Sentences with phrase «media empires in»

Korbit, the South Korea - based bitcoin exchange and merchant payment processor, announced that one of the biggest media empires in Asia, CJ E&M, will now be accepting bitcoin for its video - on - demand service, VINGO.

Turner began building his media empire in 1963 at the age of 24 where he took over running his father's billboard company.

[284] Karl Grossman, a professor of journalism at State University of New York at Old Westbury, accused Murdoch of building the most «dishonest, unprincipled and corrupt» media empire in history and of «making a travesty of what journalism is supposed to be about.»

On the heels of that trial, Mr. Walsh successfully represented Mr. Redstone in the battle for control of his media empire in a series of high - profile legal proceedings in the courts of Delaware, Massachusetts, and California.

Not exact matches

Empire Avenue, a small social - media startup that's headquartered in Edmonton but based in, well, everywhere, is a perfect example.

Birthed one of the first female media moguls: In 1988, he turned the Playboy empire over to his daughter, Christine - the first time he wasn't in power since the 1953 launcIn 1988, he turned the Playboy empire over to his daughter, Christine - the first time he wasn't in power since the 1953 launcin power since the 1953 launch.

According to a recent report in New York magazine, the billionaire has also been tightening his grip on his media and entertainment empire — to the point where he may be squeezing out his long - time lieutenant Roger Ailes.

Njoku admits that starting on YouTube in 2010 and building a successful global media empire has brought its challenges.

Revenues grew 7.2 per cent to $ 323.5 million mainly from the recent acquisition of 24 Empire theatres in the Atlantic provinces and digital media company EK3 Technologies Inc., which has been renamed Cineplex Digital Networks.

When she retired from the runway, Banks set her sights on building a media empire, launched Bankable Productions in 2003 and inked a deal with Warner Bros..

Another lesson would be the risks involved in being part of a money - losing venture inside a corporate bean - counting media empire like ESPN.

Big Idea: Oldest son of Rupert Murdoch has returned to his father's empire as non-executive co-chairman of News Corp. and 20th Century Fox after quitting his executive positions in the pre-split News Corp. in 2005 — and relinquishing his status as heir presumptive — to build his own radio and TV group, Nova, with James Packer, scion of another Australian media dynasty.

Brent, in his lawsuit, had sought to dissolve the family media empire and cash out his one - sixth stake in National Amusements.

For more than seven months, Sumner Redstone, now 93 and barely able to speak, has asserted (through lawyers and PR teams) that he remains mentally competent — sharp enough to change his health care agent, to erase a $ 70 million bequest to an ex-girlfriend from his will, and, most important, to remain in control of Viacom (VIAB) and CBS (CBS), the jewels in his $ 42 - billion media empire.

Slim still has aspirations to grow his empire — which includes interests in the financial, industrial, telecommunications, and media sectors — especially in his home country, where he invested $ 4 billion in 2015.

With Redstone's daughter, Shari, backing her father's replacement at one of those media companies, but opposing the other, Elkind investigates whether or not there will be peace in the media empire.

But anyone in a position like his — at the head of a media empire — ought to have the good judgment not to do things that require such public apology in the first place.

Péladeau has been urged in many quarters to sell his shares in the Quebecor media empire to erase any concerns about conflict of interest.

They make a difference, no doubt, but they are increasingly fighting to maintain their niches in media empires that are more and more out of touch with the American reality.

Christmas has largely become this jacked - up faith's glitzy high holy day, marked by the kind of consuming and spending and barn - building that bears very little resemblance to a Jesus who was born in anonymous poverty, ministered while homeless and altered the planet without a budget, church building, tax exemption or media empire.

Since exploding onto the nation's movie screens from seemingly nowhere in 2005, Tyler Perry has created a media empire that has been nearly unprecedented in movie history.

Egyptian state - controlled media regularly broadcast the anti-Judaic and anti-Christian sermons that jihadist religious leaders preach on Fridays, and the history lessons in the state - controlled schools rarely mention the centuries when Egypt was a majority - Christian province of the caliph's empire.

His increasingly widespread media empire is now worth $ 72 million, and according to the IRA (reported in the NY Times), Family Radio has over $ 23 million invested in long term stocks and bonds.

Interpreting the symbolism, it indicates the writer's expectation that in the great moment, when final victory was to come supernaturally to «the saints of the Most High,» the three empires, Babylon, Media, and Persia, would continue, right into the new age, changed only in that their imperial rule was taken from them.

Media man Harold Mitchell has sold his burgeoning cattle station empire in Australia's Kimberley region in Western Australia for more than $ 70 million.

LvG buys Falcao and he is in the process of re-building (ie re-buying) an empire in a masterly fashion — you can guess the media take if Wenger had bought him — «Le Prof's big risk last - minute panic buy».

