Tell me it ain't so!: Rupert Murdoch sits on BOD of TV Guide!!!

[KansDem]

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?"

[SteppingRazor]

1. No. 1 magazine in the country...

followed by Reader's Digest and Modern Maturity.

[meegbear]

2. Don't you remember when the Contract On America ....

errr, I mean Contract With America was printed in TV Guide?

How do you think it got in there?

[KansDem]

7. Actually, no I don't. I wasn't aware the COA appeared in TV Guide

But, then, I'm not surprised...

[sarcasmo]

3. It used to be Readers Digest the #1 magazine in most households.

[aquart]

4. I stopped buying it when it started doing pieces on movies

That were years away from being shown on TV.

[CBGLuthier]

5. News Corp owns 44% of TV Guide

I stopped reading that tripe back when I got more channels than they could list.

[tx_dem41]

6. What use is TV Guide anymore for people?

I see it at hotels when I am on business trips...and its completely unusable. The listings cover very few of the channels.

[katmondoo]

10. TV guide always sucked

I hated it from day one.

[durablend]

11. Going to get worse next month

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.

[onenote]

8. My understanding is that Anthea Disney is not related to Walt's family

[Demit]

9. Er...he bought TVG from Walter Annenberg in the 80's.

[Beaverhausen]

12. I worked there then. Murdoch came in and "toured" my department

I was in editorial layout.

I saw firsthand what a corporate takeover looks like - and what is does to a company.