Fox Entertainment Group

Fox Entertainment Group
Company typeDivision
NYSE: FOX
IndustryFilm
television
PredecessorTCF Holdings
FoundedJanuary 23, 1990; 34 years ago (1990-01-23)
FounderRupert Murdoch
DefunctMarch 20, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-03-20)
FateAssets dispersed to other Disney divisions
  • Name reused (without the word "Group") by Fox Corp. for its entertainment assets.
SuccessorsThe Walt Disney Company
Walt Disney Studios
Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International
Disney Parks, Experiences and Products
Fox Entertainment (division of Fox Corporation, successor of the reused unit name for Fox Corp. entertainment operations without using the word "Group")
HeadquartersFox Plaza,
Century City, Los Angeles, California
,
U.S.
ProductsMotion pictures
television programs
RevenueIncrease $13.28 billion USD (2012)
Increase $3.3 billion USD (2012)
Increase $4.98 billion USD (2012)
Number of employees
12,100 (2012)
Parent
Subsidiaries

The Fox Entertainment Group (FEG) was an American entertainment company specialized in filmed entertainment owned by 21st Century Fox. Following the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, the group's assets were dispersed to various Disney units. The film studios 20th Century Fox (now known as 20th Century Studios), Fox Searchlight Pictures (now known as Searchlight Pictures) and Blue Sky Studios were transferred to Walt Disney Studios, while Fox Star Studios (now known as Star Studios) transferred to Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International.[1]

Its former owner, 21st Century Fox, previously known as News Corporation, 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 reorganization.[2][3]

FEG was indirectly named after William Fox, who created Fox Film. This would eventually merge with Twentieth Century Pictures to become 20th Century Fox (now known as 20th Century Studios).[4]

  1. ^ Hipes, Patrick (March 22, 2019). "After Trying Day, Disney Sets Film Leadership Lineup". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "News Corp confirms plan to split the media giant". BBC News. June 28, 2012. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
  3. ^ "News Corp. Will Use Fox Name as Breakup Proceeds". Bloomberg. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  4. ^ "The Formation of Twentieth Century-Fox". Cobbles. United States. Retrieved December 14, 2023.