During his 45-minute session at the 2016 Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference on Sept. 14, 21st Century Fox Executive Chairman Lachlan Murdoch touched on the company’s strong upstream position, the company’s continual investment in brands and content, and STAR India’s impressive growth, among other topics. Here are seven key quotes […]
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This week in 21CF news: Lachlan Murdoch talks FOX News, 20th Century Fox partners with AFI, big ratings for ‘Atlanta’
This week’s recap of news about 21st Century Fox and its businesses covers a lot of ground, including 21CF Executive Chairman Lachlan Murdoch talking about a wide range of topics, 20th Century Fox Film partnering with AFI to create more opportunities for female film directors, big ratings for FX Networks’ new show “Atlanta,” Fox Searchlight […]
21CF Chats: Eric Schrier and Nick Grad, FX presidents of original programming, on ‘Atlanta,’ ‘Better Things,’ comedy, new shows
FX Networks heads into Sunday’s 68th Emmy Awards show with 12 Creative Arts Emmys already under its belt and a total of 56 nominations, the most in its history and the most ever for an ad-supported cable network. That level of achievement doesn’t happen overnight. At FX, not many people know this better than Eric […]
21CF’s TV premieres and film releases in September 2016: ‘Lethal Weapon,’ ‘Pitch,’ ‘Son of Zorn,’ ‘Atlanta,’ ‘Morgan’ and more
September means back-to-school season, the end of summer and loads of new television programming. It’s a particularly exciting month for FOX and FX Networks, which are unleashing a huge wave of fall series and season premieres for audiences to enjoy. Meanwhile, National Geographic Channel welcomes Neil deGrasse Tyson back for Season 3 of his show […]
This week in 21CF news: ‘Atlanta’ starts strong, 21CF invests in DriveTribe, FX Networks CEO John Landgraf gets profiled (twice)
Now that we’ve powered through the post-Labor Day blues, it’s time to catch up on the week’s news about 21st Century Fox and its businesses. In this week’s 21CF news recap, FX Networks’ “Atlanta” has a strong series premiere, FXX’s “You’re the Worst” has a strong start to its third season, 21CF invests in DriveTribe, […]
Fox Global Directors Initiative announces 16 new Fox Director Fellows to cultivate directors with diverse voices and backgrounds
In its ongoing endeavor to develop directors with diverse voices, backgrounds, life experiences and perspectives, Fox Audience Strategy has begun it second annual Fox Global Directors Initiative (FDI). The directors who have been named Fox Director Fellows will participate in comedy or drama apprenticeship programs and be pitched for directorial opportunities across Fox entertainment programs. […]
Summer 2016 TCA recap: FOX and FX talk ‘Pitch,’ ‘Rocky Horror,’ ‘Atlanta’ and ‘Better Things,’ plus reboot fever and diversity
FOX and FX took the stage at the Summer 2016 Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour in Pasadena, California, on Aug. 8 and 9, respectively. FX led the TCA Awards with three awards for “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” and one for “The Americans.” At the event, FOX shed light on the scheduling […]
10 key quotes from FX Networks and FX Productions CEO John Landgraf’s chat with Denis Leary at PromaxBDA’s The Conference 2016
At PromaxBDA’s The Conference 2016, FX Networks and FX Productions CEO John Landgraf sat beside creator, executive producer and star of FX’s “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll” Denis Leary to talk about the state of television and marketing – and drop a handful of f-bombs in the process. The lively conversation hosted by PromaxBDA, an international nonprofit association for […]
10 key quotes from James Murdoch’s 2016 Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference session: Culture, innovation and more
During a Bernstein Thirty-Second Annual Strategic Decisions Conference 2016 session on the morning of June 1, 21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch sat down with Sanford C. Bernstein senior analyst Todd Juenger to touch on a wide range of topics. The 50-minute discussion, which is available for replay, was an opportunity for James to talk […]
21CF Chats: FX Networks EVP of Research Julie Piepenkotter talks O.J. and the brave new world of data
Nathaniel Brown is Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Communications at 21CF Julie, thanks for taking the time to chat with me. I’m happy to, Nathaniel! I’ll just pretend we’re sitting at a cafe sharing a cup of tea and a good gab on a rainy spring day in Los Angeles. You guys have […]
