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Rupert Murdoch

Business National 

Comcast Backs Out of $65B Bid to Buy Fox

July 19, 2018July 20, 2018 AMANDA OTTAWAY
Comcast, Disney, mergers & acquisitions, Rupert Murdoch

Conceding to Disney, media giant Comcast said Thursday it will stop pursuing assets from 21st Century Fox to focus on battling Fox owner Rupert Murdoch in a bidding war for control of European group Sky, another media company in which Murdoch has ownership stakes.

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Government International Media Politics 

Comcast Challenges Murdoch With Rival Bid for UK-Based Sky

April 25, 2018April 27, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Comcast, mergers & acquisitions, Rupert Murdoch, telecommunications, United Kingdom

U.S. media giant Comcast offered Wednesday to buy British broadcaster Sky Plc for $30 billion, topping a controversial bid from Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox.

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Business Government International Media Politics 

UK Regulator Says Fox Takeover of Sky Not in Public Interest

January 23, 2018January 23, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
antitrust, Journalism, Rupert Murdoch, television, United Kingdom

British regulators say 21st Century Fox’s takeover of London-based broadcaster Sky is not in the public interest because it would give Rupert Murdoch and his family too much control over the country’s news media.

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Business International Media Politics 

British Media Regulator Slams Fox News for Breaking Impartiality Rules

November 6, 2017November 6, 2017 DAN MCCUE
bias, Fox News, Journalism, mergers & acquisitions, Rupert Murdoch, television, United Kingdom

British media regulator Ofcom censured Fox News on Monday after concluding that programs hosted by Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson violated the United Kingdom’s broadcasting code by breaching impartiality rules.

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Government International Media Politics 

In Blow to Murdoch, UK Refers Fox Bid for Sky to Regulator

September 12, 2017September 12, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rupert Murdoch, television, United Kingdom

The British government will refer Twenty-First Century Fox Inc.’s bid for satellite broadcaster Sky to the country’s competition regulator for further examination, in a blow to Rupert Murdoch’s takeover plans.

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Business Government International Media 

UK Government Delays Murdoch Takeover of Sky

June 29, 2017November 6, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
mergers & acquisitions, Rupert Murdoch, telecommunications, television, United Kingdom

Britain’s government stalled Twenty-First Century Fox’s takeover bid of the Sky pay television and broadband network Thursday after media regulators expressed concern about the influence of Rupert Murdoch and his family.

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Business Entertainment 

Bill O’Reilly Fired, 21st Century Fox Confirms

April 19, 2017April 20, 2017 ADAM KLASFELD
advertising, Bill O'Reilly, Conservatives, Fox News, Journalism, NYC, Protest, Rupert Murdoch, Sexual harassment

Bruised by revelations about its efforts to hush up sex scandals dogging the host of its most popular show, Fox News is planning to fire Bill O’Reilly, a News Corp-owned newspaper reported Wednesday.

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International Media 

Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox to Buy Europe’s Sky

December 9, 2016 AP
Rupert Murdoch, Secondary

Rupert Murdoch may get all of European broadcaster Sky after all after the U.K. phone-hacking scandal scotched a previous effort.

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