Fox Entertainment Group
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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]
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| Company type | Division |
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| NYSE: FOX | |
| Industry | Film television |
| Predecessor | TCF Holdings |
| Founded | January 23, 1990; 34 years ago (1990-01-23) |
| Founder | Rupert Murdoch |
| Defunct | March 20, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-03-20) |
| Fate | Assets dispersed to other Disney divisions
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| Successors | The 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") |
| Headquarters | Fox Plaza, Century City, Los Angeles, California , U.S. |
| Products | Motion pictures television programs |
| Revenue |  $13.28 billion USD (2012) |
| $3.3 billion USD (2012) | |
| $4.98 billion USD (2012) | |
Number of employees | 12,100 (2012) |
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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]