https://www.scmp.com/rss/308093/feed 21st Century Fox was an American mass media corporation with assets including 20th Century Fox, FX Networks, and National Geographic Partners. It was hived off from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp in 2013, allowing investors to value the cable, movie and pay TV investments more highly than the traditional news media assets. In 2017, most of its assets - including the rights to TV series such as The Simpsons and film franchises including the X-Men and Fantastic Four superhero IPs - were acquired by... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com James Mottram James Mottram Predicting the movie business is a fool’s errand, but with a new year under way, let us start with a moment of cautious optimism: 2026 could be a great year for cinema. Last year, with artificial intelligence (AI) encroaching on the industry and ticket sales still trailing pre-pandemic levels, there was much soul-searching. This year, cinema is boldly heralding the theatrical experience, with heavyweights Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg and Denis Villeneuve all back with new films. Behind... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3338872/hollywood-2026-movies-and-bigger-china-focus-dunesday-heres-what-expect?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3338872/hollywood-2026-movies-and-bigger-china-focus-dunesday-heres-what-expect?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Jan 2026 11:15:09 +0000 Richard James Havis Richard James Havis Stephen Chow Sing-chi became a Hong Kong superstar in 1990, inheriting the comic crown that was worn by Michael Hui Koon-man in the 1970s and kung fu comedians like Sammo Hung Kam-bo in the 1980s. But by the middle of the decade, overexposure had caused his star to wane. A more thoughtful filmmaker than his scatterbrained films often suggested, Chow realised he needed to make a change, focusing on increasing the quality and decreasing the quantity of his films. Consequently, the 1996 film The... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3328469/how-stephen-chows-god-cookery-proved-hong-kong-comedy-star-could-do-much-more?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3328469/how-stephen-chows-god-cookery-proved-hong-kong-comedy-star-could-do-much-more?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Oct 2025 08:15:07 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump said in a Fox News interview broadcast on Sunday that he had found a buyer for the TikTok short-video app, which he described as a group of “very wealthy people” whose identities he will reveal “in about two weeks”. It’s a time frame Trump often cites, most recently about a decision on whether the US military would get directly involved in the war between Israel and Iran. The US struck Iranian nuclear sites just days later. Trump made the remarks in an interview on Fox... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3316297/trump-says-he-has-group-very-wealthy-people-buy-tiktok?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3316297/trump-says-he-has-group-very-wealthy-people-buy-tiktok?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 Jun 2025 16:40:04 +0000 Magnate Rupert Murdoch’s surprise announcement Thursday that he’s stepping down as leader of his two companies leaves his son Lachlan firmly in line of succession at Fox and the rest of the media empire. The 92-year-old Australian billionaire’s creation of Fox News Channel has made him an enduring force in American politics. He inherited a newspaper in Adelaide, Australia, from his father in 1952 and eventually built a news and entertainment enterprise dominant in the United States and... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3235425/real-life-succession-rupert-murdoch-exits-fox-and-hands-media-empire-son-lachlan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3235425/real-life-succession-rupert-murdoch-exits-fox-and-hands-media-empire-son-lachlan?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Sep 2023 06:03:01 +0000 Asia’s two richest men – Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani – are doubling down on India’s media sector, intensifying competition in an arena where Netflix and Amazon are also vying for more than a billion viewers. Viacom18 Media, Ambani’s local joint venture with Paramount Global, is set to receive 135 billion rupees (US$1.8 billion) in a funding round led by James Murdoch-backed Bodhi Tree Systems. Adani Enterprises Ltd, the tycoon’s flagship company, said separately that it has established a new... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3175893/asias-two-richest-men-prepare-battle-netflix-amazon-billion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3175893/asias-two-richest-men-prepare-battle-netflix-amazon-billion?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Apr 2022 14:20:50 +0000 With Disney+ about to enter Hong Kong’s streaming market, the question is not whether it will be a major player, but whether it will Hulk smash the likes of Netflix, HBO and other entertainment platforms. Launched in North America and the Netherlands on November 12, 2019, the service has gradually rolled out across Asia this year and has made an impact wherever it has arrived. After being offered in Japan, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia, it officially starts in Hong Kong on... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3151625/disney-hong-kong-star-wars-star-hub-regional-head-kerwin-lo?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3151625/disney-hong-kong-star-wars-star-hub-regional-head-kerwin-lo?