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Killian Fox speaks to Dennis Lehane, one of the authors behind The Wire
From Media Guardian. Posted July 19 2008, 11.01pm
Killian Fox speaks to one of the writers behind The Wire (more)

Radio is Easier than TV: Laura Ingraham Raw Video
From radio.about.com. Posted July 19 2008, 7.15am
A montage clip of raw video featuring radio talk show host Laura Ingraham during the course of her short "This Just In" stint on Fox News has been posted and... (more)

Former Radio Talk Show Host, Tony Snow, Dies at 53
From radio.about.com. Posted July 12 2008, 8.18am
Former talk show host, Tony Snow, died earlier this morning from complications related to an ongoing battle with cancer. He was 53. While at Fox News, Snow served as the host... (more)

Magical win for Neil Fox
From Radio Today. Posted July 7 2008, 4.32pm
Magic 105.4 has won the Station of the Year award at the Arqivas, whilst breakfast presenter Neil Fox takes home the Gold Award. (more)

Humax releases Foxsat-HD update
From Digital Spy. Posted June 30 2008, 10.11am
Humax releases an update for its high definition Freesat box. (more)

Showbiz reporter Neil Sean leaves Sky News for Fox
From Media Guardian. Posted June 27 2008, 6.46am
Sky News showbiz reporter Neil Sean is switching to News Corporation sister station Fox News. By Tara Conlan (more)

ITV in production deal with Fox
From Financial Times. Posted June 19 2008, 3.00am
ITV has signed a potentially ground-breaking deal to develop new programmes with Twentieth Century Fox TV using joint funding and combined teams of US and British... (more)

ITV seals deal to produce new shows with Fox
From Financial Times. Posted June 19 2008, 3.00am
ITV, the UK broadcaster, has signed a potentially ground-breaking deal to develop new programmes with Twentieth Century Fox TV using joint funding and combined teams... (more)

ITV in deal to produce shows with Fox
From Financial Times. Posted June 18 2008, 11.03pm
UK broadcaster signs potentially ground-breaking deal to develop new programmes with Twentieth Century Fox TV using joint funding and teams writers and producer (more)

F.C.C. Chairman Gives Satellite Radio Merger Thumbs Up
From radio.about.com. Posted June 16 2008, 4.04am
In an AP story published at Foxnews.com Kevin Martin, Chairman of the F.C.C., "...is recommending approval of the $5 billion merger between the nation's two satellite radio broadcasters in exchange... (more)

Fox TV apology for racial slur
From Media Guardian. Posted June 13 2008, 11.01pm
Murdoch's television station says sorry for caption referring to Barack Obama's wife Michelle as his 'baby mama' (more)

Fox News anchor ED HIll taken off air after Obama 'terrorist fist jab' gaffe
From Media Guardian. Posted June 13 2008, 10.24am
ED Hill has lost her show a week after suggesting Barack Obama and his wife Michelle's victory gesture could be a 'terrorist fist jab'. By Mark Sweney (more)

Fox News anchor ED HIll taken off air after Barack Obama 'terrorist fist jab' gaffe
From Media Guardian. Posted June 13 2008, 10.24am
ED Hill has lost her show a week after suggesting Barack Obama and his wife Michelle's victory gesture could be a 'terrorist fist jab'. By Mark Sweney (more)

The Simpsons: Fox signs deal with voice stars
From Media Guardian. Posted June 3 2008, 11.11am
Fox has secured the next season of The Simpsons after agreeing a four-year pay deal with the stars who provide voices for the show's characters, according to reports. By Caitlin Fitzsimmons (more)

The Simpsons: Fox signs deal with stars behind characters' voices
From Media Guardian. Posted June 3 2008, 11.11am
Fox has secured the next season of The Simpsons after agreeing a four-year pay deal with the stars who provide voices for the show's characters, according to reports. By Caitlin Fitzsimmons (more)

Fox's biscuits launches ad featuring New Jersey dog/panda hybrid
From Media Guardian. Posted May 28 2008, 6.16am
Biscuit maker Fox's is to launch a TV campaign fronted by an animated character dubbed a 'danda', a cross between a dog and a panda. By Mark Sweney (more)

Fox News Channel launches in HD
From Digital Spy. Posted May 5 2008, 8.59am
A high definition version of Fox News Channel is launching in the US. (more)

Fox News ad cleared by advertising watchdog
From Press Gazette. Posted April 30 2008, 12.00am
An advertisement for News Corporation which described Fox News as a "pioneer of fair and balanced news coverage" has escaped censure from the British advertising watchdog. (more)

