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LOS ANGELES, Aug 21- Newspaper company Tronc Inc on Monday named digital media veteran Ross Levinsohn to be chief executive officer and publisher of the Los Angeles Times as part of a shake-up of senior management. The current editor and publisher of the Los Angeles Times, Davan Maharaj, is leaving the paper, Tronc Chief Executive Justin Dearborn said in a memo to...

LOS ANGELES, Aug 21- Newspaper company Tronc Inc named digital media veteran Ross Levinsohn the new chief executive officer and publisher of the Los Angeles Times as part of a shake-up of senior management, the company said in a statement on Monday. The two men replace Davan Maharaj, who has served as editor and publisher of the Los Angeles Times since March 2016.

NEW YORK— The CEO of 21st Century Fox denounced racism and terrorists while expressing concern over President Donald Trump's reaction to the deadly violence surrounding a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. James Murdoch also told friends in a personal email that he and his wife, Kathryn, will donate $1 million to the Anti-Defamation...

Aug 10- News Corp on Thursday reported fourth-quarter revenue that missed estimates as the owner of the Wall Street Journal grapples with a declining demand for advertising in the print industry. The first quarter should benefit from higher prices for Dow Jones subscriptions as well as increased cover prices in the UK and Australia, the company said on a...

Aug 10- News Corp reported fourth-quarter revenue that slightly missed Wall Street's average estimate as the owner of the Wall Street Journal was hurt by declining demand for print advertising. The company reported a net loss available to shareholders of $430 million, or 74 cents per share, in the fourth quarter ended June 30, compared with a profit of $89...

Aug 10- News Corp reported fourth-quarter revenue that missed estimates as the owner of the Wall Street Journal was hurt by decling demand for print advertising. The company reported a net loss available to shareholders of $430 million, or 74 cents per share, in the fourth quarter ended June 30, compared with a profit of $89 million, or 15 cents per share, a year...

Aug 10- News Corp, the owner of the Wall Street Journal and book publisher HarperCollins, reported a 6.6 percent fall in quarterly revenue hurt by declining demand for print advertising and a strong dollar. The company reported a net loss available to shareholders of $430 million, or 74 cents per share, in the fourth quarter ended June 30, compared with a profit of...

Aug 9- Rupert Murdoch- controlled Twenty-First Century Fox Inc's quarterly profit edged past analysts' estimates, but revenue fell just short of expectations, hurt by the lack of box office hits from its movie studio. Fox reported fourth-quarter results as investors questioned whether it would gain British government approval for its $14.5 billion bid to buy...

Aug 9- Rupert Murdoch- controlled Twenty-First Century Fox Inc's quarterly profit edged past analysts' estimates, but revenue fell just short of expectations, hurt by the lack of box office hits from its movie studio. However, revenue from Fox's cable division, which houses the Fox News, FX channels among others, rose 10.4 percent and accounted for more than half of...

Aug 9- Rupert Murdoch- controlled Twenty-First Century Fox Inc reported a 1.5 percent rise in quarterly revenue, boosted by its cable business. The owner of Fox News and 20th Century Fox movie studio said revenue increased to $6.75 billion in the fourth quarter ended June 30 from $6.65 billion a year earlier. Net income attributable to shareholders fell to $476...

LONDON, Aug 9- Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey is considering withdrawing his support for Twenty-First Century Fox's attempt to take over Sky, saying the 11.7 billion-pound offer undervalues the British pay TV broadcaster. His change of stance comes after Rupert Murdoch's attempt to take full control of Sky faced a further delay after the British...

LONDON, Aug 9- Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey has said he is considering withdrawing his support for Twenty-First Century Fox's attempt to take over Sky, saying he believes the 11.7 billion pound deal undervalues the British broadcaster. Odey, who is the 15th biggest Sky shareholder with a 1 percent stake according to Thomson Reuters data, had said he backed the...

Aug 8- Britain's department of culture said on Tuesday it had written to media watchdog Ofcom for more information on its views on Twenty-First Century Fox's bid for Sky Plc.. Culture Secretary Karen Bradley, who is responsible for media issues, said in July that she needed to look at the evidence received before taking a decision about the bid, which was likely to...

NEW YORK, Aug 5- Fox News on Saturday suspended host Eric Bolling following a media report that he sent sexually inappropriate text messages to colleagues, marking the third high-profile harassment case to rock the conservative, highly rated cable news outlet. "Eric Bolling has been suspended pending the results of an investigation, which is currently...

LONDON, July 19- James and Lachlan Murdoch urged the British government to let their company buy pay-TV group Sky, saying on Wednesday that further delays to the $15 billion deal could sour the climate for foreign investment in Britain after Brexit. The Murdochs' Twenty-First Century Fox was dealt a blow last month when Britain's media secretary, Karen Bradley,...

LONDON, July 13- Rupert Murdoch is unlikely to offer any new concessions to protect the editorial independence of Sky, increasing the chance that the $15 billion takeover deal goes to a lengthy investigation, a person familiar with the situation said. Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox was dealt a blow last month when Britain's media secretary, Karen Bradley,...