and Comcast (CMCSA) yet to sign on. Pressure from cable TV providers such as Time Warner (TWC) is one reason, as is a fear of damaging the current lucrative ecosystem that the content and service providers enjoy. 21 Comments [Tech, Consumer]
Thursday, June 13, 4:17 PM News Corp. (NWS, NWSA) CFO David DeVoe will retire at the end of FY13 (ends this month), and is being replaced by deputy CFO John Nallen. DeVoe, 65, has been News Corp.'s CFO since 1990. He'll remain on the media giant's board, and serve as a "senior advisor." Nallen will oversee Fox's finance functions after News Corp.'s breakup. (PR) Comment! [Consumer, Breaking News]
Thursday, June 13, 12:02 PM A deal which will see DirecTV (DTV +0.1%) purchase Hulu (CMCSA, DIS, NWS) by the end of the month is imminent, sources tell PandoDaily. The acquisition would fill a large void in DirecTV's offerings which would be difficult to build from ground up and also allow it to play some defense against Hulu falling into a rival's hands. 3 Comments [Consumer, M&A]
Thursday, June 13, 5:57 AM Fox's ad commitments for the upcoming season starting in September have reportedly fallen about 10% on year to $1.75B even though rates have risen 5-7%. The reason for the drop in commitments at the News Corp (NWS) unit is a 21% decline in ratings in the season that's just ended. The amount Fox attracted is far less than the $2.7B that CBS achieved. Comment! [Consumer]
Tuesday, June 11, 11:31 AM Shareholders at News Corp (NWS, NWSA) officially approve the planned split of the company into separate businesses at its annual meeting. Voting details aren't in, but Rupert Murdoch says the measure was approved by an "overwhelming majority" of proxy voters. With the Murdoch family controlling close to 40% of the votes, tallying up the results was only a formality. Comment! [Consumer]
Thursday, June 6, 1:32 PM Unanswered questions about the NFL's deal with Verizon: 1) Are CBS (CBS -0.9%) and Fox (NWS -0.8%) getting a free ride out of the arrangement between the NFL and Verizon which will see games steamed live on mobile phones or will it cut into the benefits of their own deal to stream games on devices other than TVs and smartphones? 2) If the deal allows games to be viewed on phones, but not tablets, where will the line be drawn as the two wireless products increasingly resemble each other? 3) Will Verizon (VZ +2.3%) recoup its investment over the long-term as new subscribers stay on board or will the fees subscribers pay for access to the NFL cover the cost? 4) Is DirecTV (DTV +0.2%) the odd man out as its NFL Sunday Ticket package begins to look outdated? 1 Comment [Consumer, Tech]
Thursday, June 6, 11:13 AM AT&T (T) has reportedly joined the ranks of companies weighing bids for Hulu (DIS, CMCSA, NWS): sources tell Kara Swisher Ma Bell is in talks with a company run by former News Corp. COO Peter Chermin to make a joint offer for the online video site. But before investors start mulling the potential U-verse and mobile implications, it should be noted Yahoo, DirecTV, Time Warner Cable, and Guggenheim Partners have also been named as interested parties in recent weeks. (previous) 1 Comment [Tech, M&A, Consumer]
Tuesday, June 4, 6:38 AM Fox Broadcasting (NWS, NWSA) seeks to stop Dish Network's (DISH) AutoHop ad-skipping service by asking a federal judge to overturn a ruling from a district judge on the issue. In its filing, Fox contends that AutoHop is an "unprecedented threat" to the ad-supported TV model. 1 Comment [Consumer]
Sunday, June 2, 2:53 AM Satellite operator DirecTV (DTV) and two other unidentified suitors have reportedly bid over $1B each to acquire Hulu. The owners of the online video service, which are News Corp (NWS), Disney (DIS) and Comcast (CMCSA), have received seven offers for the company, and intend to cut the shortlist down over the next few weeks. Previous reports have said that other bidders include Yahoo (YHOO), KKR (KKR) and Time Warner Cable (TWC). 5 Comments [Consumer, M&A, Top Stories]
