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News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp.) is one of the world's largest media conglomerates. The company's Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder is Rupert Murdoch. News Corporation is a publicly-traded company listed on the Nasdaq and the Australian Securities Exchange and as a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange. Formerly incorporated in South Australia, the company was re-incorporated into Delaware General Corporation Law after a majority of shareholders approved the move on 12 November 2004. News Corporation's headquarters is at 1211 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Ave.), in New York City, in the newer 1960s-1970s corridor of the Rockefeller Center complex. Revenue for the year ended 30 June 2008 was US$32.996 billion with an operating income of US$5.381 billion. Almost 70% of the company's sales come from its US businesses. On 16 January 2009 the Government Accountability Office reported that News Corp has 152 subsidiaries in low-tax or no-tax countries, one of four companies to have more than 100. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  d.yimg.com 292px x 410px | 19.90kB [source page] Rupert Murdoch chairman and CEO of News Corporation arrives with his wife Wendi at the Sun Valley Inn in Sun Valley Idaho July 8 2009  cache.boston.com 315px x 539px | 43.70kB [source page] An aerial view of the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station where a South Shore Tri Town Development Corporation project has been stymied by a shortage of money for financing From Yahoo Image Search: "News Corporation"  scandoil.com unknown Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:04:35 GM Noble . Corporation. says that Roger B. Hunt has been named Senior Vice President - Marketing and Contracts, effective July 20, 2009.  afd-e-news.blogspot.com Alliance for Democracy hu, 02 Jul 2009 16:18:00 GM This Friday on KZYX and Z's "Corporations and Democracy", Annie Esposito and Alliance for Democracy council member Steve Scalmanini will discuss the growing trend of . corporation. funded initiative campaigns like the one currently ...  broadbandtvnews.com Chris Dziadul Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:09:14 GM News Corp. loses top CEE exec. By Chris Dziadul July 3, 2009 09.09 UK. Albert Parsons is no longer the executive director of bTV, the leading Bulgarian TV channel operated by Rupert Murdoch's Balkan . News Corporation. . ... From Google Blog Search: "News Corporation"  news.google.com GlobeNewsWire (press release) FREMONT, Calif., July 17, 2009 (Globe newswire) -- igate Corporation ("igate") (Nasdaq:IGTE), an integrated Technology and Operations (itops) company, ... and more » news.google.com WallStNation.com Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) has managed to beat earnings estimates in each of its past four quarters so can they do it again? If they can, WAT shares will ... news.google.com Trading Markets (press release) VF Corporation is an apparel company that offers branded apparel including jeanswear, outdoor products, intimate apparel, image apparel, and sportswear. ... and more » From Google News Search: "News Corporation" What type of audience group does News Corporation Serve? Q. Please answer Asked by Jay24/7 - Tue Sep 25 04:58:37 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. I don't think there's a specific type. Since it is a media company. Thus it has properties in film , television, newspapers, etc. Answered by Pilosopong Tasyo - Wed Sep 26 03:55:30 2007 who owns the News Corporation? Q. who owns the News Corporation? Asked by ted - Thu Aug 17 07:31:08 2006 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments A. the jews and murdock Answered by idontkno - Thu Aug 17 08:20:35 2006 what do you think of not for profit news?
Q. can we come up with with a model that will replace individuals/corporations profiting on the news of the day. It seems to me there is something way off, that people build , promote and foreward careers and television stations make millions on the school shootings like the one in Montreal yesterday, wars and mass deaths during natural disasters. What do you think of taking news out of the thier hands? How could we do this? it is a pretence that the news media give a damn or have any sincere concern for life and upgrading the quality of life on our planet, it is blatantly obvious that the worse the circumstances are, the gorier the story the better and more profitable it is for news media. Asked by zigzagidiot - Thu Sep 14 09:03:22 2006 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments A. In our world, at this time and pretty much all others, in order to provide for yourself you do have to work. The problem that this poses for journalism is not an easy one to solve. In order to be able to actually devote the time the news deserves a person is going to have to make money from reporting, or editing, or owning the printing presses. So you cannot count on people reporting the news out of purely altruistic motives. The internet and especially blogs have been hailed as a way to take news back from large media establishments and return it to the everyday man an woman. However, this has the same problems that large corporations or volunteer news has. A person must either support themselves through adds or subscriptions which means… [cont.] Answered by FormerlyMulletedWonder - Thu Sep 14 12:24:58 2006 From Yahoo Answer Search: "News Corporation" |
