News Corp. Profits Rise, Fox&#39;s Profit Drops
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At the US-based Fox Entertainment Group, first-quarter profits fell 20 percent to US$320 million, or 33 cents per share, from $401 million, or 45 cents per share, last year.
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Comcast Corp. (CMCSA.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , the largest US cable operator, on Wednesday posted a quarterly profit that fell short of Wall Street forecasts but reported
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PepsiCo Inc, the world&#39;s No. 2 soft drink company, said on Thursday quarterly profit rose due to tax benefits and strong earnings at its key Frito-Lay snack and North American beverage units.
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Viacom Inc. on Thursday said its quarterly profit from continuing operations rose 12 percent on higher cable network advertising sales and announced a larger-than-expected stock repurchase, sending its shares up 3 percent.
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Time Warner Inc., the world's largest media company, on Friday said its quarterly net profit rose by 76 percent, boosted by digital video, high-speed Internet and higher advertising sales at its cable networks.
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Media conglomerate Time Warner Inc.  said on Wednesday quarterly profit rose 34 percent, boosted by AOL asset sales in Europe, a rise in digital cable and phone customers, and online advertising sales.
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Gannett Co. Inc.  posted a better-than-expected 3 percent rise in quarterly profit on Friday, boosted by higher advertising demand at its newspapers and a rise in political ad sales at its TV stations.
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Time Warner Inc., the world&#39;s largest media company, said third-quarter profit fell 7.8 percent after it set aside $500 million to resolve government investigations into its accounting practices at America Online.
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The New York Times Company reported a fourth-quarter profit of $53 million as revenue dropped, but it continued to fare better than most of its peers across the troubled newspaper industry.
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Walt Disney Co.  quarterly profit rose 24 percent on Thursday as stronger cable television results and a tax benefit more than made up for a sharp slowdown at Disney's movie studio.
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Media conglomerate News Corp.  on Wednesday posted a higher quarterly profit, boosted by strong DVD sales of the film "Day After Tomorrow" and advertising sales at its cable networks.
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Comcast Corp , the largest U.S. cable TV operator, posted on Thursday a 2 percent rise in quarterly profit excluding one-time items but lost more basic video subscribers than analysts had expected.
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The News Corporation, the media company controlled by Rupert Murdoch, said yesterday that its fiscal first-quarter profit rose 27 percent, in part because advertising sales increased at its cable networks, like the Fox News Channel.
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Microsoft Corp. MSFT.Oon Thursday  said its quarterly profit climbed as revenue rose 12 percent,  but its shares fell as investors failed to account for the  effect of the expensing of stock-based compensation in  assessing the earnings.
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Dow Jones & Co. Inc.  reported a 27 percent drop in quarterly profit on Thursday, hurt by lower ad sales at The Wall Street Journal and higher stock-based compensation expenses after its share price surged following News Corp.'s  bid for the company.
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Net profits up, per share profits down, share count up.
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News Corp. said quarterly earnings were up 1 percent from a year earlier as results from the Fox broadcast network and news channel outweighed lighter returns from movies and TV production.