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 09 Oct 2021 01:15:19 +0000 Throw a fully functional teapot in under a minute. Craft a giant bathroom object by melting and sculpting glass. Build a bridge entirely out of Lego that can hold up to 500 kilograms (1,100lbs). These are the challenges contestants may face in HBO Max’s The Great Pottery Throw Down, Netflix’s Blown Away and Fox’s Lego Masters, respectively – three titles that are part of a burgeoning reality TV subgenre that shines a spotlight on the most specialised of design skills. These shows take the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3136474/extreme-reality-tv-shows-making-pottery-topiary-face-offs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3136474/extreme-reality-tv-shows-making-pottery-topiary-face-offs?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Jun 2021 11:15:00 +0000 QYK Brands was putting the final touches on its US$5 million medical mask production line in Garden Grove, California, when it hit a snag: export shipments by its Chinese supplier of melt-blown polypropylene – the non-woven mesh that filters out airborne particles – were disrupted by extra inspections. China is its only source of supply, since all of the US fabric production combined can barely meet the needs of the largest face masks manufacturer in the country. Supplies from Sinopec, China’s... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3084632/companies-rush-replace-just-time-supply-chains-just-case?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3084632/companies-rush-replace-just-time-supply-chains-just-case?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 May 2020 06:30:08 +0000 Right-wing media mogul Rupert Murdoch is widely described as one of the architects of the rise of Donald Trump, Brexit in the United Kingdom and the ousting of Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull last year. But Turnbull believes that the influence of news baron Murdoch – who owns pro-Trump broadcaster Fox News in the United States, pro-Brexit newspaper The Sun in the UK and highly influential newspaper publisher News Corp Australia – is on the wane despite his role in the “coup” from the... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3003845/donald-trumps-twitter-use-liberating-rupert-murdoch-has-less?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3003845/donald-trumps-twitter-use-liberating-rupert-murdoch-has-less?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Mar 2019 21:00:05 +0000 Thirty-four years ago, Rupert Murdoch showed up in Hollywood with US$250 million, buying a stake in the 20th Century Fox film studio – even though he had little interest in making movies. The scrappy Australian newsman, then known for his clamorous tabloids, was viewed with suspicion. Sceptics assumed he was a corporate raider intent on stripping value from the studio. Instead, Murdoch rescued a threadbare operation from financial ruin and turned it into the centrepiece of a growing empire that... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3002086/rupert-murdoch-begins-his-hollywood-goodbye?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3002086/rupert-murdoch-begins-his-hollywood-goodbye?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 17 Mar 2019 21:08:04 +0000 NBC and Fox News Channel both said Monday that they will stop airing US President Donald Trump’s campaign advertisement that featured an illegal immigrant convicted of murder. CNN had rejected the same ad, declaring it racist. Facebook had also banned the ad. Fox pulled the ad Sunday “upon further review”, said Marianne Gambelli, president of the network’s ad sales department. Fox did not immediately say how many times it aired on either Fox News Channel or the Fox Business Network. It is... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2171843/fox-and-nbc-join-cnn-and-ban-racist-trump-election?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2171843/fox-and-nbc-join-cnn-and-ban-racist-trump-election?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Nov 2018 20:27:34 +0000 Comcast has emerged as the top bidder for European broadcaster Sky after a rare auction held by British regulators. After three rounds of secret bidding on Friday and Saturday, Comcast offered the higher price of £17.28 (US$22.58) per share for Sky, the equivalent of nearly £30 billion (US$39 billion). Rival 21st Century Fox offered £15.67 (US20.47) per share. Sky shareholders must now decide whether to sell their shares to Comcast. Comcast said it hoped to complete the sale by the end of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/2165361/comcast-beats-fox-sky-auction-us39b-bid?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/2165361/comcast-beats-fox-sky-auction-us39b-bid?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Sep 2018 20:55:08 +0000 Twenty-First Century Fox said on Friday its shareholders voted to approve Walt Disney’s US$71 billion purchase of its film and television assets. Results were announced at a special shareholders’ meeting held in New York. Disney was forced to sweeten its offer last month after Comcast, the largest US cable company, made a US$66 billion bid for Fox’s well-known TV shows and movie franchises, including the The Simpsons. Marvel could become master of the cinematic universe if Disney land Fox... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2157246/fox-shareholders-approve-walt-disneys-us71-billion-deal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2157246/fox-shareholders-approve-walt-disneys-us71-billion-deal?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Jul 2018 16:57:20 +0000 Comcast has dropped out of a bidding war with Disney for the prized film and television operations of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox, effectively clearing a path to a new landscape in the media-entertainment world. The cable and media giant said in a statement on Thursday that it would instead focus on acquiring the European pay TV operator Sky, shifting its stand on how it approaches the latest round of consolidation in the sector. The move effectively ensures that Disney will be able to... