News considers free WSJ website
NEWS Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch said today the group was continuing to consider making the online version of the Wall Street Journal free, once News Corp formally takes control of Dow Jones next month.
NEWS Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch said today the group was continuing to consider making the online version of the Wall Street Journal free, once News Corp formally takes control of Dow Jones next month.
JAMES Packer’s Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd is expected within days to start dispatching to shareholders the public documents detailing its landmark split into separately listed media and gaming companies, after overcoming the final major obstacle to the carve-up through negotiations with the Australian Taxation Office.
JAMES Packer’s struggling Channel 9 may be plunging in the ratings but its 2007 annual financial report shows that more of its executives than ever from the media side of the business are receiving huge pay packets.
THE bidding process for production house Beyond International may not be over, despite the company’s announcement yesterday that it had accepted a $74.6 million takeover offer by Kuala Lumpur-based private equity firm Navis Capital Partners.
JAMES Packer’s Publishing and Broadcasting said yesterday it expects to receive the $526 million from private equity firm CVC Asia Pacific’s purchase of an additional 25 per cent stake in PBL Media – which owns the Nine Network and ACP Magazines – by next week.
CRIKEY.com.au founder Stephen Mayne is to launch his first business venture since selling the website in 2005.
IF there were any doubts that James Packer’s Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd was focusing its resources almost entirely on casino investments ahead of its split later this year, they should be erased after the company yesterday briefed analysts in Sydney on its plans.
THE Nine Network was in disarray last night, with suggestions its most famous identity, Ray Martin, was about to follow news boss Garry Linnell out the door.
A JUDGMENT is imminent in one of Australia’s most expensive legal cases, the C7 case, with parties to the $200 million court battle – including some of the country’s largest media companies – told to expect a final ruling by the end of the month.
FAIRFAX Media has positioned itself as a leading contender for one of the Government’s two new broadcasting licences – Channel A and B – after this week’s announcement of its $520million purchase of Southern Cross’s radio stations and production house Southern Star.
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