EXCLUSIVE: Full Sky Digital EPG listings after reshuffle
From Biz Asia. Posted April 24 2008, 11.52am
BizAsia.co.uk brings you the full Sky Digital channel listings as they will appear after the reshuffle. There are no changes planned for following EPG categories Documentaries, Sports, Adult and Radio. Sky plans to implement a marketing campaign through a number of different media prior to the changes taking place in order to inform viewers of the changes. The new channel line up is currently scheduled to be implemented on a genre by genre basis between 05:00 and 08:00 on the dates specified below. 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Entertainm 152 Challenge+1 153 Bravo2 154 DMAX+2 155 Hollywood TV 156 Biography 157 Film24 158 Dave +1 159 ParaComedy2+ 160 MTV 161 RTE1 (NI) 162 RTE2 (NI) 163 TG4 (NI) 164 FX 165 FX+ 166 Information TV 167 Info TV2 168 Passion TV 169 Raj TV 170 Sky One HD 171 My Channel 172 Trouble 173 Trouble +1 174 Five US 175 Five US +1 176 Five Life 177 Five Life +1 178 Men & Motors 179 ITV3+1 180 Red 181 fame TV 182 Channel 6 (only avail ROI) 183 Current TV 184 BEN 185 Ape TV 186 Life One 187 AIT Int'l 188 AnimeCentral 189 Open Access 2 190 Open Access 3 191 Urban TV 192 OBE 193 FX+1 194 Sumo TV 195 propeller 196 Nuts TV 197 Pulse 198 BET 199 200 201 202 203 Channel M 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 Lifestyle & Culture 240 Disc.RealTime 241 Disc.RT Extra 242 Disc.H&Health 243 Sky Real Lives 244 SkyRealLive+1 245 SkyRealLives2 246 UKTV Style 247 UKTV Style +1 248 UKTV Gardens 249 UKTV Food 250 UKTV Food +1 251 Travel Channel 252 Travel Ch +1 253 254 Disc.RT +1 255 Disc.H&H +1 256 Sky Arts 257 Sky Arts HD 258 UKTV Style 2 259 Performance 260 Mainstreet 261 Fashion TV 262 Real Estate TV 263 264 Wine TV 265 Disc.Travel&L 266 Wedding TV 267 Wedding TV+1 268 Africa Channel 269 Diva TV 270 SA Direct 271 Luxe TV 272 Baby Channel 273 Luxe TV HD 274 O'seasproperty 275 276 277 278 279 280 Horse&Country 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 Movies 301 Sky Premiere 302 Sky Prem+1 303 Sky Comedy 304 Sky Action 305 Sky Family 306 Sky Drama 307 Sky ScFi/Horror 308 Sky Classics 309 Sky Mdn Greats 310 Sky Indie 311 SkyScreen 1 312 SkyScreen 2 313 Sky PremiereHD 314 SkyScreen 1HD 315 Film4 316 Film4 +1 317 TCM 318 TCM 2 319 Zone Horror 320 Zone Thriller 321 True Movies 322 True Movies 2 323 movies4men 324 movies4men+1 325 movies4men 2 326 327 movies24 328 movies24+ 329 Nollywood 330 AIT 332 SkyScreen 2HD 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 347 348 349 Music 350 MTV ONE 351 MTV ONE+1 352 MTV BASE 353 MTV HITS 354 MTV DANCE 355 MTV TWO 356 VH1 357 VH1 Classic 358 TMF 359 The Box 360 The Hits 361 KISS 362 Smash Hits! 363 Magic 364 Q 365 Chart Show TV 366 The Vault 367 Flava 368 Kerrang! 369 oMusic TV 370 Channel U 371 Fizz 372 Bliss 373 374 Scuzz 375 376 Flaunt 377 378 ROCKWORLDTV 379 Bubble Hits 380 Musflash TV 381 Bedroom TV 382 NME TV 383 Clubland 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 Music Choice 396 Music Choice 397 398 399 400 Sports 401 Sky Sports 1 402 Sky Sports 2 403 Sky Sports 3 404 Sky Spts Xtra 405 Sky Spts News 406 MUTV 407 408 Sky Sports HD1 409 Sky Sports HD2 410 Eurosport UK 411 Eurosport2 UK 412 413 Motors TV 414 415 At The Races 416 417 NASN 418 Setanta Golf 419 Extreme Sports 420 421 Chelsea TV 422 423 Arsenal TV 424 Arsenal Replay 425 426 427 Fight Network 428 429 Setanta Sports1 430 Setanta Sports2 432 Racing UK 433 Racing World 434 Setanta Ireland (Not NI) 435 Setanta News 436 Celtic TV 437 438 Rangers TV 439 Setanta Sports (ROI) 440 441 442 ESPN Classic 443 444 445 RealmadridTV 446 447 448 LiverpoolFCTV 449 450 Sky Sports HD3 451 452 Rush HD 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 PPV 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 News 501 Sky News 502 Bloomberg 503 BBC NEWS 504 BBC PARL'MNT 505 CNBC 506 CNN 507 S4C2 508 EuroNews 509 FOX News 510 CCTV-9 511 NDTV 24x7 512 Russia Today 513 France 24 514 Al Jazeera Eng 515 516 517 518 519 Documentaries 520 Discovery 521 Discovery+1 522 Disc.Knowldge 523 Disc. 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Randi Rhodes Resigns from Air America Radio
From radio.about.com. Posted April 10 2008, 6.32pm
Randi Rhodes has resigned from Air America Radio. According to Fox News, "Mark Green, president of Air America Media, told FOXNews.com that Rhodes terminated her contract Wednesday after she refused... (more)

US military plan to use cell phones to defeat Taliban in Afghanistan
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 10 2008, 2.55pm
Fox News reports that a plan of action similar to the underground pipeline of radios to North Korea is on the table for Afghanistan, where the US military would drop cheap cell phones that could also receive radio broadcasts in Taliban-dominated areas. US psychological operations aircraft or blimps would transmit programming that these cell phones can receive [...] (more)

Fox acts to snap up video ad company
From Financial Times. Posted April 9 2008, 3.47am
Fox International Channels, News Corp's global pay TV unit, buys a majority stake in Utarget, a UK advertising network focused in video and 'subsite' technology (more)

