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Comments to date: 43. This is page 1 of 3.  | stuart johnson lowestoft UK | Posted at 7:51am on Friday, January 27, 2012 | Corporations no longer dispense the news since the saving grace of Youtube and Citizen journals.
News corporations are currently a laughing stock with their vicious lies and criminal phone and email hacking
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vern New York, NY | Posted at 5:24pm on Friday, October 28, 2011 | If you love God, hate black people and went to Bob Jones University your in luck! You have a job waiting for you at Fox News.
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James Potter | Posted at 10:37am on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 | It is a shame that Fox News won't really cover its own scandal. "Fair & Balanced News" doesn't really count right now, huh?
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Dr. Mark Sohmer San Jacinto CA USA | Posted at 4:18pm on Monday, June 20, 2011 | June 19, 2011
To; News story submission department
From; Dr. Mark Sohmer
Re: “Copyrighted Book Pirated”
To the news submission team,
I Dr. Mark Sohmer hold an original copyright on a book I wrote, copyrighted, published and sold in 2009. The trouble is that the contents of the book are so profound it reaches into the very being of the fabric or our creation that a publishing company thought highly enough of this book to chance the possibly risking the loss of their business license, many hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines, penalties and years in prison.
Some of the items this book reveals to the reader are:
• What unknown sources of power does man have that he doesn’t know about?
• What extraordinary capability was automatically built into man that allows him to achieve supernatural possibilities?
• How “Anyone” can tap into this dynamic potential.
• How this ability can change people’s lives immediately!
This information is fathomless in possibilities. It pierces the imagination of the reader that will unlock a vast ocean of the potential of the human mind. Research in Quantum Physics has unlocked a door into “Knowing how to apply Quantum Mechanics” in such a way that a person’s life becomes less hindered by negative circumstances in virtually every area of their lives!
I would appreciate if someone would contact me on this story at:
retire2now@hotmail.com or
714-580-2224
Thank you,
Dr. Mark Sohmer
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Media Owners editors Boulder Colorado USA | Posted at 9:38am on Thursday, March 31, 2011 | -- March 31, 2011 -- James Murdoch is now deputy chief operating officer and international chairman and chief executive at News Corporation, which is owned by his father, Rupert Murdoch. James Murdoch was previously chairman and CEO for Europe and Asia.
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Media Owners editors Boulder Colorado USA | Posted at 9:54am on Thursday, February 3, 2011 | Chase Carey: Broadcast a Billion Dollar Business
-- News Corp. rides cable, broadcast to higher earnings, Broadcasting & Cable (B&C) reported on February 2, 2011:
"With retransmission agreements providing hundreds of millions of dollars of new revenue, News Corp.'s broadcast business should generate $1 billion in operating income per year in the new future, according to COO Chase Carey.
"We have retrans agreements in place with four of the larger distributors and have now set the market for our broadcast business," Carey said during Wednesday's second quarter earnings call with analysts. "As we continue to secure new agreements over the next couple of years we will be taking this business to a whole new level of profitability." (Fighting for those retrans and cable carriage fees cost the company $47 million in the quarter.)
Carey said the projection assumes a relatively stable ad market. Right now the market is considerably stronger than that."
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Media Owners editors Boulder Colorado USA | Posted at 1:52pm on Monday, January 31, 2011 | A News Corp. Digital History Lesson for The Daily
-- On January 30, 2011, the Guardian newspaper's paidContent.org reported:
"As I watch the coverage of Rupert Murdoch’s upcoming iPad publication, The Daily, my mind races back to 1995, when I worked on Murdoch’s last effort to create a new digital publication for a new medium.
Known as “iGuide,” the effort I worked on was one of the first attempts by a major media company to build a unique and original offering for the then-nascent world wide web. For about 15 wild months, News Corporation brought together some of the brightest editorial, marketing and technical talent to make it happen—only to pull the plug in the end.
My enduring image from that time is of Murdoch himself, his hand bandaged and in a sling following a sailing accident on Larry Ellison’s boat. The iGuide team was gathered in a standing circle at our trendy downtown Manhattan offices as Murdoch rallied the troops in his gruff Australian accent. Everything was going great, he assured us, and Ellison was coming on board to help foot the bill for our extravagant operation. But, in the end Ellison, wasn’t in—and maybe six weeks later we were all out.
