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A Budget That Pops From the Screen
Can a movie studio make money on a film based on an original and unfamiliar story, with no Hollywood superstars, a vanishing DVD market and a price tag approaching $500 million? Jennifer S. Altman for The New York Times An audience wearing 3-D glasses at the screening of the 15-minute trailer for "Avatar", the James Cameron 3-D movie in New York.
Rudd too sensitive to criticism: Murdoch
Media magnate Rupert Murdoch says Kevin Rudd is too sensitive when it comes to media criticism, and is more interested in strutting the world stage than running Australia.
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Murdoch voices his concerns about Rudd
Kevin Rudd is kidding himself if he thinks Australia can act as a bridge between the US and China, Rupert Murdoch says / File Rudd kidding himself with G20 - Murdoch Made too much of China during election China expects too much from PM KEVIN Rudd is delusional if he thinks Australia can lead the world or act as a bridge between the US and China, ...
Murdoch enters Italy's free TV field
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation Stations Europe is taking its efforts to conquer Italy's TV auds to the next level by launching a free-to-air digital terrestrial channel called Cielo that will compete directly with Mediaset and RAI.
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News Corp profits rise, online charges delayed
News Corporation is delaying plans to charge for its online news content The media giant, News Corporation, has reported an 11 per cent increase in its first quarter net profit, but says plans to charge for online news content may be delayed.
Stocks of interest on the Australian stock exchange today. NWS - NEWS CORPORATION - up 38 cents at $15.53 NWSLV - NEWS CORPORATION LIMITED VOTING - up 49 cents at $13.40 Global media giant News Corporation has reported an 11 per cent lift in first quarter net profit and upgraded its guidance for 2009/10 on the back of an encouraging outlook for the ...
Murdoch admits delay in introducing newspaper website charges
Rupert Murdoch said his introduction of so-called 'pay walls' is 'a work in progress'. Photograph: Saul Loeb/Getty Images Rupert Murdoch is finding it harder than expected to introduce charges for readers browsing his newspaper websites and may miss a target of next June for the introduction of so-called "pay walls". Murdoch admitted last night ...
Earnings fall expected for News Corp
Global media company News Corporation is expected to report a slight fall in first quarter earnings amid weak advertising conditions for its newspapers and in the US local television market, analysts say.
Ripostes mild and tough to web debate
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Dow Jones and Company to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell
What: Dow Jones and Company will kick off the Dow Jones Expert Series: The Evolution of Trading and Execution which will take place at the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009.
Murdoch's Attack Dog Snarls At the 'Parasites'
The Wall Street Journal has claimed top spot in circulation rankings and its boss seems intent on marshalling a print industry war against online "thievery". A loyal lieutenant and friend of Rupert Murdoch, the WSJ's Robert Thomson rarely minces his words.
Was Lou Dobbs Really Shot At? Surveillance Societies, Why We Love Jon Stewart, Media News
After CNN host Lou Dobbs stated this past Monday on his radio show that "my wife has now been and I have been shot at," right-wing pundits and nativist groups are rallying to his cause.
THE music industry says News Corporation chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch and others the media can learn much from music's growing pains in charging for online content.
Dow Jones Indexes and UBS Announce 2010 Weights of Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index
Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and UBS Investment Bank announced the new target weightings for the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index that will become effective in early January 2010.
Tale of courage takes top News Award
SENIOR reporter with The Australian Gary Hughes lost everything in the Black Saturday bushfires, but his first-person account of surviving the "fiery hailstorm from hell" last night earned him the top honour at the News Awards, the prestigious Sir Keith Murdoch Award for Journalism.
U.S., Japanese Newspapers Set to Charge for Online Content
Newspapers in Japan and the U.S. are planning to charge readers for access to their Web sites.
'BBC Worldwide to sell Lonely Planet'
BBC management has already discussed the disposal of travel guide publisher Lonely Planet, sources suggest Lonely Planet, the travel guide publisher controversially bought by BBC Worldwide in 2007, is likely to be sold by the corporation's commercial arm.
A Big Deal, but Not a Good One
Content never became king - search did - but the notion continues to lure otherwise careful companies to the deal altar with its abundant charms.
Newsday bets on internet users
BUSINESS school graduates will forever debate the value of the "first-mover advantage". If you've got what you think is a good idea, is it better to launch it on an unsuspecting world and reap the profits as competitors scramble to catch up? Or should you wait until someone else has taken the risk of testing the concept to discover whether or not ...
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