Elisabeth Murdoch

Elisabeth Murdoch's U.K.-based media company Vertical Networks is set to produce its first show for multimedia mobile app Snapchat. The two companies have greenlit production for a 12-episode…

LONDON — Paramount Pictures and Locksmith Animation, which launched in 2014 with backing from Elisabeth Murdoch, have inked a deal to co-develop and co-produce a series of animated projects for the…

The succession plan taking shape for Lachlan and James Murdoch at 21st Century Fox raises the question of whether their sister Elisabeth will re-enter the family business on any level. The answer for…

There will be one less Murdoch in the 21st Century Fox fold after the company completes its joint venture with Apollo Global Management to combine Shine Group with Apollo’s Endemol and Core Media…

Elisabeth Murdoch’s future within 21st Century Fox has come into question on the heels of the news that former BSkyB chief Sophie Turner Laing will lead the production powerhouse that Fox is…

LONDON — Sarah Smith, former creative director at Aardman Features, and director and co-writer of “Arthur Christmas,” has set up a new animated film company, Locksmith Animation, in the U.K., with…

Rupert Murdoch has filed for divorce from his wife of 14 years, Wendi Deng Murdoch, but Wall Street doesn’t seem too concerned about the effect the split will have on News Corp. The stock was up 1%…

Six months and a dozen shows later, Rich Ross is settling in comfortably to his role as CEO of Shine America.

Rich Ross is back in action. The former Disney Studios topper has joined Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine America wing as CEO with a focus on expanding its scripted programming business.

Murdoch founded Shine in 2001 and grew it into a worldwide television production powerhouse before selling it to her father, Rupert Murdoch's, News Corp. in 2011 for about $670 million.

Why not keep it in the family?