I can’t help but wonder about the similarities The Daily may share with our long-ago failed iGuide effort."
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Media Owners editors Boulder Colorado USA | Posted at 10:12am on Friday, January 14, 2011 | News Corp. and Apple Delay Launch of The Daily for iPad
-- On January 14, 2011, The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reported:
"News Corp. and Apple Inc. are delaying the launch of the media conglomerate's tablet newspaper for the iPad while the two parties work out some kinks in the subscription platform for delivering the paper, according to people familiar with the matter.
The digital newspaper, which will be called The Daily, was supposed to be unveiled next Wednesday."
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Media Owners editors Boulder Colorado USA | Posted at 1:09pm on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 | Steve Jobs to Join Murdoch On Stage to Unveil iPad Newspaper
-- The Daily's brass remain tight-lipped about launch, Yahoo! News/The Cutline reported on January 10, 2011:
"Rupert Murdoch will unveil News Corp.'s much-anticipated iPad newspaper onstage this month with Apple chief executive Steve Jobs, The Cutline has learned.
The two media moguls will appear together at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, according to a source familiar with preparations for the event. The launch date is expected to be Jan. 19, but that may change.
Known as The Daily, Murdoch's iPad publication has been the talk of the media world over the past couple months, and the News Corp. chief has even dubbed it his "No. 1 most exciting project." The hush-hush project has been taking shape at the company's Manhattan headquarters, but it will also have staffers in Los Angeles."
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Media Owners editors Boulder Colorado USA | Posted at 10:29am on Monday, December 13, 2010 | News Corp. Crams for Classes
-- The Wall Street Journal reported on December 13, 2010:
"With two moves over two weeks, News Corp. has become one of the biggest players in the increasingly crowded field of corporate investors chasing the next technology to transform American education.
Now it has to hone its strategy.
Company executives say the foundation of the media conglomerate's push will be Wireless Generation, a Brooklyn, N.Y., maker of software and other tools to help schools evaluate and monitor student performance and tailor teaching plans accordingly. News Corp. plunked down $360 million last month for 90% of the company."
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Media Owners editors Boulder Colorado USA | Posted at 9:08am on Thursday, December 9, 2010 | News Corp. COO: Please Don’t Associate Us With Our Newspapers
-- Forbes.com, the web site of Forbes magazine, reported on December 8, 2010:
"Rupert Murdoch may have printer’s ink flowing through his veins, as is often said of the News Corp. chairman, but for his No. 2, president and COO Chase Carey, newspapers are more like an albatross around the neck. Interviewed at the UBS Media and Communications Conference today, Carey was asked what News Corp. could do to improve its stock price. His answer was immediate: de-emphasize newspapers as a part of the overall portfolio.
“We’re overly identified with the publishing business,” Carey said. “Some of the concerns that exist around publishing, we get widely associated with….The publishing business has had too wide a profile.”"
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Media Owners editors Boulder Colorado USA | Posted at 1:29pm on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 | News Corp Shells Out $360 Million For EdTech Company Wireless Generation
-- The Guardian newspaper's paidContent.org reported on November 22, 2010:
"Rupert Murdoch is getting serious about the education business. First, News Corp hires New York City Education Chancellor Joel Klein. Now, it’s acquiring 90 percent of Wireless Generation for roughly $360 million in cash. The Brooklyn-based company provides education technology for teachers.
The company will operate as an independent subsidiary managed by Larry Berger, the founder and CEO; Josh Reibel, president and COO; and Laurence Holt, EVP & Chief Product Officer; the three will retain the remaining 10 percent. Founded in 2000, Wireless Generation has 400 employees and says it serves more than 200,000 teachers and 3 million students in all 50 states."
The full story:
http://paidcontent.org/article/419-news-corp-shells-out-360-million-for-ed-tech-company-wireless-generatio/
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Media Owners editors Boulder Colorado USA | Posted at 12:20pm on Monday, November 22, 2010 | A News Corp. Newspaper, but Not in Print
-- The New York Times reported on November 21, 2010:
"People who own an iPad will tell you it makes everything look sexier. Maybe even a newspaper.