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2156067/comcast-drops-fox-bid-letting-disney-win?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2156067/comcast-drops-fox-bid-letting-disney-win?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Jul 2018 15:42:50 +0000 US President Donald Trump has hired a former top Fox News executive who was accused of covering up sexual harassment scandals to lead his communications team. Bill Shine, the former co-president of Fox News, was appointed on Thursday as the White House’s deputy chief of staff for communications and assistant to the president. Shine’s hiring comes more than a year after he resigned from Fox News in the wake of the sexual assault allegations against Roger Ailes, the network’s late former... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2154012/white-house-hires-ex-fox-news-executive-bill-shine?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2154012/white-house-hires-ex-fox-news-executive-bill-shine?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Jul 2018 21:39:16 +0000 Walt Disney has won US antitrust approval for its US$71 billion purchase of 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets, raising hurdles for a potential rival bid from Comcast Corp. Disney agreed to sell Fox’s 22 regional sports networks to resolve the Justice Department’s concerns that the deal would raise prices for cable sports programming in local markets, the department said Wednesday. Fox accepts new Disney bid of US$71 billion, putting Comcast in tough spot The approval is a victory for... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2152809/disney-gets-us-antitrust-approval-buy-fox-assets-blow-comcast?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2152809/disney-gets-us-antitrust-approval-buy-fox-assets-blow-comcast?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Jun 2018 17:45:51 +0000 Media company 21st Century Fox accepted a sweetened, US$71.3 billion offer from Walt Disney for its entertainment assets, a bid which eclipses Comcast’s in a battle for one of the media industry’s biggest prizes. The US$38-a-share price is about US$10 a share higher than what Disney offered in December – and US$3 above Comcast’s bid from last week. The new agreement also offers more flexibility and other enhancements than the Comcast offer, Fox said on Wednesday. Thor vs Deadpool? How Disney-Fox... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2151712/fox-accepts-71-billion-disney-bid-dealing-blow-comcast-3?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2151712/fox-accepts-71-billion-disney-bid-dealing-blow-comcast-3?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Jun 2018 14:49:58 +0000 Comcast Corp made a long-awaited offer to acquire much of 21st Century Fox Inc, topping a previous proposal by Walt Disney Co and setting up a bidding war for Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. Comcast, the largest US cable-TV provider, said its cash offer reflects a US$65 billion value for Fox’s entertainment assets. At US$35 a share, the bid represents a 19 per cent premium over the Disney offer, the company said on Wednesday. The move follows AT&T Inc.’s victory over the Justice Department in its... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2150687/comcast-offers-us65-billion-fox-creating-bidding-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2150687/comcast-offers-us65-billion-fox-creating-bidding-war?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Jun 2018 21:08:28 +0000 Twenty-First Century Fox has set a date for shareholders to vote on its US$52 billion plan to sell assets to Walt Disney, essentially creating a deadline for rival suitor Comcast to make a formal offer. Fox scheduled the special shareholder meeting for July 10, but said it may postpone the gathering should another “event” require additional time, according to a statement Wednesday. Fox is recommending that investors vote in favour of the Disney merger. What Fox talking to Disney says about them... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2148549/fox-sets-date-disney-vote-mounting-pressure-rival-suitor-comcast?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2148549/fox-sets-date-disney-vote-mounting-pressure-rival-suitor-comcast?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 May 2018 17:16:16 +0000 Lachlan Murdoch will take on the role of chairman and chief executive officer of the “new” Fox – the slimmed down media company that will be created following the approval of the Walt Disney Co’s acquisition of the majority of 21st Century Fox assets. He takes over from brother James Murdoch, the current CEO, whose name was conspicuously missing from Fox’s announcement on Wednesday. James Murdoch has worked alongside his sibling for years at their father’s media empire. Their father, Rupert... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2146481/lachlan-murdoch-take-over-ceo-new-fox-fate-brother?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2146481/lachlan-murdoch-take-over-ceo-new-fox-fate-brother?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 May 2018 01:47:37 +0000 Media companies can keep worrying about cord cutting. Deloitte found in its 12th annual digital media trends survey that the percentage of American households that subscribe to a streaming service has grown to 55 per cent. Last year, the firm reported that 49 per cent of households reported at least one video subscription service. Kevin Westcott, vice chairman and U.S. media and entertainment leader at Deloitte, told CNBC that exclusive original content is a major driver for customers when... