Mediagazer: News Corp. Posts Gain on Strength of Cable Channels (Amy Chozick/Media Decoder)

1:05 AM ET, February 7, 2013

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Amy Chozick / Media Decoder:

News Corp. Posts Gain on Strength of Cable Channels — 8:54 p.m. | Updated Strong growth at News Corporation's cable channels FX, Fox News and regional sports networks helped the company more than double its net income in the three-month period that ended Dec. 31, offsetting lingering costs related …

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Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:

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Amy Chozick / Media Decoder:

Cable TV Revenue Helps Spur Time Warner Profit — Updated The cable television business helped propel Time Warner to a 51-percent increase in net income and offset weakness in magazine publishing and movies in the three months that ended Dec. 31. — The media company said Wednesday …

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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

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What is a book in the age of the iPad? An interview with Craig Mod — The designer talks Subcompact Publishing, the pains of digital distribution, and the future of the magazine — Craig Mod is a writer and designer who splits his time between Japan and the US.

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