Rupert Murdoch, an old-timey newspaper romantic, has nonetheless deputized himself as the digital savior of paid content. Mr. Murdoch is currently leading the charge to build The Daily, an iPad-centered newspaper under construction in the News Corporation’s Manhattan offices that is scheduled to appear at the beginning of next year.
With an investment of $30 million and a staff of around 100, The Daily will be the first of a kind — a “newspaper” with rich media and photography built especially for the iPad."
The full story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/22/business/media/22carr.html
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Mondo Times editors Boulder Colorado USA | Posted at 11:07am on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 | Murdoch Calls on Company Troops to Fight Film PR Blockade
-- The Sydney Morning Herald reported on October 25, 2010:
"The world's largest media company, News Corporation, is threatening to deny coverage of movies starring artists who routinely refuse to give interviews to its outlets, one of its senior journalists has revealed.
The different arms of News Corp are working together to "push back" against the publicists to movie stars who are blocking media access to their charges, said News Ltd's entertainment editor-at-large, Rebekah Devlin.
"They are very quickly becoming the most powerful people in the world," Devlin told the Caxtons advertising conference. "More and more actors have it in their contract that they don't want to do publicity for a film. So how are you going to get access to the likes of Katherine Heigl if she's doing a film but refusing to do interviews."
The full story:
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/murdoch-calls-on-company-troops-to-fight-film-pr-blockade-20101024-16z8y.html
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Media Owners editors Boulder Colorado USA | Posted at 1:07pm on Monday, October 25, 2010 | Fox-Cablevision Dispute May Obstruct Customers’ View of World Series
-- The New York Times reported on October 24, 2010:
"The feud between Cablevision Systems Corporation and the News Corporation has already resulted in an extraordinarily long blackout of programming. Now it threatens to shut Cablevision customers out of the World Series.
The News Corporation’s Fox and local stations in the New York metropolitan area have been blacked out for more than a week in the three million homes served by Cablevision. The negotiators have dug in their heels; the two sides have not spoken to each other since Thursday afternoon.
More than just the tens of millions of dollars in payments that Cablevision makes to the News Corporation are at stake. The dispute is also about the government’s role in the battles over Americans’ access to television channels — battles that seem to be happening more often as stations envision higher fees as a substitute for declining advertising revenue. A long blackout increases the pressure on local and federal lawmakers alike."
The full story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/25/business/media/25cable.html
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Media Owners editors Boulder Colorado USA | Posted at 2:07pm on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 | News Corp Board Challenged to Disclose Political Spending
Source: The Nathan Cummings Foundation
-- October 13, 2010 -- The Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF) called on the News Corporation Board of Directors to fully disclose the Company's political spending to shareholders at the News Corp. shareholder meeting in New York City this Friday, October 15th. The Foundation's request came on the heels of media reports that News Corp. made separate $1 million contributions from the corporate treasury to the Republican Governors Association (RGA) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which is projecting $75 million in anonymous corporate spending on the November elections.
NCF, a News Corp. shareholder, expressed particular concern about apparent statements from Chairman and CEO, Rupert Murdoch, that the Company's $1 million contribution to the RGA was not made to further the interest of News Corp. or its shareholders, but was a result of his personal relationship with Republican gubernatorial candidate, John Kasich. The Foundation also expressed concern over reputational risk for News Corp. connected to the $1 million contribution to the U.S. Chamber, which has recently come under fire for alleged tax fraud and potential violations of federal election laws.
"The Board has a fiduciary responsibility to its shareholders to ensure that corporate funds are allocated in ways that serve the Company's interest," said Mr. Lindblom in the letter. Decrying the "apparent lack of a strategic rationale," Mr. Lindblom expressed concern about the two million dollar expenditures from shareholder assets, calling the apparent use of corporate funds to further the personal relationships or political agenda of the CEO a potential abuse of the corporate treasury.
"The issue of corporate political spending is particularly sensitive for media companies given the public's expectation that they provide objective news coverage," wrote Mr. Lindblom. "News Corp. has already received criticism over its network Fox News' right-leaning news coverage. As shareholders, we are concerned that additional association with partisan support through contributions to the U.S. Chamber and the RGA could pose further risk to the Company's brand."
