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Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAdvertisers in next year’s Super Bowl are hoping they will get to party like it’s pre-pandemic 2020.Earlier this year, Fox Corporation took in about $600 million in advertising revenue for its broadcast of Super Bowl LIV and pre- and post-game coverage, Lachlan Murdoch, the company’s executive chairman, said earlier this year.

As state and local officials across the United States report rises in COVID-19 cases in the days ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, Fox Corp. is delaying its plan to have most staffers return to work in offices until at least April 2021.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorFox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch says the company’s target date to start to reopen offices and facilities in January has been postponed until “no earlier than” April 2021.The executive delivered the update today in a memo to employees (read it below).November has brought a mix of news on the coronavirus front in the U.S.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorEmployees at Fox Corporation had been told to get ready for a return to their offices as soon as January. Now they will wait until at least April.In a memo sent to staffers, Lachlan Murdoch, the company’s executive chairman and CEO, said Fox Corp.

Peter White Television EditorFox has confirmed that it has renewed reality competition format Lego Masters – six months after Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch revealed that it had begun preparing for a second season.The network has ordered a second run of the 10-part series with host and exec producer Will Arnett returning. It will air in 2021.The show sees pairs of Lego enthusiasts facing off in brick-building challenges.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeFox has locked “Lego Masters” for a second season. The competition series, hosted by Will Arnett, has already been casting and will shoot in the spring for an airdate sometime in 2021.A pickup has been expected for months, particularly after Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch revealed that preparation had begun on Season 2 during an investor earnings call in May.

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forgo salaries through September in order to help the company weather the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorFox CEO Lachlan Murdoch’s compensation totaled $29.15 million for the fiscal year ended in June — down sharply from $42.11 million the year before.His dad, chairman Rupert Murdoch, took home $33.98 million, also below the $42.16 million for Fox’s fiscal 2019, according to a proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.The dip is due in part to the executives voluntarily agreeing to forgo 100% of their base salaries from May 1 through

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorRupert and Lachlan Murdoch, the overseers of the Fox Corp.

James McClain Last month, former Dreamworks CEO-turned-founder of the struggling Quibi venture Jeffrey Katzenberg electrified L.A.’s luxury real estate market by inking a deal to sell his custom-built Beverly Hills home for $125 million in cash.

Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch says his slimmed-down media firm has fared well during the pandemic because of the assets it retained as part of its $71.3 billion sale of 21st Century Fox assets to Walt Disney.

$14.1 million Bel Air spread are her next-door neighbors — billionaire Fox media heir Lachlan Murdoch and his model-actress wife Sarah Murdoch, property records reveal.In case you haven’t been following the news, Lachlan and younger brother James — in a story that could have been penned by Jeffrey Archer — have been entangled in a power struggle for papa Rupert’s billions.

Amid a rise in confirmed coronavirus cases in multiple states in the U.S., Fox Corp. is postponing plans for a companywide return to its offices this fall.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorA significant chunk of Fox Corp.’s employee base is likely to work from home for the rest of 2020 to keep the coronavirus from spreading among staffers, the company’s chief executive revealed in a memo.“In the near-term, we want to maintain a low density in our offices for those employees whose jobs do require them to be on site,” said Lachlan Murdoch, in the note.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“Lego Masters” hasn’t yet been renewed for a Season 2, yet Fox Corp. boss Lachlan Murdoch has all but confirmed that it will be back — well, once productions are allowed to come back.

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Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade used an appearance on a podcast episode published Friday to laud the leadership of Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch, comparing him favorably to the late Fox News boss Roger Ailes.

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Fox wants more of The Masked Singer — and likely more of Lego Masters, as well. The network has renewed its top-rated unscripted series for the 2020-21 season. Fox Entertainment head Lachlan Murdoch said Wednesday (May 6) on the company's quarterly earnings call that he hopes for a fall debut for season four of Masked Singer. As for season two of Lego Master

Despite shutting down virtually all production in Hollywood, the nasty coronavirus can't keep a good show down, and the monsters of the The Masked Singer apparently will not be stopped.

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Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos has landed one of the most storied estates in all of Los Angeles — the Warner Estate in Beverly Hills — which he purchased from David Geffen for $165 million, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. 

Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos has landed one of the most storied estates in all of Los Angeles — the Warner Estate in Beverly Hills — which he purchased from David Geffen for $165 million, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.The reported sum would eclipse the $150 million that Lachlan Murdoch paid in December for the Bel Air estate known as Chartwell for the largest sale in Los Angeles County history.

Fox Corp., led by CEO and executive chairman Lachlan Murdoch, on Wednesday reported sharply higher second-quarter earnings on valuation changes and higher advertising revenue.Fox — which, after Rupert Murdoch agreed to sell most of 21st Century Fox to Walt Disney for $71 billion, became a stand-alone company mostly focused on news and sports — reported net income of $314 million for the latest quarter, or 48 cents per share, compared with $24 million in the year-ago period, or 1 cents a

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