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Head of Fox Film Unit to Step Down

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The co-chairman and co-chief executive of News Corp.'s NWSA +1.27% Fox Filmed Entertainment, Tom Rothman, will step down at the end of the year, he and the company said Friday. "I love Fox and all of you," Mr. Rothman said in an internal email. Following Mr. Rothman's departure, the film unit will be led by Jim Gianopulos, currently his fellow co-chairman and co-CEO. Mr. Gianopulos, who has led alongside Mr. Rothman since 2000, will assume sole possession of those titles.

 

Fox Signs Deal With Ultimate Fighting

Fox Signs Deal With Ultimate Fighting

The Ultimate Fighting Championship said Thursday that it signed a multiyear deal with News Corp.'s Fox that will bring its popular mixed martial-arts bouts to the broadcast network and various cable channels.

 

Fox channels go dark in cable dispute

Fox channels go dark in cable dispute

News Corp. pulled the plug on Cablevision customers Saturday, blacking out more than 3 million households in the New York area over a programming fee dispute.

 

News Analysis: Next Up on Cable TV, Higher Bill for Consumers

Fox’s deal for new payments from Time Warner Cable will bring higher fees, and it will not be the last time.

 

Fox, Time Warner Cable announce broadcast deal

Fox, Time Warner Cable announce broadcast deal

Football fans and "American Idol" devotees can breathe a sigh of relief. Fox and Time Warner Cable have reached a deal in principle that will keep the network on the cable provider after Fox threatened to pull the plug over a fee dispute....

 

Fox grants 'brief extension' in cable dispute

Fox grants 'brief extension' in cable dispute

The nation's top broadcast regulator on Thursday urged Time Warner Cable and the Fox television network to agree to a temporary ...

 

Deadline looms for Time Warner Cable and News Corp.

The possibility that Fox shows could disappear from cable viewers' screens increases as the media giants continue trying to hammer out a deal by midnight on New Year's Eve.

 

Ignore Fox

Obama's right. It's time to stop taking the network's skewed news seriously. Last week, when White House communications director Anita Dunn charged the Fox News Channel with right-wing bias, Fox responded the way it always does. It denied the accusation with a straight face while proceeding to confirm it with its coverage.

 

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