Fox Entertainment Group (Johnsonverse)

Fox Entertainment Group is an American entertainment company specializing in filmed entertainment owned by Fox Holdings.
Its owner, Fox Holdings was formerly known as News Corporation, which acquired all the stock of Fox Entertainment Group in 2005. In 2013, News Corporation was renamed 21st Century Fox and its publishing assets were spun off into the newly formed News Corp as part of a corporate re-organization. In 2019, after Johnson Industries' purchase of Fox, it was rebranded into Fox Holdings.
It was named after William Fox who created the original 20th Century Fox Film Corporation (alongside Joseph M. Schenck and Darryl F. Zanuck).
== History ==
Fox Entertainment Group formed in the 1980s after the purchase of the Metromedia-owned independent stations by the 20th Century Fox film studio, at the time jointly owned by Australian-American media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, and Denver billionaire Marvin Davis. These stations would later become the foundation of the Fox television network (launched in October 1986), which would become the foundation of the company (named after the TV network) itself. Not long after the Metromedia deal was made, Murdoch purchased Davis's shares and News Corp assumed full control of the film studio, which was then placed within Fox Entertainment Group.
In 1995, Saban entered into a joint venture with the Fox children's television network to form Fox Kids Worldwide. In 1997 it was renamed Fox Family Worldwide. On July 23, 2001, it was announced that Fox Family Worldwide (later ABC Family Worldwide Inc.) would be sold to Disney from News Corporation and businessperson Haim Saban. On October 24, 2001, the sale was completed.
On August 14, 1998, Fox launched an initial public offering as a publicly traded company, trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE,) while Fox Entertainment Group's address has been moved from Los Angeles to New York City. The company has traded on the NYSE since its launch under ticker symbol FOX until its acquisition in 2005 by News Corporation.
In January 2005, shortly after News Corporation reincorporation in the United States, News Corp announced that it was buying out Fox. The maneuver delisted Fox from the New York Stock Exchange; Fox Entertainment Group traded on the NYSE under the ticker FOX.
In 2012, Rupert Murdoch announced that News Corporation would be split into two publishing and media-oriented companies: a new News Corporation, and 21st Century Fox, which operated the Fox Entertainment Group and 20th Century Fox and other studios. Murdoch considered the name of the new company a way to maintain the 20th Century Fox's heritage as the group advances into the future.
In January 2017, Fox Entertainment Group and 20th Century Fox formed FoxNext, which would handle video game developments, VR experiences and theme park businesses.
== Fox Filmed Entertainment ==
Fox Filmed Entertainment is the parent company of 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Blue Sky Studios and Fox Music. Since 2000, its co-chairmen and co-chief executive officers have been Thomas Rothman and Jim Gianopulos. Fox Filmed Entertainment was a global leader in movie production and distribution. One of the world's largest producers and distributors of motion pictures, Fox Filmed Entertainment produces, acquires and distributes motion pictures throughout the world. These motion pictures are produced or acquired by the following units of FFE: 20th Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, 20th Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios and Fox International Productions. Fox Filmed Entertainment is located in Los Angeles, CA, United States and is part of the Motion Picture and Video Industries Industry. Fox Filmed Entertainment has 2 total employees across all of its locations and generates $655,306 in sales (USD). (Sales figure is modelled).
== Units ==
* 20th Century Fox
* 20th Century Fox Animation
* Blue Sky Studios
* 20th Century Fox Consumer Products
* Fox Family Entertainment
* Fox Stage Productions
* Fox 2000 Pictures
* Fox Searchlight Pictures
* New Regency Productions (80%, joint venture with Regency Enterprises)
* Boom! Studios (minority stake)
* Fox Studios Australia
* Zero Day Fox
* Fox Music
* Fox Star Studios
* 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
* Fox-Paramount Home Entertainment (joint venture with Paramount Home Media Distribution)
* Fox Games
* Aftershock Studios
* 20th Century Fox World (licence to Resort World by Genting Group)
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