Emily Bell: Face it – Fox News isn't something to aspire to
From Media Guardian. Posted April 6 2008, 11.02pm
Opinion, Emily Bell: With the Public Service Broadcasting review from media regulator Ofcom about to hove into view over the horizon, there has been some preliminary policy-debating activity (more)

ITV Worldwide hires Fox's Bartlett
From Media Guardian. Posted March 17 2008, 1.17pm
ITV has recruited another US-based executive to join Dawn Airey's global content team. By Chris Tryhorn (more)

Rupert Murdoch out-foxed in domain name row
From Press Gazette. Posted March 12 2008, 12.00am
Rupert Murdoch has been outfoxed!. He may own the Fox Business Network on American TV (that of course is in addition to the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal) but he can't use the name online. (more)

Penk leaves Fox FM early
From Radio Today. Posted February 25 2008, 6.02am
Steve Penk has left his breakfast show on Fox FM earlier than planned. He was due to leave the GCap Media station during March but presented his last show on Friday. (more)

Global strikes deal with Fox
From Radio Today. Posted February 22 2008, 12.12pm
Heart 106.2 has secured a year-long deal with 20th Century Fox to promote seven high-profile movies over the next 12 months. (more)

Fox plans to cut back TV pilots
From Media Guardian. Posted February 5 2008, 1.17pm
The fallout from the US writers' strike continues, with another studio threatening to rein in spending on programme pilots and development deals. By Maria Esposito (more)

Johnny Vs Jamie and Harriet
From Radio Today. Posted January 31 2008, 11.41am
Capital breakfast show host Johnny Vaughan has lost 88,000 listeners this quarter, handing the top 6 till 9am London commercial breakfast slot to Heart duo Jamie and Harriet. Fox on Magic 105.4 comes in at third place. (more)

Penk leaves Fox FM
From Radio Today. Posted January 16 2008, 4.30pm
Steve Penk is to leave GCap's Fox FM a year after joining to host the breakfast show. The news was announced by the presenter live on-air yesterday, who cited "internal politics" as a reason for his departure. Fox FM have told Radio Today the decision for Penk to leave was made mutually. (more)

Steve Penk leaves Fox FM
From Radio Today. Posted January 16 2008, 4.30pm
Steve Penk is to leave GCap's Fox FM a year after joining to host the breakfast show. The news was announced by the presenter live on-air yesterday, who cited "internal politics" as a reason for his departure. Fox FM have told Radio Today the decision for Penk to leave was made mutually. (more)

Foxtel, Ten divvy up Games
From Rapid TV News. Posted January 16 2008, 3.44am
Australia’s Ten Network has won Australian TV and new media rights to the Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010, and will divide the rights up with pay-TV broadcaster Foxtel. (more)

Fox acquires stake in Real Estate TV
From Digital Spy. Posted January 8 2008, 12.51pm
Fox International Channels acquires a controlling stake in Real Estate TV. (more)

Capital 95.8 Support Simpsons Movie DVD
From Merry Media. Posted December 8 2007, 1.02am
Capital 95.8 signed a deal with 20th Century Fox to support the DVD release of The Simpsons Movie on 10th December 2007. Listeners of Johnny Vaughan's Breakfast Show will be invited to text in and guess how fast a Simpsons Movie character is talking. . (more)

Vaughan in Simpsons push
From Radio Today. Posted December 7 2007, 12.17pm
Capital 95.8 is running a promotion next week to support the DVD release of The Simpsons Movie on 10th December. The multi media deal with 20th Century Fox will give listeners the chance to win a VIP trip to Hollywood for a tour of the Fox Studios on Johnny Vaughan's breakfast show. (more)

Fox criticises Capital
From Radio Today. Posted December 3 2007, 10.34am
Magic 105.4 breakfast presenter Neil Fox has spoke out against Capital Radio’s current breakfast show. In an interview with today’s Independent, Fox also warns Capital breakfast presenter Johnny Vaughn against sounding “silly and small-time”. (more)

Neil Fox: Rise and shine, the Fox is prowling the Magic airwaves
From The Independent. Posted December 3 2007, 12.40am
At precisely 5am each weekday morning, Neil Andrew Howe Fox steps out of his Chelsea home, climbs aboard his Harley and for the next 11 minutes purrs through the trafficless streets of London on his way to the radio studio behind Oxford Street where he plies his trade. In appropriate weather, he will don a pair of sunglasses for the duration of his commute. (more)

Murdoch: Fox-esque Sky News "more popular"
From Digital Spy. Posted November 26 2007, 2.31pm
Rupert Murdoch says that Sky News would become more popular if it emulated Fox News in the US. (more)

Murdoch wants Sky News to be more like rightwing Fox
From Media Guardian. Posted November 24 2007, 12.01am
The media mogul Rupert Murdoch has said he wants Sky News to become more like his rightwing US network Fox News, and revealed the extent of his editorial grip on his British newspapers to a House of Lords committee (more)

Murdoch: Sky could be more like Fox News
From Press Gazette. Posted November 23 2007, 12.00am
Sky News would be more popular if it were more like the US Fox News Channel, and could do so without a change to UK impartiality rules, Rupert Murdoch has told a Lords committee. (more)

