BEIJING (Reuters) - News Corp has agreed to buy a stake in Chinese movie distributor Bona Film Group Ltd, becoming the latest U.S. media company to expand into China's booming movie market. News Corp will take a 19.9 percent stake in Bona Film from founder and chief executive Yu Dong, Bona said in a statement. It gave no financial details. The Nasdaq-listed company has a market capitalization of about $392 million. China, which posted box... full story ![]()
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's SoftBank Corp will hold a news conference on Tuesday about its deal to acquire 70 percent of U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Nextel Corp as investors seek clues on whether it might trump a counteroffer from Dish Network Corp.
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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:28:50By The Associated PressCOVINGTON — Pool Corp., a distributor of swimming pool and backyard supplies, said Thursday that its first-quarter net income fell 6 percent as higher costs more than offset slight sales growth. The Covington-based company earned $3.4 million, or 7 c...
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The deal will make the pay TV giant, in which Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. owns a 39 percent stake, the second-largest U.K. broadband provider.
hollywoodreporter.com (2 months and 26 days ago)
(Reuters) - After News Corp splits later this year, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rupert Murdoch's total target compensation will rise 15 percent, according to a regulatory filing on Friday.
reuters.com (29 days ago)
News Corp. says it will spin off its publishing division with $2.56 billion in cash and no debt, giving it the means to invest in digital operations and acquire businesses.
miamiherald.com (2 months and 19 days ago)
A Chinese state-owned distributor's efforts to deduct a value-added tax from Twentieth Century Fox's movie receipts undercuts a U.S.-China agreement to open the country's film industry, Hollywood executives say.
wsj.com (29 days ago)
A Chinese state-owned distributor's efforts to deduct a value-added tax from Twentieth Century Fox's movie receipts undercuts a U.S.-China agreement to open the country's film industry, Hollywood executives say.
wsj.com (29 days ago)
BEIJING - Quentin Tarantino's violent slave-revenge movie "Django Unchained" returned to Chinese theaters on Sunday, about a month after it was pulled on opening day for unspecified "technical reasons." The rare suspension order on April 11 by the movie's importer, China Film Group Corp., led to speculation that the Hollywood film had run afoul of Chinese censors despite...
bostonherald.com (13 days ago)
News Corp has revealed that employees at the Wall Street Journal's Chinese news bureau were accused of bribing Chinese officials for information but that an investigation by auditors and lawyers found no evidence to support the claims.
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The mogul's target total direct compensation for new News Corp. and Twenty-First Century Fox reflects an increase of about 15 percent, according to a regulatory filing.
hollywoodreporter.com (29 days ago)
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