This week’s recap of news about 21st Century Fox and its businesses includes FOX Sport’s $1B MLB rights deal, FOX News in solidarity with CNN, and the last 21CF Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
- Lachlan Murdoch Salutes Father Rupert Murdoch At Fox’s Last Annual Shareholder Meeting Before Disney Deal (Deadline Hollywood)
- Rupert Murdoch, and sons, begin their goodbyes to 21st Century Fox (Los Angeles Times)
- Fox, Major League Baseball Strike New Rights Pact (Variety)
- M.L.B. Extends TV Deal With Fox Sports Through 2028 (New York Times)
- ‘Deadpool 2,’ ‘Westworld’ Marketing Campaigns Win at Clio Entertainment Awards (Hollywood Reporter)
- Media Rivals CNN and Fox on Same Side in Fight Against Trump (Bloomberg)
- FX To SCOTUS: Don’t Let Olivia De Havilland Make A Federal Case Of ‘Feud’ Suit (Deadline Hollywood)
- The fight among Netflix, Hotstar and Amazon Prime Video for booming market in ‘movie-mad’ India (Livemint)
- The Bids Are In For Fox RSN Sale (Sports Business Daily)
- WSJ Editor-at-Large Gerry Baker Gets Weekly Fox Business Show (Variety)
- TV Long View: ‘A Million Little Things,’ ‘911’ and More Under-the-Radar MVPs (Hollywood Reporter)
- Primetime Ratings: Fox Wins as ‘Thursday Night Football’ Grows (Broadcasting & Cable)