| Business Summary | | Fox
Entertainment
Group,
Inc.
is
a
multi-faceted
entertainment
company
with
operations
in
five
business
segments:
Filmed
Entertainment;
Television
Stations;
Television
Broadcast
Network;
Other
Television
Businesses;
and
Cable
Network
Programming.
Fox
Filmed
Entertainment,
one
of
the
world's
largest
producers
and
distributors
of
motion
pictures,
produces,
finances,
acquires
and
distributes
motion
pictures
throughout
the
world
under
a
variety
of
arrangements.
FOX
has
200
affiliated
stations,
including
23
full
power
television
stations
that
are
owned
by
subsidiaries
of
the
Company
(the
Fox
Television
Stations),
which
reach,
during
prime
time,
approximately
99%
of
all
United
States
television
households.
The
Company
holds
interests
in
cable
network
programming
businesses
in
the
areas
of
news,
sports,
general
entertainment,
family
entertainment
and
movies. | More
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Business Description |
| Financial Summary | | Fox
Entertainment
Group
is
principally
engaged
in
the
development,
production
and
worldwide
distribution
of
feature
films
and
television
programs,
television
broadcasting
and
cable
network
programming.
For
the
39
weeks
ended
3/31/01,
revenues
rose
3%
to
$6.3
billion.
Net
income
before
acct.
change
fell
79%
to
$32
million.
Results
reflect
increased
revenues
from
cable
network
programming,
offset
by
costs
related
to
restructuring
of
the
WebMD
agreement. Recent Earnings Announcement For
the
3
months
ended
06/30/2001,
after
tax
earnings
were
174. (Preliminary; reported in millions of dollars.) | More
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Developments |
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| Position | K. Rupert Murdoch, 69 | Chairman
and CEO | Peter Chernin, 49 | Pres,
COO | David DeVoe, 53 | CFO,
Sr. Exec. VP, Director | Chase Carey, 46 | Co-COO | Arthur Siskind, 61 | Sr.
Exec. VP, Gen. Counsel |
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