(T)here is no greater priority for the company today than to meaningfully and profitably expand its Internet presence, |
[Stephen Mayne, a shareholder, asked at the meeting, held in New York's Hudson Theatre:] Why are you so paranoid about John Malone? He is a great thinker. It would be great to have him on the board. ... I am not going to make any comment. I have a great relationship with Mr Malone and I'm going to keep it that way. |
[You've got to hand it to Rupert Murdoch - he still knows a good story when he hears one. Like any good journalist, his antennae twitch, and he is overwhelmed by the urge to tell the world what he knows. No wonder he was bursting last Friday to tell a New York gathering about his latest confidential chat with Tony Blair. Turns out, he whispered, that while the PM was in India, he had watched BBC World's coverage of Hurricane Katrina.] And, ... he said it was just full of hate for America and gloating about our troubles. |
And he said it was just full of hate of America and gloating about our troubles. And that was his government, well his government-owned thing, |
And, while we faced comparisons to a record quarter year ago at our film studio, we released a number of successful films this quarter each of which should generate strong returns later this fiscal year when distributed in home entertainment. |
As a broadcaster, he had an uncanny knack of knowing what people across the country were thinking. |
become a leading and profitable Internet presence. |
Both Liberty and News understand and appreciate the advantages to resolve our situation expeditiously, |
Certainly I don't know anybody under 30 who has ever looked at a classified advertisement in a newspaper. |
Everything we're putting in [related to deal today] is pretty much at market price. So that would be about right [value for company], $38 billion up to $40 billion, |
For better or for worse, our company (The News Corporation Ltd.) is a reflection of my thinking, my character, my values. |
For the second consecutive quarter, all of our primary content businesses, with the exception of film, generated double-digit growth. Television, newspapers, cable programming and book publishing all posted sharp operating income increases. |
From media and telecommunications to I.T. and banking, Israeli technological advances are key contributors to the progress and strength of the global economy. |
have started to look like dying elephants. |
He was a man who you could truly say was larger than life. |