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Fox Targets $1B Return For 'Simpsons' Licensing

  • Reuters, Tuesday, July 30, 2013 2:45 PM
Twentieth Television, a division of 21st Century Fox, is targeting returns of $1 billion for licensing of reruns of long-running animated show "The Simpsons" to  "stations and cable channels at the same time," according to a source cited by Ronald Grover. "The company's fx cable channel is expected to have first claim to the show. Other potential buyers are Viacom, whose cable properties include Comedy Central and Nick at Nite, and Turner Broadcasting."

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