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2138041/more-half-us-homes-now-subscribe-streaming-service?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2138041/more-half-us-homes-now-subscribe-streaming-service?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Mar 2018 08:01:25 +0000 The truth is out there regarding the future of The X-Files, and it is not good for fans of the Fox show. Unless aliens kidnap Gillian Anderson and probe her into changing her mind, the current batch of 10 new episodes will be her last playing Dana Scully. Back in October when Anderson suggested at the New York Comic Con this would be her last season, there was scepticism. Both Anderson and co-star David Duchovny had already come back for one short season of the series and were headed toward... https://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2129648/scully-no-more-gillian-anderson-has-had-enough-x-files?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2129648/scully-no-more-gillian-anderson-has-had-enough-x-files?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Jan 2018 00:02:05 +0000 Walt Disney Co on Thursday agreed to buy film, TV and international assets from Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox for US$52.4 billion as Disney seeks greater scale to tackle growing competition from Netflix and Amazon.com. Under the terms of the all-stock deal, Disney acquires significant assets from Fox, including the studios that produce the blockbuster Marvel superhero pictures and the Avatar franchise, as well as hit TV shows such as The Simpsons. Fox shareholders will receive 0.2745... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/2124374/disney-buy-fox-film-tv-businesses-us52b?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/2124374/disney-buy-fox-film-tv-businesses-us52b?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 Dec 2017 13:08:56 +0000 The Fox boss James Murdoch is reportedly being considered as a potential successor to Bob Iger, chief executive of Walt Disney, if the two companies reach agreement on a possible takeover. According to the Financial Times, Rupert Murdoch and his younger son, James, could take senior roles at a combined company if a deal is struck. Iger, 66, is due to retire in 2019 and James Murdoch, 44, currently chief executive of 21st Century Fox and chairman of the satellite broadcaster Sky, is a possible... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2123112/james-murdoch-could-be-next-disney-ceo-if-us60?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2123112/james-murdoch-could-be-next-disney-ceo-if-us60?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Dec 2017 06:03:44 +0000 By David Faber Disney and Twenty-First Century Fox are closing in on a deal, and it could come as soon as next week, according to sources familiar with the matter. CNBC has been reporting that Disney has held talks with the Rupert Murdoch-controlled media company to acquire its studio and television production assets, leaving Fox with its news and sports assets. Fox is also talking with CNBC parent company Comcast, but the talks with Disney have progressed more significantly. The deal... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/2123073/disney-and-fox-are-closing-deal-could-be-announced-next-week-sources?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/2123073/disney-and-fox-are-closing-deal-could-be-announced-next-week-sources?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Dec 2017 03:30:00 +0000 By Leon Lazaroff Whether or not the Murdoch family actually would break up Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. has become a media industry parlour game with few rivals. After some five decades in the media and entertainment business, Rupert Murdoch may sell his movie and TV studios as well as Fox’s international distribution networks in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Australia. Fox executives have been talking with their counterparts at Comcast Corp., owner of NBCUniversal, about selling those... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2120842/murdoch-family-may-not-be-unified-about-breaking-fox?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2120842/murdoch-family-may-not-be-unified-about-breaking-fox?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Nov 2017 04:00:45 +0000 By Leon Lazaroff Even if a far-reaching deal between 21st Century Fox Inc. and Walt Disney Co. doesn’t occur, the premise of the talks reflects a sobering reality for the traditional television and film companies that have dominated media and entertainment for the past 50 years. “Everybody is trying to figure out, ‘What’s my company look like, and how do I compete with Google and Facebook and Amazon and Netflix and Apple?’” said Mike Kelly, CEO of media consultancy Kelly Newman Ventures LLC and... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2118975/what-fox-talking-disney-says-about-fox-and-global-media-business?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2118975/what-fox-talking-disney-says-about-fox-and-global-media-business?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Nov 2017 09:45:30 +0000 By David Faber 21st Century Fox has been holding talks to sell most of the company to Walt Disney Co., leaving behind a media company tightly focused on news and sports, according to people familiar with the situation. The talks have taken place over the last few weeks and there is no certainty they will lead to a deal. The two sides are not currently talking at this very moment, but given the on again, off again nature of the talks, they could be revisited. For Fox, the willingness to engage in... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2118699/21st-century-fox-has-been-holding-talks-sell-most-company-disney?