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News Corp-backed realty portal PropTiger.Com is likely to sell about 3,500 housing units worth Rs 2,100 crore during the fiscal, up 17 per cent from the last year, helped by its entry into secondary property market through the acquisition of Makaan.Com

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and actress and model Jerry Hall celebrated their marriage with a blessing service on Saturday at St. Bride`s church on London`s Fleet Street, the spiritual home of British journalism.

Rupert Murdoch wed former supermodel Jerry Hall in a low-key ceremony in central London on Friday, the fourth marriage for the media mogul.

Global media magnate Rupert Murdoch's son James will return as chairman of British broadcaster Sky, the company said Friday, nearly four years after he was forced to leave over a phone hacking scandal.  

British ex-editor Rebekah Brooks, the fiery redhead who resigned over a tabloid phone-hacking scandal, will return to Rupert Murdoch`s News Corp as head of its UK division, the company said on Wednesday.

In November last year, News Corp acquired a 25 per cent stake in Singapore-based Elara Technologies Pte Ltd which owns PropTiger.Com.

News Corp has been ordered by a Manhattan federal judge to face a class action lawsuit accusing it of monopolizing the market for in-store promotions at some 52,500 retail stores across the United States.

"While India's real estate sector continues to work its way through challenging macro conditions, we remain very optimistic, not only about India's long-term potential but also about the management team of PropTiger in its ability to execute, rationally and deliberately," News Corp Senior Vice President, Strategy, Raju Narisetti who also chairs Elara's Singapore-based board, said.

News Corp and 21st Century Fox , controlled by Rupert Murdoch, are in talks to build a joint headquarters in a new 88-story skyscraper at the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, The New York Times said on Friday.

Rupert Murdoch`s News Corp. said it has bought a 14.99 percent stake in Australian and New Zealand media firm APN, adding to its vast empire.

Backed by funding from Rupert Murdoch-led News Corp, realty portal PropTiger has forayed into secondary market property transactions and plans to expand operations in ten more cities in the next 18 months.

Rupert Murdoch`s Twenty-First Century Fox decided to pull its $80 billion offer to buy Time Warner Inc on Tuesday, abandoning plans to create one of the world`s largest media conglomerates.

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Said today it was selling a group of 11 community newspapers as part of a move to globalise and digitise its publishing operations.