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make sure people know rupert murdoch owns myspace-i didnt!!


 

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  • Swindon

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    he owns alot of things... 17 months ago

    here’s the best list i could find…

    Books  
    Imprints, primarily under the HarperCollins umbrella, include -
    HarperCollins
    Perennial
    Cliff Street Books
    The Ecco Press
    Quill
    HarperAudio
    Regan Books
    Amistad Press
    William Morrow
    HarperTorch
    Eos
    HarperEntertainment
    HarperSanFrancisco
    HarperInformation
    HarperBusiness
    HarperResource
    Fourth Estate
    Access Travel
    William Morrow Cookbooks
    Branded Books Program
    HarperCollins Children's Books
    Greenwillow Books
    Joanna Cotler Books
    Laura Geringer Books
    HarperFestival
    HarperTrophy
    Avon
    Tempest
    HarperCollins International

    subsection heading icon terrestrial broadcast, cable & satellite

    United States

    Fox Broadcasting Company (discussed in a supplementary note elsewhere on this site)
    85% of Fox Entertainment Group Inc which includes ...
    Fox SportsWNVW - New York City
    KTTV - Los Angeles
    WFLD - Chicago
    WTXF - Philadelphia
    WFXT - Boston
    WTTG - Washington D.C
    KDFW - Dallas
    WJBK - Detroit
    WAGA - Atlanta
    KRIV - Houston
    WJW - Cleveland
    WTVT - Tampa
    KSAZ - Phoenix
    KDVR - Denver
    KTVI - St Louis
    WITI - Milwaukee
    WOFL - Orlando
    WOGX - Ocala
    WDAF - Kansas City
    KSTU - Salt Lake City
    WHBQ - Memphis
    WGHP - Greensboro
    WBRC - Birmingham
    WPR - Chicago
    KTBC - Austin
    KVC - Austin Fox Sports Net
    Fox Sports South
    Fox Sports Pittsburgh
    Fox Sports Southeast
    Fox Sports Midwest
    Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
    Fox Sports Arizona
    Fox Sports Northwest
    Fox Sports West
    Fox Sports Detroit
    Fox Sports Bay Area (with Rainbow Media Holdings)
    Fox Sports Chicago (with Rainbow Media Holdings)
    Fox Sports Cincinnati
    Fox Sports Intermountain West
    Fox Sports New England (with Rainbow Media)
    Fox Sports New York (with Rainbow Media)
    Fox Sports Ohio (with Rainbow Media)
    Fox Sports Southwest (with Rainbow Media)
    Madison Square Garden Network (with Rainbow Media)
    FiT TV
    The Health Network
    Fox Sports World
    FX
    National Geographic's cable channel (50% with GE and National Geographic)
    Golf Channel (33%)
    The Family Channel
    MTM Entertainment
    Fox News Channel
    FxM
    Outdoor Life (34%)
    Speedvision (34%)
    TV Guide Channel (44% with Liberty Media)
    34% of Hughes Electronics (satellite broadcaster DIRECTV with over 11 million subscribers in the US, 81% equity in satellite operator PanAmSat, and Hughes Network Systems)

    United Kingdom

    British Sky Broadcasting (40% - Vivendi may dispose of 24.5% of BSkyB)
    Music Choice Europe (49%)
    QVC (20%)
    Sky Multi-Channels (over 40 channels, including the following in which BSkyB has an economic interest)
    - .tv
    - National Geographic Channel UK (50%)
    - Paramount Channel (25%)
    - Sky One
    - Sky News
    - Sky Soap
    - Sky Travel
    - The Computer Channel
    - Nickelodeon UK (50%, with Viacom)
    - The History Channel (50%)
    - Sky Scottish (50%)
    - Granada Sky Broadcasting (40%) - with Granada, now part of ITV
    - Granada Plus
    - Granada Talk TV
    - Granada Men & Motors
    - Granada TV High Street
    - Granada Food & Wine
    - Granada Health & Beauty
    - Granada Home and Garden
    - Fox Kids
    - Premium Channels
    - Sky Movies
    - The Movie Channel
    - Sky Sports
    - Sky Movies Gold
    - Sky Sports 2
    - Sky Sports 3

    Germany

    TM3 (66%)
    Premiere World - 24% (owned through BSkyB)

    France

    13% of Breton cable tv group TV Breizh (Berlusconi's Mediaset has 13%)

    Italy

    Sky Italia (inc Telepiu and Stream) pay tv operation

    Australia

    FOXTEL (25%) - with Packer (25%) and Telstra
    - Arena (50%)
    - Channel V (50%)
    - FOX
    - FOX History
    - FOX Soap
    - FOX Talk
    - FOX Travel
    - FOXTEL Weather
    - FX
    - Nickelodeon (25%)
    - Sky News Australia (33.3%)
    - UK TV (60%)
    - Fox Sports
    - The Comedy Channel (80%)

    Asia

    Star TV
    - STAR Chinese
    - STAR Plus
    - STAR Movies
    - STAR Plus Japan
    - STAR Movies South
    - ESPN STAR Sports (50%)
    - STAR Sports
    - Channel V (50%)
    - Viva Cinema (50%)
    Phoenix Satellite TV (17.6%)
    - Phoenix Chinese

    Canada

    minor stake in CTV Sportsnet

    India

    ISKYB
    Asia Today (50%)
    ZEE TV
    - EL TV
    - ZEE Cinema
    Siti Cable Network (50%)

    Italy

    Stream (minority stake)

    Indonesia

    Indiovision (46%)
    Film Indonesia (50%)

    Japan

    News Broadcasting Japan (80%)
    SkyPerfect TV (11%)