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2118699/21st-century-fox-has-been-holding-talks-sell-most-company-disney?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Nov 2017 02:15:15 +0000 Fox Networks Group Asia, the multimedia arm of American media giant 21st Century Fox, has launched its video streaming platform Fox+ in Hong Kong – the latest entrant in a market overcrowded with television content providers. But Zubin Gandevia, president of Fox Networks Group Asia, said on Wednesday that Fox+ has an edge over its competitors because of its high-quality local television productions. Fox+ is already available in Taiwan, the Philippines and Singapore. A city of 7 million people,... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/2118084/andy-laus-wall-street-style-tv-series-trading-floor-secret-weapon-fox-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/2118084/andy-laus-wall-street-style-tv-series-trading-floor-secret-weapon-fox-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Nov 2017 05:16:37 +0000 Bill O’Reilly, the Fox News commentator forced to resign in April, agreed to a US$32 million sexual harassment settlement in January, and the network’s parent knew about the deal when it gave him a new contract the next month, The New York Times reported. The previously undisclosed agreement, at least the sixth involving O’Reilly or the company related to harassment charges against him, was “extraordinarily large” for such cases, according to the newspaper, which cited two people “briefed on the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2116455/fox-signed-bill-oreilly-knowing-us32-million-sex?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2116455/fox-signed-bill-oreilly-knowing-us32-million-sex?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Oct 2017 05:49:22 +0000 By Kinsey Grant Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. is going to capitalise on original programming to gain market share in an Asian streaming landscape widely dominated by Netflix and Amazon.com Inc. , Asia’s Nikkei reported. Fox Networks Group’s president of Asia Pacific and Middle East Zubin Gandevia said Fox’s digital offerings in the crowded market are differentiated by the media company’s impressive scale. “We are the biggest buyer of content in the English [language] market,” Gandevia said. “We... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2111963/fox-attempts-win-asias-crowded-streaming-market-original-content?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2111963/fox-attempts-win-asias-crowded-streaming-market-original-content?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Sep 2017 04:00:00 +0000 Twenty-First Century Fox has decided to part ways with star cable news host Bill O’Reilly following allegations of sexual harassment, the company said on Wednesday. “After a thorough and careful review of the allegations, the company and Bill O’Reilly have agreed that Bill O’Reilly will not be returning to the Fox News Channel,” the company said in a statement. “Over the past 20 years at Fox News, I have been extremely proud to launch and lead one of the most successful news programmes in... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2089061/star-conservative-tv-host-bill-oreilly-out-fox-after?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2089061/star-conservative-tv-host-bill-oreilly-out-fox-after?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Apr 2017 19:45:30 +0000 21st Century Fox said Thursday that Sky had agreed to a takeover offer worth US$14.8 billion as tycoon Rupert Murdoch bids to create a global media giant. Murdoch’s Fox group said in a statement “that it has reached agreement with Sky on the terms of a recommended pre-conditional cash offer” to buy the rest of the European pay broadcaster, beyond the 39 per cent it already owns. The deal is worth £10.75 (US$13.40) per Sky share, or US$14.8 billion (€14.2 billion) in total for the cash purchase,... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2054936/21st-century-fox-announces-us148-billion-deal-take-over-sky?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2054936/21st-century-fox-announces-us148-billion-deal-take-over-sky?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Dec 2016 14:15:00 +0000 News Corp shares slipped when the company began trading separately from the 21st Century Fox entertainment operation, as investors gave a tepid reception to the slower-growing publishing business. The new News Corp, which includes publishing assets, such as The Wall Street Journal and HarperCollins, and an education division, gave up its earlier gains on Monday, and its shares fell 2 per cent to US$14.95. It has a market value of about US$9 billion. That compares with British education publisher... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1273743/news-corp-gets-tepid-response-investors-after-split?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1273743/news-corp-gets-tepid-response-investors-after-split?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Jul 2013 03:44:39 +0000 Wall Street rewarded Rupert Murdoch’s move to create a separate entertainment company, giving 21st Century Fox one of the richest valuations in the media sector on its first day of trading. Investors had waited for Murdoch to split News Corp, giving its cable, movie and equity stakes in pay-TV assets their own spotlight away from the publishing division. The move is part of larger trend among media companies that are shedding print properties. Tribune announced on Monday it will acquire a stable... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1273741/free-newspapers-21st-century-fox-shines?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1273741/free-newspapers-21st-century-fox-shines?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Jul 2013 03:37:54 +0000