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  • Fox Upfront Ad Commitments Said to Fall to $1.75 Billion

    News Corp.’s Fox broadcast network is almost finished negotiating advance advertising commitments that fell to about $1.75 billion for the coming television season, said a person with knowledge of the situation.

  • Fox Reality Chief Darnell Exits After ‘Idol’ Rating Slide

    News Corp.’s Fox broadcast unit said its reality-TV chief Mike Darnell has decided to step down after 18 years at the network as audience ratings decline for “American Idol,” its most-watched program.

  • Core Media Said Shopping Rights to Presley, Muhammad Ali

    The owner of Elvis Presley’s Graceland and Muhammad Ali Enterprises have put the two celebrities’ images and rights up for sale, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.

  • ‘American Idol’ Judge Randy Jackson to Exit Fox Show This Year

    Randy Jackson, the only judge to appear on Fox’s “American Idol” for each of its 12 years, said he will leave the pioneering talent show at season’s end.

  • News Corp. Shakes Up Fox’s TV Schedule With Nine Shows

    News Corp.’s Fox Broadcasting unveiled nine prime-time programs for the 2013-2014 season, shaking up a schedule that has fallen into second place among key viewers after once dominating the ratings.

  • News Corp. Beats Profit Estimates on Higher Cable-TV Growth

    News Corp., the Rupert Murdoch-led media company planning to split in two, rose the most in more than 10 months after third-quarter profit beat analysts’ estimates.

  • U.S. Stocks Gain With Commodities as Dollar Index Falls

    Stocks rose, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to a record for a fifth day, amid better-than- projected earnings forecasts. European shares and metals gained as China’s trade and German industrial output beat estimates.

  • U.S. Stocks Climb After Dow Tops 15,000 Amid Earnings

    U.S. stocks rose, after the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed above 15,000 for the first time yesterday, as earnings forecasts from Whole Foods Market Inc. and Electronic Arts Inc. beat analyst estimates.

  • Fox Network Looks for Life Beyond American Idol, 24

    By Ronald Grover May 13 (Bloomberg Businessweek) -- Kevin Reilly, Fox Broadcasting's entertainment president, is racing to find new shows. His worry is that the network's buoyant ratings could sink once Simon Cowell, the caustic talent judge and star of American Idol, leaves the successful singing competition this month after nine seasons. The Fox programming chief wants to remake a network that has relied on Idol, hour-long dramas, and cartoon comedies to lead in the crucial 18-to-49-year-old viewer category for almost six years. In addition to Cowell's exit from Idol, TV's most watched show, Fox is losing Kiefer Sutherland and his popular thriller, 24. The network needs fresh fare, especially because 18-to-49 ratings for both Idol and a medical drama, House, are slumping. Reilly, 47, insists he welcomes the challenge. "It's a high-class problem to have," he says. "The shows are still very

  • News Corp. Falls as ‘American Idol’ Hurts Profit Forecast

    News Corp., Rupert Murdoch’s media company, fell the most in almost three months after cutting its profit forecast because of declining ratings for shows such as “American Idol” and “X Factor.”

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