BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$12.1B
- Private
- US
Dow Jones Description
Development, Production & Distribution of Feature Films, Television Programs, Television Broadcasting, Cable Network Programming
CEO
Jeff ShellNumber of Employees 12,500
Contact Information
10201 W Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, California 90035-2606
(310) 369-1000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Motion Picture and Video Production: 512110
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Yahoo! breaks into television
Strategy Eye
- 2009-02-04
Yahoo! is developing a news programme with Twentieth Television called Yahoo! Buzz. The show will be based on Yahoo!’s website of the same name, which allows users to vote for which news stories should feature most prominently. Ratings created by users’ votes on the site will dictate the top...
Murdoch to buy rest of Fox shares in $7 billion deal
- 2005-01-10
Rupert Murdoch, consolidating his global media empire in the United States, is expected to announce today that he will buy out the shareholders of his Fox properties for about $7 billion, executives involved in the deal said Sunday night. The deal would solidify Murdoch's control over some of...
Gemstar-TV Guide Names Rich Battista CEO, Replacing Jeff Shell; Anthea Disney Named Executive Chairman of the Board
- 2004-12-10
LOS ANGELES -- Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. (Nasdaq: GMST) announced today the appointment of Rich Battista as chief executive officer. Mr. Battista, most recently executive vice president of Business Development and Strategy for Fox Entertainment Group (NYSE: FEG), replaces Jeff Shell, current CEO and a member of the Company's board...
News 'foresees' business net: Murdoch: launch may come 'quickly'.
- 2004-11-08
News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch last week pledged to launch a business-news channel in the "foreseeable future," but said CNNfn's December demise isn't the reason why. During a fiscal first-quarter conference call, Murdoch told reporters he couldn't pin down exactly when the...
XRAYMEDIA Brings $10 Million More in Broadcast Television for LMM v5.0 Media Buyers
- 2004-06-15
Business Editors NEW YORK & VANCOUVER, British Columbia--BUSINESS WIRE--June 15, 2004 XRAYMEDIA Inc., (OTCBB:XRYM), the leading real-time negotiating technology provider to the media industry, is pleased to announce that the Company has reinforced its national television inventory by rounding off broadcast television listings in the Live Media Marketplace...
Fox downgrade tests friendship.
- 2003-04-13
Apr 13, 2003 (The Sunday Age - ABIX via COMTEX) An influential Merrill Lynch research analyst in the US has place a "sell" recommendation on Fox Entertainment Group. Jessica Reif Cohen supported News Corporation's purchase of DirecTV, but has concerns about restructuring which...
DirecTV deal puts Murdoch within reach of global dream.
- 2003-04-11
Apr 10, 2003 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) News Corporation has made a strategic acquisition. On 10 April 2003, it was reported that News Corporation will pay $US6.6 billion ($A11 billion) for a 34 stake in Hughes Electronics, which owns the biggest US...
Fast-Growing Fox Cable Sets Aggressive Action Sports Network Launch
- 2002-12-04
Business/Sports/Entertainment Editors BroadBand Plus 2002 ANAHEIM, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 4, 2002 New 24-Hour Digital Service for Echo Boomers Debuts Summer 2003 with Time Warner Cable and DIRECTV as Launch Partners Fox Cable Networks Group, a wholly owned unit of the Fox Entertainment Group (NYSE:FOX) today announced...
AUSTRALIA'S NEWS CORP SET TO RAISE US$1.3 BLN WITH FOX STOCK IPO.
- 2002-11-13
SYDNEY, Nov 13 Asia Pulse - News Corp (ASX:NCP) is set to raise about $US1.3 billion by reportedly selling 50 million new shares of its Fox Entertainment Group. The move, to reduce debt, could signal Rupert Murdoch is laying the groundwork for a second grab at US satellite...