Black screen for Fox Life?
From Rapid TV News. Posted November 19 2007, 9.01pm
Fox Life, a subsidiary of Fox International Channels, has lost its lawsuit against CanalSat and could disappear from the French TV landscape by the end of this year. (more)

BBC fox footage deceives viewers
From Media Guardian. Posted November 12 2007, 11.02am
The BBC has admitted that a film purporting to show a wild fox in the rain in its series The Nature of Britain is in fact of a captive fox. By Ben Dowell. (more)

BBC admits fox footage not taken in wild
From Media Guardian. Posted November 12 2007, 11.02am
The BBC has admitted that a film purporting to show a wild fox in the rain in The Nature of Britain was in fact of a captive fox sprayed with a hose. By Ben Dowell (more)

My Mentor: Ben Jones on Neil Fox
From The Independent. Posted October 29 2007, 12.20am
Neil Fox is the reason I'm in radio today. I grew up in Bournemouth and even down there we knew that Dr Fox's Surgery on Capital Radio was this cool show from London. I'd get my mum to tune into it as soon as we could if we were driving up. It had this element of gravitas, and it got big guests; I remember Madonna co-hosting one show. It was fast-paced and interactive and it really reflected the capital. (more)

DJ Fox rides high at number one
From Media Guardian. Posted October 26 2007, 4.42pm
Interview: Magic breakfast show host Neil Fox tells John Plunkett about the secret of his success and how he shed a tear when he found he was king of the London breakfast shows. (more)

The Wire and 24 set for 4oD after Channel 4 strikes deal with Fox
From Media Guardian. Posted October 26 2007, 6.50am
Nip/Tuck, The Wire and 24 look set to appear on 4oD after Channel 4 struck a deal with FX, the Fox-owned entertainment channel. By Mark Sweney. (more)

The Wire set for 4oD after Channel 4 strikes deal with Fox
From Media Guardian. Posted October 26 2007, 6.50am
The Wire and Nip/Tuck look set to appear on 4oD after Channel 4 struck a deal with FX, the Fox-owned entertainment channel. By Mark Sweney. (more)

London's breakfast battle
From Radio Today. Posted October 25 2007, 8.25am
Neil Fox has beaten close rivals Johnny Vaughan and Jamie and Harriet to become the most listened to breakfast show in London, according to the latest audience figures. But whilst Vaughan has the most listening hours, Fox brings in an extra 5000 listeners between 6am and 9am. (more)

Magic's Neil Fox seizes top London breakfast show crown
From Media Guardian. Posted October 25 2007, 6.48am
Magic's Neil Fox has leapfrogged Capital's Johnny Vaughan and Heart's Jamie Theakston and Harriet Scott to become the top commercial breakfast show in London. By John Plunkett. (more)

TV's Frank Spencer to make return, but for Fox in the US
From The Independent. Posted October 18 2007, 1.45am
He was the character that made you wince at the screen more, perhaps, than any other on British television. And he appeared to be long gone. (more)

Fox is for fun, not investment advice
From Financial Times. Posted October 17 2007, 6.43pm
Buying shares based on what an analyst says on TV – long after he has told his institutional clients – is a mug's game, writes John Gapper (more)

Fox TV to screen new version of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
From Media Guardian. Posted October 17 2007, 1.00am
Fox TV is to screen a new version of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em. By Stephen Brook. (more)

Fox makes its run from Wall St to Main St
From Financial Times. Posted October 16 2007, 3.00am
Two weeks ago, Roger Ailes, the News Corp television chief who has a fondness for battlefield metaphors, said that disclosing details of his forthcoming Fox Business... (more)

Fox ruffles feathers of rival 'peacock'
From Media Guardian. Posted October 16 2007, 1.00am
CNBC goes on the defensive as Rupert Murdoch's financial TV station launches in the US. By Andrew Clark in New York and Katie Allen. (more)

Fox makes run from Wall St to Main St
From Financial Times. Posted October 15 2007, 8.40pm
On Monday, after two years of planning, Fox Business finally took to the air, featuring a cowboy in his underpants as the point man in Mr Ailes' assault on CNBC, the dominant cable business network. (more)

Fox launches US business channel
From BBC News. Posted October 15 2007, 3.55pm
News Corp launches a US business TV network to challenge in the market for mainstream business news. (more)

Fox Business brings finance to the people
From The Guardian. Posted October 15 2007, 1.00am
Rupert Murdoch's version of business news bursts on to US televisions today on a channel that vows to change the way viewers think about finance. (more)

Radio Sours on Spears, Lackadasical about Lopez
From radio.about.com. Posted October 12 2007, 11.56pm
From Roger Friedman at foxnews.com: "They may be getting headlines, but Jennifer Lopez and Britney Spears are being ignored by radio stations. According to Radio and Records, the publication and... (more)

Detroit Radio Station Cancels Britney Suicide Watch Contest
From radio.about.com. Posted October 5 2007, 5.19am
This in from foxnews.com: "A Detroit radio station has apologized after a disc jockey advertised a contest to determine when Britney Spears would commit suicide. 'When will Britney end it?'... (more)

Setanta gets on to Foxtel
From Rapid TV News. Posted October 2 2007, 9.30pm
Setanta Sports is launching a pay-TV sports channel aimed at Australian homes, the first challenger to Fox Sports since the collapse of the Seven Network’s C7 in 2001. (more)