Mr. Lindblom indicated that representatives for the Nathan Cummings Foundation will attend the Friday shareholder meeting to seek a response to the concerns raised in the letter.
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Media Owners editors Boulder Colorado USA | Posted at 11:57am on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 | British Media Join Forces Against Murdoch Takeover of BSkyB
-- London's Guardian newspaper reported on October 11, 2010:
"Fleet Street's highly factionalised newspaper industry today set aside historic differences to join forces in an unprecedented assault against the power of Rupert Murdoch's media empire.
The companies behind the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail – both supporters of the Conservatives – united with the owners of the Guardian and the Labour-backing Daily Mirror to petition Vince Cable, the business secretary, to consider blocking News Corporation's proposed £8bn full takeover of the satellite broadcaster BSkyB.
Fearful of the combined might of an integrated News Corp-Sky operation, which would include the Sun, the News of the World, the Times and book publisher HarperCollins, the complainants said the "proposed takeover could have serious and far-reaching consequences for media plurality".
The full story:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/oct/11/murdoch-bskyb-british-media-unite
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Media Owners editors Boulder Colorado USA | Posted at 9:14am on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 | Fox Threatening World Series, NFL Blackout for Viewers Across Nation
-- Source: Sports Fans Coalition
-- October 11, 2010 -- The Sports Fans Coalition today urged News Corporation's Fox Sports Net to lift its current blackouts of regional sports networks across the nation and back off its threat to extend the blackout to Fox broadcast stations, depriving viewers of the NFL and World Series.
"Fox has blindsided sports fans this month by taking its regional sports networks off of a pay-tv provider as a form of leverage in contract disputes," said Brian Frederick, executive director of the Coalition. "With the professional and college football seasons well underway and postseason baseball just getting started, many sports fans are already extremely upset about missing the games they want to see. We have written News Corp. CEO and Chairman Rupert Murdoch, urging him to settle these commercial disputes off the field, but keep the games on the air."
The Sports Fans Coalition is a nonprofit fighting to give sports fans a voice on issues like media blackouts, college football playoffs, stadium construction and high ticket prices.
Fox has already removed its regional sports networks from a major pay TV provider in Florida, Texas, Arizona, Texas, Ohio, Tennessee and Los Angeles and is threatening to do the same with the Fox broadcast network in cities that include New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, St. Louis and Minneapolis. Many of these cities have teams in the MLB playoffs.
"Sports fans should not be treated like fumbled pigskin in a clash between corporate behemoths," said Frederick. "Because sports are so important to Americans, sports coverage is often used as the primary form of leverage in contract disputes between broadcasters and pay-TV companies. We ask that this October, Fox not engage in this practice."
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Maureen Davies Somerton Park SA 5044 Au | Posted at 6:55pm on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 | How do I subscribe to the Sunday Mail (Adelaide) on line?
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Media Owners editors Boulder Colorado USA | Posted at 12:50pm on Monday, August 23, 2010 | Viacom Digital Boss Greg Clayman Headed to Rupert Murdoch’s iPad Newspaper
-- The Wall Street Journal's All Things Digital reported on August 22, 2010:
"Rupert Murdoch’s iPad-friendly digital newspaper doesn’t have a launch date or a name yet, but it is hiring. News Corp. has tapped Greg Clayman, who runs digital distribution for Viacom, to run the new publication’s business operations, multiple sources tell me.
For some reason, News Corp. people (who also own this site), don’t like to use the word “newspaper” to describe their plans for the news…thing. But as earlier reports have detailed, the idea is to create a subscription-based digital news service, designed expressly for mobile platforms like Apple’s iPad and Google’s Android phones and upcoming tablets.
New York Post Executive Editor Jesse Angelo will oversee the service’s editorial role. And if you did call this thing a newspaper, you could call Clayman the publisher.
For now, Clayman’s old job will be handled by a group of his deputies, Viacom said in an internal memo announcing Clayman’s departure (but not his destination) last week."
The full story:
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20100822/exclusive-viacom-digital-boss-greg-clayman-headed-to-rupert-murdochs-ipad-newspaper/
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