T. Rowe Price, the largest owner of News Corp after the Murdoch family, says the deal risks undervaluing News Corp.
Category: News and News Media
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T. Rowe Price Raises Concerns About News Corp’s Merger With Fox
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The reporter behind the report of a Russian missile in Poland is no longer at The A.P.
The New York Times – Business:The NATO secretary general and Polish officials said the explosion was most likely caused by a Ukrainian air-defense missile that was fending off a Russian attack and went off course.
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News Corp Investors Raise Concerns About Proposed Merger With Fox
The New York Times – Business:Concerned that a merger would undervalue News Corp, investors are asking a special committee of independent board members to look more skeptically at the proposal.
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How Did AT&T’s $100 Billion Time Warner Deal Go So Wrong?
The New York Times – Business:At Time Warner, executives saw AT&T as just a “big phone company from Texas.” At AT&T, they thought Hollywood would play by their rules. That combination led to strategic miscalculation unrivaled in recent corporate history.
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New York Post Takes Aim at Trump, and Hits a Nerve
The New York Times – Business:The paper’s increasingly harsh coverage has gotten the news media and political worlds talking about whether the Murdoch media empire has broken permanently from the former president.
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Steven Ginsberg Named Editor of The Athletic
The New York Times – Business:Mr. Ginsberg, a longtime editor at The Washington Post, will start in the newly created role in January.
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PBS Names Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett to Host ‘NewsHour’
The New York Times – Business:Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett are set to start as co-anchors on Jan. 2.
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Fred Hickman, Longtime CNN Sports Anchor, Is Dead at 66
The New York Times – Sports:He was teamed memorably with Nick Charles for many years on “Sports Tonight” and gained praise early on for his interviews with sports figures.
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Ellen Levine, 79, Dies; Editor With Keen Sense of Women Readers
The New York Times – Business:She was Good Housekeeping’s first female top editor, earlier edited Woman’s Day and Redbook, and helped Oprah Winfrey create a newsstand sensation.
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Boston Globe Names NPR’s Nancy Barnes Its Next Editor
The New York Times – Business:Ms. Barnes, senior vice president for news and editorial director at NPR, has also held leadership roles at the Houston Chronicle and Minneapolis Star Tribune.
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Judy Woodruff Prepares to Sign Off as a ‘PBS NewsHour’ Anchor
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:At 75, “the last grown-up in Washington journalism” prepares to sign off after nearly a decade as an anchor of “PBS NewsHour.”
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Jane Gross, Sportswriter Who Opened Locker Room Doors, Dies at 75
The New York Times – Sports:She made news by entering a pro basketball inner sanctum to do her job. Years later, her mother’s physical decline led her to write about aging for The Times and in a book.