Radio Host Rush Limbaugh in Crosshairs of Antiwar Democrats
From radio.about.com. Posted October 2 2007, 5.10am
Foxnews.com writes: "Senate Democrats frustrated by failed battles against Republicans to change Iraq war policy are instead taking on one of the war's staunchest supporters � syndicated, conservative talk radio... (more)

JACK gatecrashes Fox party
From Radio Today. Posted September 29 2007, 9.12am
JACK fm is causing a stir already, and the station has not even launched yet. JACK bosses recently gate crashed Fox FM's 18th birthday party, giving out a special birthday card "love from Jack - Oxfordshire's newest radio station". (more)

Bush in bid to challenge Fox over expletives
From Financial Times. Posted September 28 2007, 3.22am
The solicitor-general will seek a review of a court ruling that found federal regulator's policy on fleeting expletives on broadcast television 'arbitrary and capricious' (more)

Simon Callow returns as Fox's polar bear
From Media Guardian. Posted September 14 2007, 1.00am
Fox's Glacier Mints is bringing back its fox and polar bear cartoon characters after a 20-year break in a TV campaign voiced by Simon Callow. By Mark Sweney. (more)

Rutgers Basketball Player Drops Slander Suit Against Don Imus
From radio.about.com. Posted September 12 2007, 5.03am
From foxnews.com: "A Rutgers basketball player on Tuesday withdrew a slander and defamation lawsuit she filed against Don Imus and CBS Radio, among others, after the shock jock called the... (more)

Forget CNBC and Fox, Bloomberg is #1
From Rapid TV News. Posted August 27 2007, 10.57pm
Every TV channel has its favoured surveys, and it’s not sensible to put too much faith in any one of them, but Bloomberg is thrilled with one study. (more)

Traffic helicopter crashes
From Radio Today. Posted July 30 2007, 10.37pm
A helicopter providing traffic news for Dallas radio stations KRLD-AM and KVIL crashed today after losing power. Radio reporter Julie DeHarty was with her Fox Television colleague Chip Waggoner when the pilot was forced to make a hard emergency landing. All on board escaped with minor bruises. (more)

World Chart Show Ends on 5FM
From Merry Media. Posted July 28 2007, 2.10am
After 12 years, South African radio station 5FM has decided not to renew the World Chart Show in favour of a fresh new international chart and music lifestyle-show. Nicole Fox will be host the final World Chart Show today.. (more)

Capital 95.8 Simpsons Movie Campaign
From Merry Media. Posted July 24 2007, 10.26am
GCap Media have signed an exclusive deal with 20th Century Fox to undertake a promotional campaign for the premiere release of The Simpsons Movie.. (more)

Simpsons deal for Capital 95.8
From Radio Today. Posted July 24 2007, 9.22am
Capital 95.8 is to become the official radio station of the new Simpsons movie, in a six-figure deal between GCap Media and 20th Century Fox. Capital will create various Simpsons related stunts including an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for building the tallest doughnut tower. (more)

'An antidote to Fox': Iran launches English TV channel
From Media Guardian. Posted July 3 2007, 1.00am
Iran's state-run English-language 24-hour news channel launched yesterday. By Oliver Burkeman, Helen Pidd and Robert Tait. (more)

Rupert Murdoch to sell nine Fox TV stations
From Media Guardian. Posted June 14 2007, 1.00am
News Corporation is selling nine of its 35 US Fox TV stations. By Jemima Kiss. (more)

Fox TV Studios UK arm to close
From Digital Spy. Posted June 11 2007, 10.54am
Fox TV Studios is to shut down its UK operations following a major restructure within the company. (more)

A Man Eats a Corgi on a Radio Station
From Merry Media. Posted May 30 2007, 12.12pm
Mark McGowan allegedly ate a corgi dog live on the radio in protest against Prince Philip and his friends for apparently shooting a fox on the Sandringham estate in January.. (more)

Opie & Anthony Apologize for Condoleezza Rice Sex Bit
From radio.about.com. Posted May 11 2007, 1.46pm
According to Fox News: "XM Satellite Radio shock jocks Opie and Anthony apologized Friday for airing a homeless man's crude comments that he'd like to have sex with Condoleezza Rice,... (more)

Vigin promotes 28 Weeks Later
From Radio Today. Posted May 9 2007, 2.22pm
Virgin Radio has teamed up with Twentieth Century Fox to promote the new film 28 Week Later. Listeners will have 28 seconds to name 28 things in a random category to win a share of 28 weeks worth of holidays. The campaign will run online via a microsite, and on-air. (more)

Virgin promotes 28 Weeks Later
From Radio Today. Posted May 9 2007, 2.22pm
Virgin Radio has teamed up with Twentieth Century Fox to promote the new film 28 Week Later. Listeners will have 28 seconds to name 28 things in a random category to win a share of 28 weeks worth of holidays. The campaign will run online via a microsite, and on-air. (more)

James Brown on Radio Causes Man's Death
From radio.about.com. Posted May 9 2007, 5.12am
Fox News reported a story out of New Britain, Connecticut, in which a man died trying to "outdo a rival" while "battle dancing". "James Brown was on the radio and... (more)

James Brown on Radio Contributes to Man's Death
From radio.about.com. Posted May 9 2007, 5.12am
Fox News reported a story out of New Britain, Connecticut, in which a man died trying to "outdo a rival" while "battle dancing". "James Brown was on the radio and... (more)

