News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch said Tuesday at an investor conference that the new Fox Business Network will be more focused on business news for consumers than rival CNBC.
“News Corp.’s long-awaited Fox business network is scheduled to launch on Oct. 15 in about 34 million homes to go up against CNBC, which is owned by General Electric Co.’s NBC Universal unit.
“Mr. Murdoch said he expects the channel to benefit from the newsgathering abilities of Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co., which News Corp. agreed last month to buy for $5 billion. The deal is expected to close in a few months.
“An arrangement that Dow Jones has with CNBC only covers business-related news, Mr. Murdoch said, allowing the new Fox channel to use Journal coverage of other areas.”
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