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News Corp’s Entertainment Division Has A New Name: “21st Century Fox”

The media conglomerate, which announced last year that it would split its entertainment and publishing divisions, will name its entertainment division “21st Century Fox.”

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp media conglomerate, which last summer confirmed it was considering splitting its publishing and entertainment divisions, has announced it will name its entertainment arm “21st Century Fox,” a play on its 20th Century Fox movie studio.

21st Century Fox, whose new moniker replaces the previous announced Fox Group, will maintain a global portfolio of cable and broadcasting networks that includes, among many, Fox, FX, National Geographic, and Star; it will also house the aforementioned 20th Century Fox film studio.

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An Emoji Translation Of “Moby Dick” Is Now Part Of The Library Of Congress Catalog

An emoji-tastic version of the classic novel has garnered itself a spot in the Library of Congress.

The Library of Congress Tuesday inducted a new version of the classic tome Moby Dick into its archives. The twist? This version is written entirely in emoji, or Japanese emoticons.

Emoji Dick began in 2009 as a Kickstarter project by creator Fred Benenson (a Kickstarter employee himself). Benenson took to Amazon‘s Mechanical Turk to crowdsource a translation of the Herman Melville epic, which is upwards of 212,000 words.

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