Fox's first Indian show on STAR Plus in May
From Biz Asia. Posted April 21 2007, 1.23am
A new musical drama, which has been slotted in the primetime slot in India, has been scheduled in the early evening in the UK on STAR Plus. The show titled 'Meri Awaz Ko Mil Gayi Roshni' is one of the shows that replaces 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' (in India), which ended its season run earlier this week. Looking at the UK schedule, a vacant primetime slot was unavailable for the newbie; instead 'Meri Awaz Ko Mil Gayi Roshni' will be shown at 18:30 Monday to Thursday from 23rd May 2007. Currently, a repeat of 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' is slotted in the one-hour 18:00 band. Incidentally, Ekta Kapoor's new offering 'Kayamath', which is shown outside primetime in India (23:00) has been allocated a peak time slot of 21:00 (replacing 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' in the UK). 'Meri Awaz Ko Mil Gayi Roshni' is being touted as a musical saga and is produced by Fox Television Studio, its first production in India. The story revolves around a 19-year-old girl (played by Ashima Bhalla, a newcomer) from a small town. She is a singer and goes to Mumbai for an audition. It follows her trials and tribulations in the big city. This soap has been made specifically keeping the needs of the Indian audience in mind. 'Meri Awaz Ko Mil Gayi Roshni' is a love story and has been presented like a film, set with the background of songs. It is an emotional story and is about relationships. Related link: 'Kayamath' to replace Shah Rukh's 'KBC' (more)

MSNBC Cancels "Imus in the Morning" Simulcast
From radio.about.com. Posted April 11 2007, 7.32pm
Fox News has just reported that MSNBC has canceled the "Imus in the Morning" simulcast of his syndicated radio show which is broadcast from the program's flagship station in New... (more)

MSNBC Cancels "Imus in the Morning" Simulcast; CBS Issues Statement
From radio.about.com. Posted April 11 2007, 7.32pm
Fox News has just reported that MSNBC has canceled the "Imus in the Morning" simulcast of his syndicated radio show which is broadcast from the program's flagship station in New... (more)

XM Satellite Radio Sued as "Unlawful Music Download Service"
From radio.about.com. Posted March 26 2007, 1.00am
From foxnews.com: The National Music Publishers' Association has filed suit against XM Satellite Radio for offering "...an unlawful music download service that isn't covered by the royalties it pays to... (more)

Carol Burnett Sues 20th Century Fox
From Merry Media. Posted March 18 2007, 2.32am
US comedienne Carol Burnett is to sue 20th Century Fox because one of her characters has been used in an episode of Family Guy without her permission according to newspaper reports.. (more)

Zsa Zsa husband in $10million libel action versus Fox over Anna Nicole claims
From Press Gazette. Posted March 15 2007, 4.57pm
Prince Frederic von Anhalt has launched a $10 million libel action against broadcaster Fox - owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp - and talk show host Bill O'Reilly over allegations that he was a fraud for claiming he could be the father of the late Anna Nicole Smith's baby. (more)

Steve Penk joins GCap's Fox FM
From Radio Today. Posted March 1 2007, 3.50pm
GCap Media radio station Fox FM is set to sign-up former Capital Radio and Key 103 DJ Steve Penk, RadioToday.co.uk can exclusively reveal. Penk will host the breakfast show as competition for listeners in Oxfordshire steps up with the launch of JACK fm later this year. (more)

NYC: Fox to launch business news TV channel
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted February 8 2007, 4.01pm
Rupert Murdoch tells Digital Hollywood conference that new service will launch in the autumnemail this article   digg this   del.icio.us (more)

Fox takes on YouTube
From Media Guardian. Posted January 27 2007, 12.00am
YouTube has been subpoenaed following the posting of unbroadcast episodes of the hit TV series 24 and The Simpsons. By Dan Glaister in Los Angeles. (more)

Fox no longer Dancing On Ice
From Radio Today. Posted January 21 2007, 12.16pm
Magic 105.4 Breakfast presenter Neil Fox has been kicked off the ITV1 reality series Dancing on Ice last night. He was sent home after a final skate off with Sky News host Kay Burley. 8.6 million people tuned into the show according to overnight ratings. (more)

Magic's Fox to dance on ice
From Radio Today. Posted January 2 2007, 4.20pm
Magic 105.4 Breakfast presenter Neil Fox is to take part in the ITV1 reality series Dancing on Ice, starting later this month. He joins other celebrities including Ulrika Jonsson, Stephen Gately, Duncan James and Lisa Scott-Lee. (more)

Fox, Viacom, CBS and NBC discuss YouTube rival: WSJ
From Media Network Weblog. Posted December 11 2006, 1.48pm
News Corp’s Fox, Viacom Inc, CBS Corp and NBC Universal are in talks about creating a video Web site to compete with Google Inc’s YouTube, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. While a deal is still far off, the four media companies envision a jointly owned site that would be the primary Web source for [...] (more)

Stream Online Radio With the Firefox Browser
From radio.about.com. Posted November 13 2006, 12.00am
If you are a user of the Firefox Browser - and a radio fan - you may be missing out on some great radio freebies available to enhance your browsing... (more)

Fox pulls Eamonn Holmes game show
From Digital Spy. Posted November 4 2006, 9.34am
The Eamonn Holmes-presented Rich List is pulled off air after just one outing. (more)

