Market experts have valued Housing.com at $700 million.
Liberty Global and Discovery Communications have made a joint approach to CVC Capital about buying a 49 percent stake in Formula One, the Telegraph reported, without citing sources.
Media conglomerate NewsCorp may look at divesting stake in some of its businesses in India, said Chairman Rupert Murdoch. The world's 109th richest man, worth $8.3 billion according to the Forbes 400 ranking, had announced a $100-million investment plan during his recent visit to India.
The Rs 1,600-odd crore (excluding income from joint ventures) Star India has been in dull form for over three years now. From an aggressive leader that protected every shift in rating points, it seems increasingly like a defender.
The MediaGuardian 100 power list, which measures the economic, cultural and political influence was topped by Brin and Page in recognition "of the all-pervasive impact of Google on the media". James, chairman of satellite broadcaster BSkyB in Britain and News Corp. Europe and Asia's chairman and chief executive, ranked second in the list, while his father was fifth in the ranking.
Information technology, financials, industrials, consumer discretionary and utilities were the top five sectors to attract significant private equity capital during the quarter.
The focus was on the role that the media and entertainment industry can play in development and generation of employment opportunities in India
The board of Dow Jones and Co. has decided to take no action on the $5 billion unsolicited bid for the company by media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., the company has announced.
News Corp, parent company of Star group and other media businesses under Murdoch's control across the world, reported on Thursday a 4.5 per cent rise in net profit to $890 million.
Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is all set to purchase Dow Jones and Co., publishers of the Wall Street Journal, for $5 billion, ending the century-long ownership of the Bancroft family.
The backing of the 16-member board on Tuesday sends the offer to the Bancroft family, which controls the majority voting shares of the company, for a final vote.
To give YouTube some serious competition, News Corp and NBC Universal are launching a free online service this summer, featuring full length movies and clips from at least a dozen television networks.
Spin legend Shane Warne has rated Steve Smith as a better Test batsman than India captain Virat Kohli, saying when it comes to five day game the Australia skipper "is the man".
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, whose empire spans from Europe to America and Asia, says he plans to launch a new business channel by the end of the year.
Now, high profile media barons have an India visit in their itinerary. Four months after the launch of two Disney channels in India, Walt Disney's CEO Michael D Eisner plans to visit India next week along with his successor, Robert A Iger.
The surprise bid, if successful, will create one of the world's biggest media companies, after Time Warner Inc and News Corp.
Ahead of India visit of News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch, the proposal for the direct-to-home venture by Star is shuttling between ministries raising doubts whether the Rs 1,600 crore
While student housing, retirement homes, and co-living spaces are going to be new realty growth drivers, Parekh also said foreign investors have also been investing in a big way in good commercial projects, while warehousing is another segment where they are showing keen interest.
Cricket Australia says it will not take any steps to prevent West Indian batsman Chris Gayle playing in its Big Bash Twenty20 league next season.
After losing the first set, Konta faced three break points in an epic fifth game of the second when she came under enormous pressure.
The chairman of the diversified Aditya Birla group, Kumar Mangalam Birla, has bought a 25 per cent stake in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp-owned Indian news channel, Star India said.
With a new $100-billion technology fund, SoftBank is likely to go after market leaders.
Former Australian Test captain Michael Clarke is set to return to first-class cricket six months after he announced international retirement and the lucrative India Premier League is on his radar, according to reports in the Australian media. The 34-year-old, who retired from international cricket following Australia's Ashes defeat last August, has also refused to rule out wearing the baggy green once more, insisting he was in good shape ahead of a grade cricket comeback. Clarke is likely to make his return for grade team Western Suburbs against Randwick-Petersham in a Sydney club match on February 20-21. "I'll start with playing this grade game for Western Suburbs and see if I miss it as much as I feel like I'm going to. If I do, the option is there to train the entire winter and then we'll see what happens," local media reported Clarke as having told 'News Corp'.
Mobile payments alone gathered close to $1.51 billion in the year 2017 through 13 rounds of funding, according to data compiled by Tracxn
Pune, Noida, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Ahmedabad witnessed a decline in sales as well as launches, while only two cities, Mumbai and Gurugram, saw a rise in demand and supply.
Former Australia captain Steve Waugh is annoyed in the manner a section of people are being critical of Michael Clarke's captaincy.
Australian Bernard Tomic courted controversy yet again when he fired lewd comments toward a heckler at the US Open during his first-round upset loss to Bosnia's Damir Dzumhur on Tuesday.
It is not every day that one of the planet's richest men is arrested by his government.
American teenager Amanda Anisimova, fresh off an impressive run at Indian Wells, beat China's Wang Qiang 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 at the Miami Open on Tuesday to set up a second round clash with Spanish third seed Garbine Muguruza.
Three-times Grand Slam winner Murray has struggled to regain form since undergoing hip surgery last January and was knocked out in the first round of the Australian Open on Monday having said the tournament could be his last as a professional.
Bernard Tomic and Nick Kyrgios have been told their behaviour must improve or they could find themselves on the sidelines rather than centre court at the Rio Olympics, according to the Australian team's chef de mission.
Bernard Tomic ruled himself out of representing Australia at the Rio Olympics in August due to his 'extremely busy' playing schedule.
It is significant that the PM's appeal to invest in India comes at a time when the global economy is facing a difficult phase
Flipkart's appointment of Kalyan Krishnamurthy as CEO and Ola's choice of PepsiCo's Vishal Kaul for COO speaks to the growing trend of bringing in experienced professionals to run business. Karan Choudhury reports.
Officials said Prime Minister Modi will not have a bilateral meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif during his current five-day trip to the US.
Consolidation is happening because of a prolonged slowdown in residential sales which has also brought down the business of brokerages.
A guitar-strumming rocker when not keeping wickets, Australia's Peter Nevill will hope to hit the right note when he makes his surprise Test debut against England in the second Ashes match on Thursday.
According to sources, employees from marketing, ad-tech, category, digital marketing, engineering team, catalogues, have all been asked to leave.
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