Today, Oct. 28, is the 88th anniversary of the dedication ceremony for the Los Angeles Fox Studio lot. Below are aerial photographs of the lot, also known as Movietone City, showing how it has transformed over the decades. [tcf_gallery id=”3909″] The Fox Archives is mandated to collect, catalog, preserve and make accessible the following assets […]
Monthly Archives: October 2016
This week in 21CF news: Nat Geo’s rebrand, World Series ratings wins for FOX, ‘Before the Flood’ premiering without commercials
This week’s recap of news about 21CF and its businesses features National Geographic’s big rebrand, World Series wins for FOX, FOX Sports 1’s continued strength, “Before the Flood” premiering commercial-free across National Geographic’s digital and streaming platforms worldwide, and more. In global rebrand, National Geographic drops ‘Channel’ from its network name (Adweek) Game 1 of […]
National Geographic launches Earth Week on Sunday, Oct. 30, airing climate change-related programming
National Geographic will kick off its first ever Earth Week on Sunday, Oct. 30, launching six straight days of primetime programming focused on climate change. The broadcasting event, timed to lead up to the U.S. presidential election, will feature the global premieres of “Before the Flood,” Leonardo DiCaprio’s documentary about climate change; and the second season of the […]
21CF and National Geographic take Bronx high-school film students from The Cinema School on a field trip to ‘MARS’
In the weeks leading up to the global premiere of National Geographic’s six-part series “MARS” on Monday, Nov. 14, 21st Century Fox and National Geographic took 200 high-school students attending The Cinema School (TCS) in Bronx, N.Y., on a field trip to an immersive Mars experience featuring a virtual reality simulator and an anti-gravity treadmill […]
21CF Chats: Nat Geo Photography Fellow Cory Richards talks about the new book ‘@NatGeo: The Most Popular Instagram Photos’
Turning a collection of Instagram photos into a hardcover book may seem a strange concept at first, but that’s exactly what National Geographic has done with “@NatGeo: The Most Popular Instagram Photos” – and for good reason. The new 336-page book offers readers a chance to engage with a handful of National Geographic’s 12,000+ Instagram […]
21st Century Fox launches 21CF Impact Week, gives colleagues opportunities to volunteer in local communities across the U.S.
As part of 21st Century Fox’s commitment to making a positive impact in the local communities where its colleagues live and work, the company is launching 21CF Impact Week. The inaugural week of nationwide service starts today. Colleagues based in New York, Los Angeles and select cities across the U.S. will volunteer at schools, parks […]
21CF and Nat Geo launch social media campaign for Leonardo DiCaprio’s ‘Before the Flood,’ donating $100,000 to conservation
In honor of the upcoming worldwide commercial-free broadcast of “Before the Flood,” the new documentary from Academy Award winners Leonardo DiCaprio and Fisher Stevens exploring the global effects of climate change, 21st Century Fox and National Geographic have launched a new social media campaign to drive support for the conservation of endangered wildlife and ecosystems. For every use […]
National Geographic goes ‘Further’ with the largest rebrand in its history, setting the course for readers, viewers, colleagues
National Geographic is set to launch a rebrand as expansive as the view from the top of One World Trade Center, where the company announced its plans Tuesday afternoon. The rebrand will reach all of the company’s properties, in addition to its nonprofit organization, National Geographic Society. The 700 million consumers that National Geographic reaches […]
‘Before the Flood’ premieres at the United Nations
National Geographic Channel hosted a very special screening of “Before the Flood“from Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Fisher Stevens and Academy Award-winning actor, and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and actor Mark Ruffalo were among those attending the screening and party co-hosted by Courteney Monroe, Chief Executive Officer of National […]
Lachlan and James Murdoch host 21CF All Hands meeting, talk direction, core bundle, diversity, favorite part of the job
With an audience of colleagues at businesses around the world, from Los Angeles to New York to Mumbai to Buenos Aires to the U.K. to Hong Kong, 21st Century Fox Executive Chairman Lachlan Murdoch and CEO James Murdoch recently hosted a company All Hands meeting. By way of a live webcast feed from the historic […]