Radio host apologises for claim Michael J Fox faked symptoms
From Breaking Radio. Posted October 26 2006, 3.06pm
Rush Limbaugh backtracks (well, a bit) on saying that Michael J Fox faked his Parkinson symptons on a TV ad. (more)

DJ apologises for claim Fox faked symptoms
From Media Guardian. Posted October 26 2006, 1.00am
Parkinson's disease has become the latest battleground in the American midterms, with the rightwing talk radio host Rush Limbaugh locked in an unseemly wrangle with actor Michael J Fox. By Ed Pilkington in New York. (more)

Complaints for GCap stations
From Radio Today. Posted October 16 2006, 7.23pm
Ofcom has resolved two complaints from listeners regarding two different GCap Media stations, Fox FM and Invicta FM.. (more)

Fox orders pilot of new animated series
From Digital Spy. Posted October 12 2006, 10.56pm
Fox orders a pilot from American Dad co-executive producer Dave Hemingson. (more)

Fox moves 'Justice' to Mondays
From Digital Spy. Posted October 5 2006, 3.40pm
Justice will move to a Monday night slot in late October. (more)

FoxNews admits to 'poor judgement'
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 28 2006, 6.30pm
Fox performs u-turn after removing Clinton interview from YouTube (more)

FoxNews pulls Clinton YouTube video
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 27 2006, 1.00pm
US network insistence that its interview with former president is removed draws blogger's ire (more)

Fox, Sky One to co-pro Lythgoe show
From Digital Spy. Posted September 15 2006, 4.06pm
Fox in the US teams up with Sky One to co-produce a show following Nigel Lythgoe's attempt to run a Californian vineyard. (more)

Fox goes back to future to counter fastforwarding
From Media Guardian. Posted September 15 2006, 1.00am
Digital channel FX has developed what it claims is the first television advert aimed at combating the growing number of viewers who fastforward through its commercial breaks. By Owen Gibson. (more)

Freed Fox journalists: 'don't be frightened off by our ordeal'
From Press Gazette. Posted August 27 2006, 8.56pm
The two journalists freed on Sunday by captors in Palestine have urged news organisations to hold their nerve in sending staff to report from the region. (more)

Kidnappers release video of Fox News journalists
From Press Gazette. Posted August 23 2006, 3.22pm
A previously unknown Palestinian group who kidnapped two Fox News journalists have demanded the release of Muslim prisoners in the US within 72 hours before they will set the American men free. (more)

Abbas to meet with Fox News over journalists kidnapped in Gaza
From Press Gazette. Posted August 16 2006, 2.14pm
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has scheduled a meeting with Fox News' team in the Middle East to resolve the predicament of two of the channel's journalists who were kidnapped on Monday. (more)

Talk Show Host Rusty Humphries Fingers Culprits For Fox News Kidnapping
From radio.about.com. Posted August 16 2006, 6.08am
Rusty Humphries believes it is the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade terrorist group has kidnapped Fox News reporter, Steve Centanni and cameraman, Olaf Wiig. Previously, Humphries met... (more)

Radio Talk Show Host Rusty Humphries Fingers Culprits For Fox News Kidnapping
From radio.about.com. Posted August 16 2006, 6.08am
Rusty Humphries believes it is the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade terrorist group which has kidnapped Fox News reporter, Steve Centanni and cameraman, Olaf Wiig. Previously, Humphries... (more)

Fox News crew kidnapped in Gaza
From Press Gazette. Posted August 15 2006, 11.12am
Two Fox News journalists have been kidnapped in Gaza by Palestinian gunmen. (more)

News Corp to sell Fox film and TV downloads online
From Brand Republic. Posted August 14 2006, 9.08am
LONDON - The internet arm of News Corporation will sell Fox Films and television content, including 'X-Men' and 'Prison Break', to own in an attempt to take a corner of the burgeoning online content market. (more)

News Corp to sell Fox films and TV online
From Media Guardian. Posted August 14 2006, 1.00am
News Corporation is to dramatically increase the amount of content it sells online by making Fox films and TV shows, such as Prison Break, available via the internet. By Mark Sweney. (more)

Magic remain no. 1 in London
From Radio Today. Posted August 3 2006, 7.30am
Emap�s Magic 105.4 has retained its position as number one commercial radio station in London. Each week 1,867,000 people tune in to Magic 105.4 - a highest ever figure and representing an 11.4 per cent increase � or an additional 200,000 listeners in a year. Neil Fox continues to close the gap on other London breakfast shows. Each weekday morning 803,000 listeners choose the Neil Fox More Music Breakfast Show. Just over 100,000 more people are tuning in at breakfast (a rise of 14 per cent) than at this time last year. (more)

Fox attacks BBC's coverage of Iraq
From The Independent. Posted July 22 2006, 12.00am
A senior Tory has attacked the BBC's coverage of the problems in Iraq and accused the corporation of undermining British troops. (more)

Dance and Fox film Roth Trilogy for ITV1
From The Stage. Posted July 7 2006, 5.00pm
Charles Dance and Emilia Fox are set to begin filming an epic new trilogy of dramas for ITV. (more)