Thursday, May 30, 10:00 AM Hulu (DIS, NWS, CMCSA) says its top global operations exec resigned earlier this month to continue a trend of management heading for the exits. What to watch: Amid the excitement over a number of big-name media and tech suitors entering the chase for Hulu is the reality that securing a final deal will be difficult. The streaming service relies on fresh content from NBC, ABC, and Fox - but will those deals be extended to a new owner? 2 Comments [Consumer, Tech]
Tuesday, May 28, 3:48 PM What makes Hulu so valuable? Despite revenue streams that aren't fully realized yet, the Hulu (DIS, CMCSA, NWS) brand is already worth more than any of the networks, argues RBC Capital Market's David Bank. Though still only a minor player on the subscription side, the company sits in a dominant position to take advantage of the boom expected in online video advertising. Does the drop today in Netflix (NFLX -6.3%) have more to do with the threat of Hulu being owned by a bigger company than disappointing reviews for Arrested Development? 9 Comments [Consumer, Tech]
Friday, May 24, 6:25 PM News Corp. (NWS, NWSA) expects to write down the value of its soon-to-be-independent publishing business by $1.2B-$1.4B this quarter, according to an SEC filing. The media company says "certain of its goodwill and intangible assets were potentially impaired” at the publishing business, which includes newspapers such as the NY Post and WSJ. 1 Comment [Consumer]
Friday, May 24, 3:12 PM Yahoo (YHOO +1.7%) throws its name into the Hulu hat to join a number of P-E firms as well as DirecTV and Time Warner Cable in the hunt. Owners Disney (DIS +0.1%), Comcast (CMCSA +0.2%), and News Corp (NWS, NWSA) will weigh the best offer, but will also want to position themselves on the content side to be protected. (Previous on Hulu-mania) 16 Comments [Tech, Consumer]
Friday, May 24, 1:40 PM Add KKR and Silver Lake Management to the list of bidders for Hulu (CMCSA, DIS, NWS), according to Bloomberg. Earlier reports indicated Time Warner Cable (TWC -0.8%), Guggenheim Digital, and DirecTV (DTV -0.6%) are in the hunt. What to watch: Some analysts think Hulu could evolve into a payment authentication system for the cable industry, while others bet that a single media/tech company will snap up the firm to create a unique position for itself in video - either as a premium streaming service or an ad-supported content monster. Either way Netflix (NFLX -0.5%) is watching. 1 Comment [Consumer, Tech]

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The decline of the WSJ's long form articles $NWS: http://bit.ly/1763Eek
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News Corp.'s Cable Networks Continue To Drive Profitability: http://seekingalpha.com/a/p7yf $NWSA $NWS $AMCX $MNI $NYT $SNI $DISCK
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China Lodging Group ($HTHT), Qihoo 360 ($QIHU), AZZ ($AZZ), News Corp ($NWS), & PPG Industries ($PPG) rose Monday on unusual volume.
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investment ideas of the week 12-3-12 http://bit.ly/VgrLin $KHDHF $YNGFF $CHK $NWS $EXC $WEC
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Procter & Gamble ($PG), News Corp. ($NWS) and Pepsi ($PEP) Provide Favorable Return Relative to Treasuries - http://su.pr/1xSHJE
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Our newest analysis and full stock reports http://bit.ly/NhsDF9 $BKW $WEC $HHC $GLRE $NWS $V $DISCK $TEVA $NOVO $STT $CHKP $UMBF
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http://bit.ly/M6Jsx1 Premarket loser $ATPG, $HZNP, $ASML, $NWS Premarket gainer $CTRX, $NSPH, $OSUR, $MLNX
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News Corporation Announces Intent to Pursue Separation of Entertainment and Publishing Businesses $NWS http://bit.ly/NR2yuX
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The decline of the WSJ's long form articles $NWS: http://bit.ly/1763Eek
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http://bit.ly/wzt8Su Hulu Plus Claims More Than 1.5 Million Subs; Commits $500 Million On Content $NFLX $NWS $CMCSA $DIS
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Josh Krause: Apparently that doesn't matter. Rally on! Big money wants to run this up in front of earnings.
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