Twitter set to become major primary news platform with new Carlson show
Star US newscaster Tucker Carlson has announced he will bring his show directly to Twitter, following an acrimonious departure from Fox News.
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Outfoxed Comcast looks to the Sky
US telco conglomerate Comcast has decided it can’t be bothered with 21st Century Fox but is still really keen on Sky.
Sky shareholders rejoice as Comcast immediately tops Fox offer
The bidding war for Sky is really hotting up with Comcast barely pausing for thought before trumping Fox’s latest acquisition offer.
Fox strikes back at Comcast in Sky bidding war
21st Century Fox has put in an increased offer to buy those bits of Sky it doesn’t already own, beating an earlier counter-offer from Comcast.
AT&T wastes no time in completing Time Warner acquisition
A mere two days after a judge rejected the US government’s attempt to block it, AT&T has completed its $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner.
UK Government confirms Fox can bid for Sky as long as it flogs Sky News
A protracted assessment of Twenty-First Century Fox’s desire to acquire the 60% of Sky it doesn’t already own has concluded something needs to be done about Sky News.
Comcast gazumps Murdoch/Disney with £22 billion bid for Sky
Giant US telco Comcast has upstaged Rupert Murdoch by offering £12.50 per share – around £22 billion – for Sky.
CMA blocks Murdoch’s Sky high ambitions
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has blocked Rubert Murdoch’s and Fox’s $11.6 billion attempt to full control of Sky on the grounds of media plurality.
Disney hounds Murdoch into selling Fox for $66 billion
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has decided the entertainment business is too much like hard work and has flogged most of 21st Century Fox to Disney.
Fox-Sky merger heads to the CMA under cloud of uncertainty
The bureaucratic bouncy ball has been given a new lease of life with Ofcom passing the Fox/Sky merger buck to the Competition and Markets Authority.
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