Fox Entertainment Group and Yahoo! Extend Marketing Relationship; Fox Broadcasting and FX Cable Network Join Fox Filmed Entertainment in Online Promotional Initiative
- 2002-09-12
Business & Entertainment Editors SUNNYVALE, Calif. & LOS ANGELES--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 12, 2002 Fox Entertainment Group Inc. (NYSE:FOX) and Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today announced they will extend their online promotional relationship with Fox Filmed Entertainment and will include new initiatives for the Fox Broadcasting...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Jeff Shell | CEO |
| David F. DeVoe | Chief Financial Officer & Principal Accounting Officer |
| Lawrence A. Jacobs | Senior Executive Vice President & General Counsel |
| Linda Johns | Executive Vice President, Human Resources |
| Cindy McKenzie | Vice President, Information Technology |
| Mike S Lee | Vice President of Technology Architecture & Planning |
| Rick Ramirez | Vice President, Emerging Markets |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Rupert Murdoch | Chairman |
| Christos M. Cotsakos | Board of Directors |
| Peter Powers | Board of Directors |
| Thomas W. Jones | Board of Directors |
Mr. Shell is the president and CEO of Fox Cable Networks Group (FCNG), which oversees the more than 20 major domestic cable and satellite networks in which parent, Fox Entertainment Group and News Corporation, holds interest. Mr. Shell oversees FX, Fox Family Channel (in partnership with Saban), the 21 regional networks of Fox Sports Net (in partnership with Rainbow Media), the Fox Movie Channel, Fox Sports World, and Fox Sportsworld Espanol, WebMD Television and the National Geographic Channel.
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|---|---|---|
| Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. | CEO | Current |
| Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. | President | Current |
| Comcast Corporation | President,Comcast Programming Group | Current |
| Asset Learning, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer & Principal Accounting Officer | Current |
| News Corporation | Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| The Star Group | Board of Directors | Current |
| British Sky Broadcasting Group plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| News Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| News Corporation | Finance Director | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. | Senior Executive Vice President & General Counsel | Current |
| News Corporation | Senior Executive Vice President, Group General Counsel | Current |
| NDS Group plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. | Executive Vice President, Human Resources | Current |
| Twentieth Century Fox | Executive Vice President, Human Resources | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. | Vice President, Information Technology | Current |
| Is Student Assoc. | Vice President, Fox Entertainment Group | Current |
| California State University | B.S In Economics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Green West Expo | Vice President, Technology Architecture & Planning, Fox Entertainment Group | Current |
| Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. | Vice President of Technology Architecture & Planning | Current |
| Dental Arts of Suffern, Llp | Current | |
| University of California, San Diego | Bachelors Degrees In Economics and Computer Science | Former |
| New York University College of Dentistry | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. | Vice President, Emerging Markets | Current |
| Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc | Vice President of Marketing | Current |
| Nalip | Vice President, Emerging Markets for Fox Entertainment Group | Current |
| Nalip | Board of Directors | Current |
| Phil Roman Entertainment | Vice President | Former |
| Galavision | Producer | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| News Corporation | Chairman & Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Lowy Institute | Board of Advisors | Current |
| China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Associated Press | Board of Directors | Current |
| The DIRECTV Group, Inc. | Chairman | Former |
| British Sky Broadcasting Group plc | Chairman | Former |
| The New York Post | Chairman | Former |
| The DIRECTV Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| University of Oxford | M.A. | Former |
| University of Oxford | B.A. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
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KTTV Source: Fox L.A. to Cut 117 Sept. 10
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Charging for Web content no panacea for newspapers
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Fox business TV to simulcast Don Imus radio show (Reuters)
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Fox to Simulcast Don Imus Radio Show
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Fox business TV to simulcast Don Imus radio show
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Diane Sawyer gets her due: Helm of ABC's 'World News'
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TV channel plans UK's first live election debate
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News Corp. in Talks for Stake in Saudi Firm
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News Corp eyes stake in Saudi firm Rotana Media - WSJ
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A Public Option For News
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News Corp. Faults U.K. Media Policy
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Murdoch son: BBC threatens independent journalism
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Murdoch son: BBC threatens independent journalism
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James Murdoch says UK policy threatens journalism
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EXCLUSIVE: Berlusconi sues local, foreign media for libel
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