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CNN, in Comeback, Tops Fox, Boosts Profits

Mar 5, 2008 5:28 PM CST

CNN, in Comeback, Tops Fox, Boosts Profits

Exec Walton has overseen ratings comeback, doubled profits at cable icon

(Newser) - Five years after CNN’s fortunes were so low that Time Warner considered selling it, the cable news icon topped Fox News among 25- to 54-year-old viewers for the first month since 2001. The upstarts had CNN running scared for several years, but a new president has streamlined management, increased...

'Black Geniuses' Remark is OK

OPINION

Feb 26, 2008 6:30 PM CST

'Black Geniuses' Remark is OK

Geraldo's comment on Fox is 'refreshing,' scribe writes in Post

(Newser) - The presidential race is so odd that Geraldo Rivera has pondered "black geniuses" on Fox—which was “absurd in a way that’s new and refreshing," Eugene Robinson writes in the Washington Post. Rivera was talking about Barack Obama and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick last week on...

No Yahoo! for News Corp., Says Murdoch

Feb 5, 2008 5:05 AM CST

No Yahoo! for News Corp., Says Murdoch

Media mogul won't trade bids with Microsoft over Internet behemoth

(Newser) - News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch won't be following Microsoft's lead to place a bid for ailing Internet giant Yahoo, CNNMoney reports. Murdoch also dispelled rumors today that his company was interested in purchasing AOL, or in making any other major acquisitions. His remarks follow on the heels of Microsoft's unsolicited...

Fox's Fortunes Fall With GOP's

OPINION

Jan 31, 2008 6:06 PM CST

Fox's Fortunes Fall With GOP's

Ratings are aching, talking heads are losing access and CNN has more than caught up

(Newser) - Fox News soared eight years ago by hitching its star to Republicans in general and George W. Bush in particular; now that the president’s in decline and its one-sided approach is no mystery, the channel has hit the skids. Democrats' refusal to debate on Fox damaged its reputation—and...

News Corp Gets That New-Time Religion

Dec 5, 2007 9:17 AM CST

News Corp Gets That New-Time Religion

Murdoch buys Beliefnet, the largest faith website in the US

(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has inked an eight-figure deal to buy Beliefnet, the US' most popular religion website, as a platform to promote the company's religious books and programming, the Wall Street Journal reports. Details of the transaction weren't released, but the site will become a part of News Corp's...

Thompson
Lays Into
Fox News

Nov 26, 2007 6:56 PM CST

Thompson Lays Into Fox News

Candidate objects to 'constant mantra' that campaign is troubled

(Newser) - Fred Thompson isn’t buying “We Report, You Decide.” The Republican White House hopeful yesterday blasted Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday," accusing Rupert Murdoch’s network of skewing its election coverage against him. Thompson said belittling his campaign and calling it troubled has become “...

Regan's Claim Reveals the
Real Fox

OPINION

Nov 20, 2007 7:11 PM CST

Regan's Claim Reveals the Real Fox

Suit could end Fox masquerade of neutrality: Tomasky

(Newser) - After 11 years of “the rabbit hole fiction” that Fox News is unbiased, the jig may be up, claims the Guardian’s American editor, Michael Tomasky. An admitted liberal journalist himself, Tomasky thinks it's time Fox stopped pretending not to be a conservative voice, as its audience clearly understands...

Is National Discourse Too Darn Crass?

Oct 21, 2007 6:59 PM CDT

Is National Discourse Too Darn Crass?

Imus and Coulter highlight need for action, critics say

(Newser) - Shock jock Don Imus is coming back, but humbled; Ann Coulter got press for anti-Semitism, but lost support; could this be a backlash against crass punditry? Hardly, say the experts, but some see rays of hope. "We're caught right now between extreme political correctness on one end and crude,...

Critics Cool to Frisky FBN

Oct 16, 2007 2:27 PM CDT

Critics Cool to Frisky FBN

(Newser) - The market was down but Fox Business Network was aggressively upbeat in its debut yesterday, reviewers noted. The New York Times' Alessandra Stanley made fun of the network's "giggly" mood and said it comes off as "a blend of CNBC and a fifth hour of the 'Today' show....

Fox Business Network
Debuts

Oct 15, 2007 3:57 AM CDT

Fox Business Network Debuts

Aims to make biz news less 'Wall Street,' more 'Main Street'

(Newser) - Fox Business Network officially debuts this morning, launching a challenge to CNBC, the only other all-business network on the air. FBN officials say they're looking to make business news less "Wall Street" and more "Main Street," so they won't be aiming to take hard-core financial types directly...

Ex-HP CEO Joins Fox Business

Oct 10, 2007 12:13 AM CDT

Ex-HP CEO Joins Fox Business

Fiorina will be on-air contributor when new network launches next week

(Newser) - Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina will be an on-air contributor to the new Fox Business Network when it launches next week, FBN said today. Fiorina headed HP from 1999 to 2005 and oversaw its buyout of Compaq before scandal led to her ouster. She will be a general business contributor...

Secret Ruling: Fed Wiretap Plan Illegal

Aug 3, 2007 6:26 AM CDT

Secret Ruling: Fed Wiretap Plan Illegal

Judge halted key overseas eavesdropping months ago

(Newser) - In a secret decision earlier this year a federal intelligence court judge ruled that a key element of the White House's massive wiretapping program was illegal, the Washington Post reports. The decision blocked NSA information collection from a large number of phone calls and emails that pass through two locations...

Does Rudy Get Boost From Fox Buddy?

Aug 2, 2007 7:04 AM CDT

Does Rudy Get Boost From Fox Buddy?

Giuliani, close to Fox News honcho Roger Ailes, gets more air time than others

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani and Roger Ailes, the president of Fox News, have been close friends for almost 20 years. That friendship may be paying off for Giuliani in his presidential run, as the former mayor enjoys more Fox time than any of his competitors, the New York Times notes. Giuliani has...

Fox Business Sets a Date

Jul 12, 2007 2:10 PM CDT

Fox Business Sets a Date

Dow Jones deal uncertainty won't keep upstart network from October launch

(Newser) - With 30 million potential viewers already lined up, News Corp. will launch its new Fox Business Network on October 15. The cable channel will make its debut whether or not the pending Dow Jones deal is done, the Motley Fool reports, with Neil Cavuto at the helm and the onetime...