This week’s recap of news about 21st Century Fox and its businesses includes a big night for Donald Glover and FX’s “Atlanta” at the Emmys, Fox’s new TV Everywhere experience, 20th Century Fox Film Chairman and CEO Stacey Snider on a variety of topics (including the future of Wolverine), and more.
- Emmys: ‘Atlanta’s’ Donald Glover nabs Lead Actor, Best Director for a Comedy Series (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Hulu’s Craig Erwich on what ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Emmys mean for streaming service (Variety)
- Fox launches new TV Everywhere experience with programming from FX, National Geographic (The Hollywood Reporter)
- The Murdochs’ global ambitions (Axios)
- Fox’s Stacey Snider gets candid about Netflix, diversity and the future of Wolverine (Variety)
- National Geographic’s ‘Chasing Genius’ awards honor solutions to hunger, health, and the environment (Fast Company)
- Star’s Uday Shankar on distribution challenges, IPL, FTA vs. pay TV, innovations, Make in India content and much more (IndianTelevision.com)
- Laura Ingraham will host 10 o’clock show as part of Fox News shuffle (The New York Times)
- Fox News adds a live program at 11 p.m. with Shannon Bream (Los Angeles Times)
- The broadcast chiefs share their fall strategies for reversing linear ratings declines (Adweek)
- Fox’s Sky deal officially sent to U.K. regulator for six-month review (The Hollywood Reporter)
- ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ leads international box office (Variety)
- ‘Page Six TV’ premiere scores highest-rated launch since ‘TMZ’ (Variety)
- Fox executive says vMVPDs, reaggregation could save the TV bundle (FierceCable)
- FOX puts more six-second spots in NFL broadcasts (Broadcasting & Cable)
- FOX’s ‘Ghosted’ will premiere on Twitter ahead of broadcast debut (Variety)
- Nike found an unlikely partner in National Geographic to co-produce a marathon documentary (Adweek)
- How the Russo Brothers plan to embrace disruption in the movie business (Variety)
- Fox, Locksmith Animation ink multi-year production, development deal (Variety)
- How ‘Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier’ completely changes the modern adventure game (CinemaBlend)
- Matthew Broderick cast in FOX’s ‘A Christmas Story Live!’ musical (Variety)
Enjoy the weekend!
