Murdoch’s Next Steps?

Continuing our analysis of media companies’ results, today we discuss Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS) and a potential acquisition for it, Monster (NYSE:MWW). For News Corp, revenue for the quarter fell 16% to $7.4 billion and was marginally short of analysts’ expectations of $7.71 billion. EPS of $1.04, however, was higher than the previous year’s $0.91.

Future of Journalism

The Kauffman Economics Bloggers conference kicked off on Friday morning with a speech by David Warsh. David covered economics for The Boston Globe for 22 years and, earlier, reported on business for The Wall Street Journal and Forbes. The speech explored the historical and directional movement of the newspaper business, battered today by the loss

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