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Breaking up News Corp 拆分资讯集团 Murdoch does the splits 资讯集团分家，默多克来操刀 Investors like the idea of hiving off the group snewspaper arm 投资者期盼分离资讯集团的资讯出版业务 SHAKESPEARE mused that It isbeyond the power of man to bring love and wisdom to an union. 莎士比亚曾写过，爱使人愚笨。人对于喜爱的事物无法做出理智的判断。 News Corporation s shareholders have long agreed, arguing that Rupert Murdoch s love fornewsprint has clouded his judgment and tainted his media empire. 资讯集团的股东们长期以来一致认为，鲁伯特默多克对资讯出版业的钟爱混淆了他的判断力，危害了他的传媒帝国。 The sluggish growth and the legal cases besetting News Corp s publishing arm set it insharp contrast to the group s robust film and television assets, which account forthree-quarters of revenues and almost all operating profit. 资讯集团的出版业务，发展缓慢，官司缠身，和其蓬勃壮大的影视业务一比，相形见绌。当前，集团四分之三的收入和几乎所有的盈利都来源于影视业务。 After months of hinting that it may heed investors and separate the two parts, News Corp sboard met on June 27th to approve a split, and was set to confirm its decision as TheEconomist went to press. | 
