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    Info to Innovation: A CIO’s Job Description Evolves

    After years of taking that back seat regarding business strategy, it is time for a more enlightened and evolved professional state.

  • News Corporation
    News Corp. Beats The Street but Succession Questions Swirl

    Following the media company trend this week, News Corp. reported better than expected earnings and revenues in its fiscal first quarter. The one segment that suffered was its scandal-plagued publishing unit, which reported a 38 percent drop in operating income.

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    Does Fox Have To Buy The Dodgers Again?

    Early this morning, Major League Baseball and Frank McCourt issued a joint statement saying that they agreed to recommend to the bankruptcy court to hold an auction for the sale of the Dodgers. When prospective owners are bandied about, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban comes up first, because he's a fan's owner and he has the cash. But Cuban told the LA Times yesterday that he wouldn't be interested in the team if the price was over $1 billion. Who else gets in? I think Fox, which sold the team, stadium and parking lots to McCourt for $421 million in 2004, could -- and might have to -- throw its name in the hat again.

  • Media Earnings: Ads & Digital In the Spotlight

    We're headed into a slew of earnings this week from media giants—on both the content and distribution side. Whether we're talking about content creators like News Corp and Time Warner or kings of distribution like Comcast and Time Warner Cable, there are a couple key themes that will impact the whole industry. Here's what to watch as earnings reports roll out this week and next.

  • Apple iPad
    Tablet Computer Users Still Won't Pay for News

    The rapid adoption of tablet computers like Apple’s iPad has not reversed the slide in paying customers for news, as many media company executives had hoped the devices would.

  • News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch looks down as he leaves the One Aldwych Hotel surrounded by his personal security team to speak with reporters after meeting with the family of murdered school girl Milly Dowler on July 15, 2011 in London, England.
    Protesters and New Allegations of Hacking Greet Murdochs at News Corp Annual Meeting

    Rupert Murdoch has another headache on his hands- new allegations of hacking on top of shareholders advocating for his ousting. Murdoch kicked off the meeting with glowing comments about the state of the company, saying that the company's "in good shape to prosper." But it seems company hasn't yet put the hacking scandal behind it.

  • Steve Jobs | 1955 - 2011
    Jobs Tried Exotic Treatments to Combat Cancer, Book Says

    In his last years, Steven P. Jobs veered from exotic diets to cutting-edge treatments as he fought the cancer that ultimately took his life, according to a new biography to be published on Monday. The New York Times reports.

  • Rupert and James Murdoch in front of Parliament
    Murdoch Dynasty Faces Challenges at News Corp Meeting

    Rupert Murdoch inherited part of the newspaper business he turned into a vast worldwide media empire from his father, Sir Keith, and has always wanted to pass on News Corp to one of his children.

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    Reaction: NFL Starts Venture Capital Firm

    Earlier this week, Sports Business Journal broke the story that the NFL was starting a venture capital fund, with the owners willing to put in at least $32 million to invest in businesses. I knew I needed to comment on this, but, to be honest, I didn't think I was the most qualified. For that, I went to Dan Shanoff of Quickish, a media company focused on short-form, real-time news curation and discovery.

  • Rupert and James Murdoch in front of Parliament
    UK MP Buys News Corp Shares to Speak at Meeting

    British member of parliament, Tom Watson, will attempt to address News Corp  shareholders when it holds its the annual general meeting (AGM) on Friday.

  • Newspapers
    Why Are Markets Listening to British Newspapers?

    At a time when the British newspaper industry is under attack from allegations of phone hacking and declining revenues, its power to move markets seems to be as high as ever – even in newspapers not known for their business reporting.

  • Risk is a key factor in any financial transaction, but investing in stocks may be among the riskiest. The success of a company is about more than financial performance, and shortcomings in other areas, can put the company — and its shareholders — at risk. GovernanceMetrics International, a leader in corporate governance research, has introduced a list highlighting ten companies and risk issues that "are critical for investors and other corporate stakeholders to monitor and respond to." The debut
    Ten Risky Companies In North America

    Click to see, in alphabetical order, the 10 North American companies on GovernanceMetrics International's risk list.

  • Occupy Wall Street: Live Blog

    This is a live blog of CNBC's "Speaker's Corner" hosted in New York City where the group, Occupy Wall Street has set up camp.

  • OWS march on 5th
    Occupy Wall Street Goes Uptown: Scenes From the March

    Occupy Wall Street rumbled through the rich part of town Tuesday, bringing its populist denunciations of greed and corporate welfare to mixed reviews from Upper East Siders.

  • Rupert Murdoch
    Advisory Firm Urges Ouster of Murdoch and His Sons

    A major investor advisory firm recommended Monday that shareholders of the News Corporation vote against the re-election of a vast majority of the media conglomerate’s board, including Rupert Murdoch and his sons, who control the company. The New York Times reports.

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    Are Rising Corporate Cyber Attacks a Conspiracy?

    High-profile cyber intrusions, mixed with anonymous mechanized threats and curiously timed offline periods for major corporations, have prompted conspiracy theorists to wonder if hackers are trying to undermine big business or the economy.

  • Rupert Murdoch
    Warren Buffett's Dare to Rupert Murdoch: Let's Both Release Our Tax Returns

    Warren Buffett has a challenge for News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch: I'll release my tax return if you release your return at the same time.

  • Alibaba Interested in Yahoo, Should You?

    Yahoo! shares enjoyed a small gain today on Alibaba’s “interest” in Yahoo. The stock has been on a steady decline, down nearly 20% year-to-date. Yahoo’s board is currently searching for a new CEO after firing Carol Bartz.

  • Amazon’s Kindle Fire
    With 'Kindle Touch' Tablet, Amazon Takes on Apple iPad

    So far, no company has been able to even come close to rival the success of Apple's iPad, but with the unveiling of its version of a tablet computer Wednesday, analysts say Amazon has a real chance.

  • Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corporation
    Lawyers to Start News Corp Case in US: Report

    British lawyers acting for victims of phone hacking by The News of the World are planning to launch legal action in the U.S. against directors of the newspaper's parent company News Corp, according to a report on British satellite news channel Sky News.