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Mon Sep-26-05 03:45 PM
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| Tell me it ain't so!: Rupert Murdoch sits on BOD of TV Guide!!! |
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I found this by accident:
GEMSTAR-TV GUIDE INTL INC
Employees: Corporate: 2,011
Location: 50
Address: 6922 HOLLYWOOD BLVD # 12 Est Sales: $732,300,000
City: LOS ANGELES, CA 90028-6117 Location: HEADQUARTER
Contact: RICH BATTISTA (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
ANTHEA DISNEY CHAIRMAN
RICH BATTISTA DIRECTOR
PETER CHERNIN DIRECTOR
DAVID F DEVOE DIRECTOR
ANTHEA DISNEY DIRECTOR
NICHOLAS DONATIELLO JR DIRECTOR
PERRY A LERNER DIRECTOR
JAMES E MAYER DIRECTOR
K RUPERT MURDOCH DIRECTOR
JAMES P O'SHAUGHNESSY DIRECTOR
RUTHANN QUINDLEN DIRECTOR
Hmmmm, also a "Disney" on the BOD. I wonder if there's any relation...
Wasn't/Isn't "TV Guide" found in more American households than any other "magazine?"
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| SteppingRazor
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Mon Sep-26-05 03:48 PM
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| 1. No. 1 magazine in the country... |
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followed by Reader's Digest and Modern Maturity.
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Mon Sep-26-05 03:48 PM
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| 2. Don't you remember when the Contract On America .... |
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errr, I mean Contract With America was printed in TV Guide?
How do you think it got in there?
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| KansDem
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Mon Sep-26-05 03:52 PM
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| 7. Actually, no I don't. I wasn't aware the COA appeared in TV Guide |
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But, then, I'm not surprised...
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| sarcasmo
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Mon Sep-26-05 03:49 PM
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| 3. It used to be Readers Digest the #1 magazine in most households. |
| aquart
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Mon Sep-26-05 03:50 PM
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| 4. I stopped buying it when it started doing pieces on movies |
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That were years away from being shown on TV.
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| CBGLuthier
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Mon Sep-26-05 03:51 PM
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| 5. News Corp owns 44% of TV Guide |
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I stopped reading that tripe back when I got more channels than they could list.
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Mon Sep-26-05 03:52 PM
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| 6. What use is TV Guide anymore for people? |
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Edited on Mon Sep-26-05 03:54 PM by tx_dem41
I see it at hotels when I am on business trips...and its completely unusable. The listings cover very few of the channels.
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Mon Sep-26-05 03:55 PM
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| 10. TV guide always sucked |
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Mon Sep-26-05 04:17 PM
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| 11. Going to get worse next month |
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When they eschew most of the listings for more "Hollywood gossip" material.
Me thinks the joke will be on Rupert when the subs leave/don't re-sub.
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Mon Sep-26-05 03:54 PM
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| 8. My understanding is that Anthea Disney is not related to Walt's family |
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Mon Sep-26-05 03:55 PM
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| 9. Er...he bought TVG from Walter Annenberg in the 80's. |
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Mon Sep-26-05 04:19 PM
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| 12. I worked there then. Murdoch came in and "toured" my department |
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I was in editorial layout.
I saw firsthand what a corporate takeover looks like - and what is does to a company.
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