Five bid for Oxford licence
From Radio Today. Posted June 12 2006, 11.45am
The battle for the new Oxford/South Oxfordshire commercial radio licence looks like it will be an interesting one. Applications have been received from Oxford Local Radio (Castle FM), GCap Media (Fox Gold), Spirit of Oxfordshire Radio (Inspire 106), Absolute Radio International (Jack FM) and South Central Media (More FM). Ridge FM, the group backed by Milestone Group have failed to make a bid. Ofcom estimates that this licence could achieve coverage of an area with an adult (aged 15+) population of around 300,000. The exact coverage will be determined by the location of the transmission site and other technical characteristics. (more)

More reaction to the Lund Media Research recommendations on AFRTS
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 8 2006, 2.57pm
Lou Josephs writes: "Soldiers like to hear sports, too" says Fox Sports Radio's Andrew Ashwood. Andrew tells Inside Radio "I saw what Rush Limbaugh said [about the Lund research], and he's right" — that US soldiers overseas want familiar talk-based programming along with music. Ashwood says Fox Sports Radio gets "amazing feedback" from servicepeople, with "hundreds of emails, calls and MP3s (more)

Fox sprinkles some magic in breakfast show battle
From Brand Republic. Posted May 11 2006, 11.05am
LONDON - Magic FM's Neil Fox was the main star in the January-March Rajar figures for the London breakfast slot, bringing in an extra 122,000 listeners to the station from the previous quarter to snap at the heels of Capital's Johnny Vaughan and Heart's Jamie Theakston. (more)

Magic is Number One in London
From Radio Today. Posted May 11 2006, 11.00am
Emap�s Magic 105.4 is London�s number one commercial radio station for the first time ever. Magic 105.4 is number one across all measures of reach, hours and share: making it the undisputed commercial radio market leader with significantly more people listening and for longer than to any other commercial radio station in London. Andria Vidler, MD of Magic 105.4, said: �Last year, we said we wanted to take Magic 105.4 to number one � and that is what we have achieved. We have a clear proposition based on �more music, less talk�; we have a great new breakfast presenter in Neil Fox and we have a Sony gold winning programmer of the year in Richard Park. (more)

Buffy is the latest show to appear on iPods as Fox does deal with iTunes
From Brand Republic. Posted May 9 2006, 2.05pm
NEW YORK - US iPod owners will be able to watch shows such as '24' and 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' on the move, after Fox TV became the latest broadcaster to add programming to Apple's iTunes online store. (more)

New Magic TV ad causes a stir
From Radio Today. Posted May 4 2006, 2.00pm
A national animal rights group, the Captive Animals' Protection Society (CAPS) has hit out at the use of a bear in a new TV commercial for London radio station Magic 105.4 to be launched tomorrow (Friday 5th May). CAPS campaigns against the captivity of animals for entertainment and has run several successful campaigns to persuade companies to stop using wild animals in advertising. The ad features a grizzly bear named Koda who is portrayed as taking part in the radio station's 'Music is Money' competition, hosted by Neil Fox. The 30-second advert was created by agency St Luke's, which flew to Vancouver, Canada to film the bear at Creative Animal Talent, a company that has over 100 animals including bears, mountain lions and wolves and supplies them to the film industry. (more)

Magic backs Fox's morning show with cash giveaway
From Brand Republic. Posted May 2 2006, 11.05am
LONDON - Emap's Magic 105.4 has embarked upon a �1m TV advertising campaign to promote Neil Fox's breakfast show cash giveaway. (more)

Murdoch's Fox News gets one of five Serbian national TV licences
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 21 2006, 1.41pm
The News Corp-owned US television network Fox was the only foreign broadcaster among five TV stations selected on 20 April to operate national networks in Serbia. Serbia's Broadcasting Agency Council also allocated national frequencies to B92, Avala, Pink and Kosava-Happy, all based in Belgrade, the Radio B92 text website reported. Subotica-based Super TV was given a licence to broadcast in the (more)

Fox shows set for Channel 6
From Digital Spy. Posted March 21 2006, 2.22am
Channel 6 signs a content deal with Fox International Television Distribution. (more)

Fox launches new terrestrial service
From Media Guardian. Posted February 23 2006, 3.21pm
3.15pm: Fox is launching a new US terrestrial service with programming to include a US version of ITV's Celebrity Love Island. By Jason Deans. (more)

FOX to launch new US broadcast network
From Digital Spy. Posted February 23 2006, 1.28pm
Telenovelas and reality formats will be the foundation of 'My Network TV'. (more)

Great debut for Fox on Magic
From Radio Today. Posted February 3 2006, 9.34am
Neil Fox has made an impressive debut with his first Rajar on Magic 105.4�s More Music Breakfast Show. Every week, 682,000 listeners chose the classier way to wake-up in the morning by tuning in to Neil�s new show. This was a 6 per cent rise on the quarter. In the competitive London marketplace, Magic 105.4 showed growth on the year with a 5 per cent rise in reach to 1.67 million listeners a week. Across the UK, 2.89 million people now listen to Magic via analogue and digital. (more)

The CW: Some Fox stations will lose UPN shows
From Digital Spy. Posted January 25 2006, 5.40am
Some stations owned by News Corp's Fox TV unit will lose their UPN network programming when that network shuts down. (more)

Row as 'Today' programme's poll is won by fox-hunting alliance
From The Independent. Posted January 1 1970, 12.59am
It should have been a bit of festive fun with a slightly serious political edge. But the Radio 4 Today programme's annual Christmas survey instead led to a row after listeners voted to repeal the ban on fox-hunting. (more)