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Founded in Australia and later incorporated in the United States, News Corp. is among the largest media conglomerates in the world with assets in Dow Jones, TV Guide, MySpace, the Colorado Rockies, 20th Century Fox, IGN, and many others.
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Fast Facts
- Stock symbol: NWS (NYSE)
- Annual revenue (2007): $28.66 billion
- Founder: Rupert Murdoch
- Year established: 1980
- Industry: Broadcasting, entertainment, Internet, media, publishing
- Phone: (212) 852-7000
- Fax: (212) 852-7147
- HQ: New York, NY (Rockefeller Center)
- Chairman/CEO: Rupert Murdoch
- President/COO: Peter Chernin
- CFO: David DeVoe
- Staff: 47,300
- Other key people: Lawrence Jacobs, James Murdoch
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Key Dates
- 1952: Murdoch founds News Ltd
- 1961: Purchases Festival Records in Australia
- 1964: News Ltd acquires The Australian national newspaper
- 1969: Buys British papers News of the World and The Sun
- 1973: Makes first acquisition in the United States (San Antonio Express-News)
- 1976: Buys New York Post
- 1980: Founds News Corp.
- 1981: Acquires half of 20th Century Fox
- 1986: Launches FOX
- 1996: Launches Fox News Channel
- 2003: Acquires stake in DirecTV
- 2004: Re-incorporated in Delaware
- 2007: Purchases Dow Jones & Company
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News Corporation is likely to make its content unfindable to users on Google http://ow.ly/AHvD
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Fairfax wants good news on directors: Mr Evans, a former News Corporation executive and a member of the Fairfax.. http://bit.ly/3bYRsy
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Murdoch's plans to remove News Corporation stories from Google results will simply prompt people to read their news elsewhere - no bad thing
@whalemonster | November 09, 2009 01:55 PM -
Rupert Murdoch has suggested that News Corporation is likely to make its content unfindable to users on Google http://j.mp/4FtWwv
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News Corp. willing to make its websites invisible to Google: Rupert Murdoch, owner of the News Corporation, ann.. http://bit.ly/Bq5Cu
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