News Corp owns newspapers, radio stations, television networks and other entertainment businesses in all continents.
Underlying operating profits revealed a divide between News Corp's publishing and entertainment businesses.
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has reported better-than-expected results on the back of growth in its television and entertainment businesses.
Pete Hackleton, a partner in the London office of accounting firm Saffery Champness who specialises in the sport and entertainment businesses, agrees.
Last week, when News Corp. announced its decision to separate its publishing and entertainment businesses, analysts predicted a big win for investors.
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"As we make progress toward the proposed separation of our entertainment and publishing businesses later this year, I am confident in the future prospects for both businesses, " he said.
News Corp said in June that it was separating its entertainment and publishing businesses, partly as a result of the scandal, in which journalists gained illegal access to the phone messages of many well-known people, and allegedly bribed members of the UK police force.
Walt Disney is also cheaper (19 times), though the resort unit there is bolstered by both the entertainment and TV network businesses.
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Gaming revenue as a percentage of total revenue is much higher in Macau than it is in Las Vegas and its no secret that profit margins on gambling are much better than they are for food service and other tourist-related businesses like entertainment and hotel rooms.
Will it be used strictly for entertainment purposes, or will businesses use it to vet potential employees?
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As people access enterprise data, transact business and consume digital entertainment on mobile devices, businesses are struggling to protect their most valuable assets in a new wireless world.
Kodak noted that in addition to the commercial, packaging and functional printing and enterprise services businesses, it also continues to own and operate the Consumer Inkjet, Entertainment Imaging, Commercial Film and Specialty Chemicals businesses, given the company's expertise, capabilities and strong customer relationships in these markets, as well as their combined cash-generating capability.
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Wright finally settled on 40-year-old Dan Stone , former head of a division at Scient that built Web businesses for media and entertainment companies.
It provides travel and entertainment companies as well as small businesses the ability to efficiently reach out to consumers to sell their products and services.
Because of her extensive network of influential and affluent moms -- an important demographic -- Stern's company is highly sought after by consumer product brands, entertainment companies and fashion and beauty businesses around the country.
Travelzoo Inc. is a travel deals publisher that provides virtual platforms including Travelzoo websites as well as publications like newsletters and e-mail alerts to small businesses, travel and entertainment companies to help them advertise their offers.
In a sign that the businesses of sports and entertainment are fusing, at least for the major box office draws, six weeks ago CAA added high-flying sports agents Jim Steiner and Ben Dogra, who represent 57 NFL players, to its team.
These enable companies like Harrah's Entertainment to see deeper patterns in their businesses that might not be readily apparent: the most profitable customers, the customers who are about to leave for a competitor, and so on.
Cablevision spun off MSG to separate its cash-rich cable businesses from its more financially volatile entertainment properties.
Ma is part of a generation of Chinese Internet entrepreneurs who built successful businesses in e-commerce, entertainment, search and other fields.
These applications include geoscience, scientific and engineering modeling, media and entertainment and rapidly growing on-line services that support businesses as well as consumers.
Once completed it will reopen as the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, complete with housing, businesses, parklands and venues to stage sporting, entertainment and community events.
The Entertainment and Devices division comprised primarily of the Xbox and Windows Phone 7 businesses demonstrated tremendous growth in the last quarter.
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Those three businesses have built impressive market share by recognizing how patterns of entertainment consumption are shifting away from programmed, scheduled packages and toward on-demand, a la carte snacking and making it easy for consumers to incorporate that shift into their own lives.
VinaGame also faces struggles with juggling the distinct businesses of gaming, social media and an online music, news and entertainment portal.
Mobile phones are in effect handheld and connected computers and hold great potential in this role, since businesses in promising areas such as payments and banking, healthcare, and entertainment require combining the services of multiple providers.
In this transaction we will acquire rights to the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, a highly talented and expert team, Lucasfilm's best-in-class post production businesses, Industrial Light and Magic and Skywalker Sound, and a suite of cutting edge entertainment technologies.
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These enable companies like Harrah's Entertainment (nyse: HET - news - people ) to see deeper patterns in their businesses that might not be readily apparent: the most profitable customers, the customers who are about to leave for a competitor, and so on.
Under the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of Lucasfilm, a leader in entertainment, innovation and technology, including its massively popular and "evergreen" Star Wars franchise and its operating businesses in live action film production, consumer products, animation, visual effects, and audio post production.
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