    Latin America

    Canal Fox
    Fox Sports Americas (owned by Fox/Liberty Media)
    Fox Kids
    Telecine (12.5%)
    CineCanal (21.5%)
    Sky Latin America DTH Platform
    - Innova (30%) - with Televisa
    - NetSat (36%)
    - Latin America (30%)

    subsection heading icon Magazines & Inserts

    North America

    TV Guide (partial)
    TVSM
    TV Total
    Cable Guide
    The Weekly Standard
    Maximum Golf
    In Store
    FSI
    In Store (Canada)
    FSI (Canada)

    UK

    Nursery World - sold to Exponent Private Equity October 2005

    Pacific

    Pacific Islands Monthly

    subsection heading icon Film Production & Distribution

    Twentieth Century Fox
    Fox Filmed Entertainment
    Fox 2000
    Fox Searchlight
    Fox Family Films
    Fox Animation Studios
    Twentieth Century Fox Home
    Twentieth Century Fox TV
    Fox Studios Australia

    subsection heading icon Newspapers

    News claims to be the world’s leading publisher of English-language newspapers, with over 175 titles in the UK, Australia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and the US. It employs around 15,000 people worldwide, printing more than 40 million copies a week.

    United States

    New York Post

    United Kingdom

    The Times
    Times Literary Supplement
    The Sunday Times
    The Sun
    News of the World
    Times Education (inc Times Education Supplement and Higher Education Supplement) - sold to Exponent Private Equity September 2005

    Australia

    The Australian
    The Weekend Australian
    The Daily Telegraph
    The Sunday Telegraph
    Sportsman
    Herald Sun
    Sunday Herald Sun
    The Weekly Times
    The Courier Mail
    The Sunday Mail
    Gold Coast Bulletin
    Adelaide Advertiser
    Cumberland Newspaper Group (20 titles in Sydney suburbs)
    Leader Newspaper Group (30 titles in Melbourne suburbs)
    Cairns Post Group (42%)
    North Queensland Newspaper Group
    Townsville Bulletin
    Quest Community Newspapers (17 titles in Brisbane suburbs)
    Northern Territory News
    Sunday Territorian
    Centralian Advocate
    The Suburban
    The Mercury
    The Sunday Tasmanian
    Tasmanian Country
    Treasure Islander
    Derwent Valley Gazette
    Sunday Mail
    Messenger Press Group
    Sunday Times (Perth)

    Fiji

    The Fiji Times
    Nai Lalakei (Fijian)
    Shanti Dut (Hindi )

    Papua New Guinea

    Post Courier (63%)

    subsection heading icon sports

    New York Knicks (20% stake through partnership with Cablevision)
    New York Rangers (20% stake through partnership with Cablevision)
    Los Angeles Kings (NHL, 40% option)
    Los Angeles Lakes (NBA, 9.8% option)
    Staples Center (40% owned by Fox/Liberty)
    National Rugby League Championship (50%) - Australian football

    subsection heading icon radio

    Analog and digital radio holdings include -

    • Sky Radio (71%)
    • Fox Sports Radio Network
    • Sky Radio Sweden (28%)
    • TALKCO (20%)
    • Radio Veronica (42%) – Netherlands
    • Sky Radio Denmark
    • Sky Radio Germany
    • Sky Radio Netherlands
    • ClassicFM – Netherlands

    subsection heading icon technology and multimedia

    Technology and interactive holdings include -

    • NDS (formerly News Digital Services)
    • SiVenture – UK-based smartcard consultancy
    • News Advanced Technologies
    • News America Digital Publishing
    • News America New Media
    • News Internet Services
    • Healtheon/WebMD (11%)
    • TheStreet.com (partial stake with New York Times)
    • Rivals.com (46%)
    • iSyndicate (partial stake with Scripps, NBC, InfoSpace, Vignette, and Microsoft)
    • News Digital Systems (UK)
    • Line One (33%)
    • Sportal (5% through BSkyB)
    • Orbis – interactive gambling software
    • News Interactive (Aust) – including NEWS.com.au, CareerOne, AustralianIT, FOX SPORTS, CARSguide and RealEstate.com.au
    • PDN Xinren Information Technology (50%)

    subsection heading icon music

    News has minor recording interests, centred in Australia -

    • Mushroom Records
    • Festival Records

    subsection heading icon outdoor advertising

    News Outdoor Group (NOG), established in 1999 and headquartered in Moscow, includes -

    • News Outdoor Bulgaria
    • News Outdoor Czech Republic
    • News Outdoor Poland (Town & City)
    • News Outdoor Romania
    • News Outdoor Russia
    • Kamera (Turkey)
    • News Outdoor Ukraine
    • News Outdoor Israel

    NOG is concerned with billboards, advertising on street furniture and bus shelters, airport transit advertising and in-store point of sale displays. As of June 2007 News Outdoors Russia was the largest outdoor advertising firm in eastern Europe and the sixth-largest globally

    subsection heading icon Other

    Other holdings include -

    • Broadsystem – customer relationship management services (UK and Australia), one of the UK’s top five telemarketing agencies
    • News Optimus – (formerly Broadsystem Ventures) telephony and telemarketing services
    • SmartSource Marketing – direct mail and in-store advertising, promotions and merchandising programs in Australia and New Zealand
    • NewsMarketing – direct mail and in-store advertising, promotions and merchandising programs in Canada
    • New America Marketing – direct mail and in-store advertising, promotions and merchandising programs in US
    • Convoys Group – UK newspaper distribution
    • PLD Telekon (38%) – Indonesia
    • Newspoll (50%) – opinion polling
    • Jamba (51%) – ringtones

    Disposals in recent years include Australian pastoral company F.S. Falkiner & Sons (2000)

    Fox Interactive includes MySpace, RottenTomatoes.com, AmericanIdol.com and FoxSports.com – claimed to be second only to Yahoo! in monthly page views.




     

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