{"id":20349,"date":"2014-12-01T17:20:40","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T22:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/?p=20349"},"modified":"2014-12-01T17:20:40","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T22:20:40","slug":"newscorp21st-century-fox-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/2014\/12\/01\/newscorp21st-century-fox-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NewsCorp\/21st Century – Fox"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by Lina Ortega<\/pre>\n
21st Century Fox<\/strong><\/p>\n
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www.21cf.com<\/a><\/p>\n
\u00a0Contact information<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Key Executives<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\"President<\/a><\/p>\n
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About 21st Century Fox<\/strong><\/p>\n
What was once News Corporation since 1953 [I]<\/a>, is now comprised by “News Corp<\/a>” and “21st Century Fox<\/a>.” News Corp<\/em> consists of a publishing group that includes several newspapers like Wall Street Journal, New York Post and Times of London. 21st Century Fox<\/em> is a broadcasting and film company that includes the “Fox News channel”, “20th Century movie and television studios”, “Fox sports”, “FX”, “National Geographic” and “FOX broadcast network”. [II]<\/a>\u00a0This separation was intended to ensure that both companies were conducted under more a centered\u00a0management, which makes both companies more valuable.<\/p>\n
21st Century Fox<\/em> is a global media company and was founded in June 28, 2013 [III]<\/a>. It acquires market from four principal operating segments: 1- Cable network programming<\/strong>, which it’s mostly production and licensing content through cable, telecommunications providers, and broadcast satellite. 2- Television<\/strong>, which operates the company’s 28 full-power broadcast stations. 3- Film Entertainment<\/strong>, the operator of the company’s numerous film and television production studios. 4- Direct Broadcast Satellite Television<\/strong>, which provides programming to international markets. The company also holds a 39% of BSkyB<\/em><\/a>, the British entertainment and communications provider. 21st Century Fox<\/em> makes its revenue principally on affiliate subscriptions, broadcast \u00a0and advertising fees, content licensing and retransmission revenues to maintain the top line\u00a0[IV]<\/a>. Fox Broadcasting Company ended the year 2012 at number one in the key adult demographic for the eight consecutive year in America [V]<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Financials<\/strong><\/p>\n
The Cable Network Programming segment surpassed $12 billion in revenue for the first time in its history, up 13% over their prior year. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2014 21st Century Fox Annual Report<\/a>:\"2014<\/a><\/p>\n
What’s Happening Now?<\/strong><\/p>\n
In cable programming<\/strong>, FX Networks<\/a> has currently 25 successful shows on air\u00a0[VI]<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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American Horror Story<\/strong><\/a> is now on the 7th episode of its 4th season “Freak Show” and it is one of the most watched TV series of the FX Networks. The show presents an anthology of different narratives\u00a0for each new season [VII]<\/a>. With an 8.4 out of 10 by IMDB, the show went from 2.82 million viewers on its first season to 4.00 million viewers now [VIII]<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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In television<\/strong>,\u00a0FOX has a great variety of very recognized shows that can range mostly in animation, comedy, and thriller.<\/p>\n
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One of the FOX newest TV shows premiered recently on September 22, 2014 with 8.21 million viewers [IX]<\/a>. Gotham<\/strong><\/a> explores the beginning tales of Commissioner Gordon. \u00a0While in the show he is still a detective, he has yet to meet Batman and the villains who made Gotham City so popular [X]<\/a>.\u00a0Gotham received two nominations in the TV divisions for the “American Society of Cinematographers<\/a> 29th annual Outstanding Achievement Awards” . Additionally, the pilot was recognized in the category for a TV movie, miniseries or pilot [XI]<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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20th Century Fox<\/a> is one of the most recognized film<\/strong> industries in the world. This year 2014, Fox released 13 feature films with a result\u00a0of\u00a0$1,539,266,539 in total gross [XII]<\/a>. This includes: X-Men: Days of Future Past, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, How to Train your Dragon 2, Gone Girl<\/em> and Rio 2, <\/em>as in order of total ranking.<\/p>\n
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Gone Girl<\/strong><\/a> was released in October 3, 2014 and it has a domestic total of\u00a0$160,757,000 as of today November 30th, plus a $173,400,000 of foreign totals while the production budget was only 61 million. Currently in its 5th week, it is ranked number 8\u00a0[XIII]<\/a>.\u00a0Gone Girl has received many awards including \u00a0the “Hollywood Film Award” at the 2014 Hollywood Film Festival [XIV]<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Penguins of Madagascar<\/strong><\/a> is an animated comedy distributed by 20th Century Fox and is its newest film on the market, released on November 26, 2014. This film takes the peculiar penguin characters of the previous Madagascar movies, whom must stop a villain doctor from destroying the world\u00a0[XV]<\/a>. As of its first weekend it is currently number two with a total gross of $36 million [XVI]<\/a>.<\/p>\n