Fox brought down the curtain on its previous chapter as the larger media entity 21st Century Fox, reporting third-quarter results that exceeded Wall Street expectations. Excluding items, earnings per share came in at 76 cents, almost a dime better than estimates, and revenue of $2.75 billion beat forecasts for $2.61…

Fox Corp. has confirmed it received a $2 billion cash payment from Disney, which reduces the “transaction tax” the new entity paid to 21st Century Fox to $6.5 billion. Both were expected steps following the closing of the $71.3 billion Disney deal, which became official just after midnight Wednesday. The newly minted…

UPDATE: At 12:02AM ET, one of the most consequential mergers in Hollywood history became official. The Walt Disney Co. has acquired about two-thirds of 21st Century Fox, altering the entertainment landscape at a time of dramatic change. For $71.3 billion, Disney has acquired a range of film and TV assets including the…

UPDATED with Rupert Murdoch memo: With fewer than 24 hours remaining before the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney closes, the remaining stand-alone entity Fox Corp. begins trading today and has announced new members of its board of directors. The company will maintain the ticker symbols FOXA and FOX for its…

Nearly 52% of shareholders in 21st Century Fox, the entity that is about to be acquired by Disney, have expressed a preference to receive cash in exchange for their shares after the Disney-Fox deal closes early Wednesday. About 37% of shareholders said they would prefer shares in New Disney (as the Fox-ified company…

Mexican regulators have given the final sign-off to Disney’s $73.1 billion merger with the assets of 21st Century Fox, clearing the way for the companies to complete the deal by March 20. The country’s Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) said Tuesday that during its regular session the day before it unanimously…

Disney has set a March 20 closing date for the acquisition of 21st Century Fox. The date was included in a release in which Disney indicated that the company has received the last major approval for the deal from regulators in Mexico. According to Disney, 21st Century Fox shareholders will have until Thursday to…

A New York federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former Fox News Channel producer that claimed Fox News, its parent company 21st Century Fox and Bill O’Reilly breached a 2002 settlement agreement. The producer, Rachel Witlieb Bernstein, one of several women who reached settlement agreements stemming from…

Almost two years after Bones ended its run of more than a decade at Fox, the stars and executive producer of the crime drama have partially prevailed in their profit participation battle with the company, for now. Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz and EP Barry Josephson have been issued a hefty award of almost $179…

In one of the last steps in the regulatory review of Disney’s $71.3 billion deal to buy most of 21st Century Fox, regulators in Brazil appear to be poised to approve the transaction on Wednesday. Officials at CADE (whose translated full name is The Administrative Council for Economic Defense) are said to now be…

When Disney’s $71.3 billion deal to acquire most of 21st Century Fox closes in the coming weeks, the combined company will remain an appealing target for investors, but only those willing to indulge hefty near-term spending on direct-to-consumer streaming. That’s the basic takeaway from a new research report by…

Fox Corp has named Fox Television Stations chief financial officer Joseph Dorrego as Chief Investor Relations Officer and EVP Corporate Initiatives. He will lead the development and execution of the investor relations program and oversee other initiatives at the company that will come into being when Disney’s merger…