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Report: Hulu Thinks Maybe You Shouldn't Cut Your Cable Cord Just Yet
By Chris Morran on April 30, 2012 6:19 PM
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Hulu is one of the many streaming services that have led a growing number of cable and satellite subscribers to cancel their subscriptions and get most of their TV entertainment via the Internet. But a new report claims that Hulu is now looking to appease cable companies by eventually making the service available only to those who are also paying for cable. More »
Fox And DirecTV Kiss & Make-Up Hours Before Blackout Deadline
By Chris Morran on October 31, 2011 6:41 PM
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With only a few hours to go until a retransmission fee dispute would have left DirecTV subscribers unable to watch a number of Fox cable channels, the two sides have put away their swords and decided to work out a deal. More »
DirecTV Accuses Fox Of Misleading TV Viewers
By Chris Morran on October 27, 2011 6:53 PM
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If you've watched sporting events on Fox in the last week, you've likely spotted an ad from News Corp. alerting DirecTV customers that "soon, in some markets, you may lose your local Fox station" as a result of the ongoing contract dispute between the broadcaster and the satellite company. But these TV spots aren't going over well with the folks at DirecTV who have complained to the FCC that Fox is misleading customers. More »
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Just Because People Are Buying Tablets Doesn't Mean They Are Paying For News Content
By Chris Morran on October 26, 2011 3:15 PM
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With its large touch screen and comparable size to a folded up newspaper, some in the news business had hopes that the tablet computer would usher in a new era of customers willing to pay for access to news content. But a new study shows that — at least so far — it just isn't so. More »
Fox Business Network Anchor Takes Scissors To Bank Of America Debit Card On Air
By Chris Morran on September 30, 2011 1:15 PM
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The backlash against Bank of America's decision to charge a $5 monthly fee to some customers who use debit cards to make purchases continues, with Fox Business Network's Gerri Willis taking a pair of scissors to her BofA debit card in the middle of an on-air report. More »
Wall Street Journal Changes Privacy Policy To Track Users' Browsing Data Without Consent
By Chris Morran on September 29, 2011 4:30 PM
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Because News Corp. has apparently given up any pretensions to respecting the privacy of others, it recently updated the privacy policy for the Wall Street Journal website to allow the company to connect personally identifiable information with Web browsing data without user consent. More »
Fox TV Putting New Episodes Behind Online Paywall
By Chris Morran on July 27, 2011 1:15 PM
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Because people don't hate Rupert Murdoch and News Corp enough right now, Fox TV has announced that the only way online users will soon be able to access new episodes of its shows is to prove that they are paying cable, Hulu Plus or satellite subscribers. More »
Report: News Corp Looks To Give Up Control Of MySpace
By Phil Villarreal on March 29, 2011 9:45 AM
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, which bought MySpace and its parent company in 2005 for $580 million, is reportedly looking to lighten the burden of the sinking social networking ship by launching a joint venture with online music site Vevo. More »
Cablevision & Fox Put Differences Aside, Work Together To Screw Customers
By Chris Morran on October 30, 2010 8:12 PM
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Just in time for Game 3 of a World Series that very few people in its viewing audience care seriously about, Cablevision and Fox have ended their two-week standoff. Which means Cablevision customers will have Fox stations back on the air — and they'll be paying more for them! More »
Fox Says No To Cablevision Offer
By Chris Morran on October 27, 2010 4:53 PM
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First it seemed there was no chance Cablevision and Fox would settle their differences today. And then Cablevision said it was okay to pay Fox a butt load of cash... but only for one year. And now, we learn Fox has rebuffed this last-minute attempt to end the stand-off in time for Game 1 of the World Series. More »
Cablevision Offers 1-Year Deal To Fox To End Stand-Off
By Chris Morran on October 27, 2010 1:58 PM
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We may have spoken too soon when we wrote that no resolution appeared to be on the horizon in the Fox/Cablevision water balloon war over carriage fees. More »
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No Resolution In Cablevision/Fox Fracas With Only Hours To Go To World Series Start
By Chris Morran on October 27, 2010 10:49 AM
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The World Series begins tonight on Fox, but it looks like 3 million Cablevision subscribers will have to resort to finding an antenna or watching elsewhere as the thumb-wrestling match between the cable provider and NewsCorp drags on without resolution. More »
NFL Network Asks Cablevision: Hey, Where's Our Binding Arbitration?
By Chris Morran on October 26, 2010 10:20 AM
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During its ongoing staring contest with NewsCorp over carriage fees, Cablevision has repeatedly asked the broadcaster to enter into binding arbitration. This apparently has the folks at the NFL Network wondering why Cablevision isn't so eager to sit down at the arbitration table with them. More »
Will Fox's Cablevision Blackout Be Resolved Before The World Series?
By Chris Morran on October 22, 2010 2:15 PM
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We're now in the middle of Day 7 of the Fox/Cablevision slap fight that has left millions of Cablevision subscribers from Connecticut to Pennsylvania without Fox stations. More »
FCC Tweets Baseball Updates To Blacked Out Cablevision Customers
By Chris Morran on October 20, 2010 4:15 PM
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While some lawmakers are calling for the FCC to intervene in the Cablevision/Fox pissing match over carriage fees, the FCC made some attempt last night to keep blacked-out Phillies fans informed. More »
Cablevision VP Blasts Fox Blackout As "Shameful"
By Chris Morran on October 18, 2010 10:40 AM
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Many people had predicted — or at least hoped — that the fee squabble that led to Fox's Friday night decision to pull its local NYC and Philadelphia affiliates from Cablevision subscribers would have been sorted out in time for folks to enjoy Sunday afternoon football. Alas, that didn't happen and hordes of Giants and Eagles fans were scrambling for antennas. More »
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Fox vs. Cablevision Pissing Match Ends In Baseball Blackout
By Chris Morran on October 16, 2010 12:41 AM
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Just in time for the NLCS and the World Series, the very public slap fight between NewsCorp and Cablevision hit an impasse on Friday night, with Cablevision subscribers in the New York City and Philadelphia metro areas no longer having access to their local Fox affiliates. More »
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Microsoft Trying To Buy Its Way To Search Supremacy
By Phil Villarreal on November 24, 2009 10:30 AM
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Microsoft wants to pay Newscorp to de-index its stories from Google, giving Bing a leg-up in searches. More »
The Economy Is So Bad Now That Investors See Newspapers As A Growth Industry
By Phil Villarreal on May 7, 2009 4:15 PM
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—>In the face of News Corp. announcing profits fell 70 percent for the quarter that ended March 31, chairman Rupert Murdoch is cautiously optimistically about his papers, even though his rags, which include the Wall Street Journal, New York Post and Aussie and British periodicals, have dipped 28 percent in revenue. More »
Worst Company In America UPSET: #63 Hallmark/Westland Meatpacking Stuns #2 News Corp!
By Meg Marco on May 7, 2008 6:19 PM
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—>Grab your popcorn, ladies and gentlemen! We have some eye-opening Worst Company in America news for you. Round 1 is finally over and the results are in: #63 Hallmark/Westland Meatpacking Company has upset #2 News Corp.! More »
