By Jill Goldsmith
17.03.2020 - 19:03 / variety.com
Fox Corporation intends to add new medical benefits for its employee base in response to concerns about the nation’s coronavirus crisis.
In a memo sent to staffers, Fox Corp. COO John Nallen indicated Fox Corp. would for the next six months ” cover medical insurance premiums for employees enrolled in the Fox-sponsored plans. This means that the premium payment that you make through your normal pay cycle process will be suspended for the next six months while the Company makes that medical
By Jill Goldsmith
Guggenheim Securities analyst Michael Morris on Thursday upgraded his rating on Fox Corp.'s stock from "neutral" to "buy" and downgraded Walt Disney from "buy" to "neutral" in a report that updated his financial forecasts for entertainment industry companies "to better reflect the impact of COVID-19 behavioral changes on revenue drivers and additional diligence on key cost considerations." He highlighted that Fox's primary immediate risk was from advertising exposure, estimating that about 43
Fox Corp. and Comcast have come to terms on a new long-term carriage agreement.
Greg Fox—the composer and virtuoso drummer for Ex Eye, Liturgy, Zs, and more— has announced a new album. Contact is out May 29 via RVNG Intl. The follow-up to 2017’s The Gradual Progression, Contact was produced and mixed by Randall Dunn. A portion of its proceeds will benefit the Dhamma Dharā Vipassana Meditation Center. Hear the new song “From the Cessation of What” below and scroll down for the tracklist and cover art.
Comcast and Fox Corp. have come to terms on a broad carriage agreement covering all of Fox’s cable channels, including Fox News, and its O&O local TV stations.
By Jill Goldsmith
Fox Corporation joined other media companies like Walt Disney and ViacomCBS Tuesday with an acknowledgement that the continuing coronavirus pandemic may have an effect on its financial operations.
Amy Listerman, chief financial officer at Fox News Media, will step down from her role, and will be replaced by Joe Dorrego, a Fox Corp. executive who will become both chief financial officer and chief operating officer at the company, which is the critical financial engine of its parent company.
Ian Lipkin, the researcher who served as a medical consultant on the 2011 film Contagion, has tested positive for coronavirus.
The movie Contagion just got very real for one of the film’s medical consultants who tested positive for the novel coronavirus this week.
It’s Sheldon Cooper's birthday today and we can’t celebrate his special day without celebrating his popular Big Bang Theory character Sheldon Cooper. The Big Bang Theory is one of those TV series we watch to feel comfortable. It is amazing how a series essentially about science, scientists and theories, turned out to be so much fun that even though its last episode aired on 16 May 2019, the fans still go back to the series and watch the whole thing again and again.
By Ted Johnson
By Anita Bennett
A second staffer at Fox Business Network has tested positive for coronavirus, according to a memo sent Saturday to employees by two top executives at Fox News Media.
By Bruce Haring
Fox Corp. has acquired the streaming service Tubi TV for $440 million in cash, the company said Tuesday.
By Antonia Blyth
Fox Corp. said it will acquire Tubi, the ad-supported free streaming service, for $440 million in cash — a deal funded largely from Fox’s sale of its 5% stake in Roku.
Fox Corp. said it will acquire Tubi, the ad-supported free streaming service, for $440 million in cash.