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Type: Public
On the web:
http://www.newscorp.com
Employees:
51,000
Employee growth: 0.0%
This News is heard, seen, and read all around the world. The world's #2 media conglomerate (behind Walt Disney), News Corporation has operations spanning film, television, and publishing. It produces and distributes movies through Fox Filmed Entertainment, while its FOX Broadcasting network boasts more than 200 affiliate stations in the US. The company also owns and operates more than 25 TV stations, as well as a portfolio of cable networks. Its publishing businesses include newspaper publishers Dow Jones (The Wall Street Journal) and News International (The Times, The Sun), and book publisher HarperCollins. In addition, News Corporation has stakes in British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) and Sky Deutschland.
Key numbers for fiscal year ending June, 2011:
Sales: $33,405.0M
One year growth: 1.9%
Net income: $2,739.0M
Income growth: 7.9%
Officers:
Chairman and CEO: K. Rupert Murdoch
Deputy Chairman, President, and COO: Chase Carey
SEVP, CFO, and Director: David F. DeVoe
Competitors:
Time Warner
Viacom
Disney
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