Mediagazer: Murdoch re-elected Twenty-First Century Fox chairman (Sue Zeidler/Reuters)

9:45 AM ET, October 21, 2013

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Spiegel Online:

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Cliff Edwards / Bloomberg:
Netflix Poised to Pass HBO in Paid U.S. Subscribers

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Jennifer Mizgata / Online News Association:

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

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Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

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Sue Zeidler / Reuters:

Murdoch re-elected Twenty-First Century Fox chairman — (Reuters) - Media mogul Rupert Murdoch was re-elected chairman of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc despite protests from shareholder groups who sought to separate the chairman and chief executive positions of the family-dominated company.

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Adam Popescu / Mashable:

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Kristen Schweizer / Businessweek:

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Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:

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