Microsoft is pulling out of the joint venture that owned MSNBC.com, freeing the world's largest software maker to build its own online news service. NBC is buying Microsoft's 50% interest in the website and will rebrand it NBCNews.com.
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. said Thursday that it plans to split into two companies, one holding its newspapers and the other its entertainment operations. The Murdoch family, which controls nearly 40% of News Corp.'s voting shares, is expected to maintain control of both.
Glenn Beck's show still has higher ratings than all of its 5 p.m. cable competitors put together, but it has been losing viewers at an alarming rate. And it's got fewer -- and less prestigious -- advertisers than "The Situation Room" or "Hardball with Chris Matthews." Will Fox pull the plug?
Move over Oprah. Fox News host Glenn Beck has turned into a literary tastemaker -- and his book picks are yielding staggering sales figures for the respective authors.
True to her roots as an ex sports anchor, Sarah Palin is back on TV. Her chat with Bill O'Reilly on FOX News on Tuesday was the former Alaska governor's debut as a correspondent with the network. She used the appearance to trash her recent "60 Minutes" profile she said she hadn't seen.