The Murdoch media empire faces another difficult decision in the coming hours.

With the continued expansion of the Murdoch media empire projected for the coming years, the likelihood of further media liberalisation towards Fox news - style political discourse in the UK & the likes of Dan Hannan waiting in the wings, the Left should be cautious in welcoming such arguments to the mainstream political conversation so soon.

That revelation is being seized on by critics of the prime minister as evidence of the inappropriate closeness of his relationship with senior figures in Rupert Murdoch's media empire.

The 26th district, which is covered by the Buffalo and Rochester media markets, is among the most conservative in the Empire State.

After dealing with frontline politics in This House and Coalition, Graham turns his gaze on the transformation of the Sun from a sinking broadsheet into the tabloid bedrock of the Murdoch media empire.

In 1981 Rupert Murdoch struck again by adding The Times and The Sunday Times to his burgeoning media empire.

Empire State Democrats fared just fine in the top - of - the - ticket races: Democratic Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles Schumer coasted with more than 60 percent of the vote, and despite the national media attention lavished on upstart Republican gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino, Democrat Andrew Cuomo sailed to victory by a margin of 27 points.

Bills have been introduced in the state Senate and Assembly that would create the Empire State Digital Gaming Media Production Credit, which would be valued at $ 50 million a year.

In an explosive article for the Labour Briefing website published on Sunday night, the shadow chancellor said an attempt to take down the leader was «being perpetrated by an alliance between elements in the Labour Party and the Murdoch media empire»In an explosive article for the Labour Briefing website published on Sunday night, the shadow chancellor said an attempt to take down the leader was «being perpetrated by an alliance between elements in the Labour Party and the Murdoch media empire»in the Labour Party and the Murdoch media empire».

Having been editor of the News of the World from 2000 to 2003, editor of the Sun from 2003 to 2009, and chief executive of News International from 2009, Brooks is a key figure in the phone - hacking furore which has engulfed Rupert Murdoch's media empire.

«It's a great day for Empire Resorts, the resilient residents of Sullivan County and our co-developer, EPR Properties,» Empire Chairman Emanuel Pearlman said in a statement emailed to local media.

Trump dismissed a published copy of an IRS filing that showed he used the U.S. tax code to take a nearly $ 1 billion operating loss in 1995, saying the news media is «obsessed» with a decades» old return and that he, in fact, «brilliantly used the law» to salvage his real estate empire.

He is also a frequent contributor to The New Yorker and the author of The Master Switch, an essential and very readable history of the development of media in the United States that charts how disruptive innovations have been captured and converted into closed information empires.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER In the face of shock, chagrin, and some withering criticism both on social media and from past executive directors, top staff and board members at the Empire State Pride Agenda pushed back against the notion they had declared «Mission Accomplished» in their December 12 announcement that they were winding down major operations -LSB-..In the face of shock, chagrin, and some withering criticism both on social media and from past executive directors, top staff and board members at the Empire State Pride Agenda pushed back against the notion they had declared «Mission Accomplished» in their December 12 announcement that they were winding down major operations -LSB-..in their December 12 announcement that they were winding down major operations -LSB-...]

As News Corp's shares slid in New York and legal problems threatened to engulf the rest of his media empire, Mr Murdoch launched a vigorous defence of his own handling of the scandal and of the conduct of his son, James.

Despite its recent popularity in the media, chia seeds have been prized for thousands of years dating back to the Mayan and Aztec empires.

As a scion of a successful media and entertainment empire, Brett hails from a family of innovators and has cultivated many lessons in leadership and brand building.»

Deadline is reporting that Bryan Singer is teaming with the digital media company Blackpills for August One, a sci - fi thriller series which takes place in a world where the Roman Empire never fell.

What began as a movie review blog «Films for Two» in the dawn of the computer age, Brooklyn - based Huttner built her own online empire, «FF2 Media,» over the course of a decade.

In the 1970s and»80s, National Lampoon's success and influence creates a new media empire overseen in part by the brilliant and troubled Doug KenneIn the 1970s and»80s, National Lampoon's success and influence creates a new media empire overseen in part by the brilliant and troubled Doug Kennein part by the brilliant and troubled Doug Kenney.

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Instead, we're given recognizable actors (Laura Linney, Stanley Tucci) in small roles where they pop up from time to time and spout something apocryphal for the benefit of the audience, like a British newspaper editor (David Thewlis) bellowing: «He's the head of a huge global media empire who's accountable to no one.

Building an Empire — And Holding It Accountable Last year, the education industry brought in over $ 100 billion in revenues — a number that must have appealed to Edison's founder and CEO, Christopher Whittle, media entrepreneur and former chairman of Esquire magazine.

In addition to your bookstore bills and library late fees, your website and social media expenses can add up (and lead to meaningful write - offs for empire - building authors).