Shine Group

Shine America manages production, distribution and marketing of original programming across broadcast, cable and digital platforms, including such programs as Fox’s MasterChef and MasterChef Junior, NBC’s The Biggest Loser, Oxygen’s The Face, CNBC’s Restaurant Startup, TruTV’s Fake-Off, FX’s recently canceled The Bridge, Fox’s Gracepoint, and HBO’s upcoming drama Utopia. 21st Century Fox’s proposed joint venture with private equity firm Apollo Global Management that would include the Shine Group, Endemol and Core Media Group has gone full steam ahead. Shine founder Elisabeth Murdoch will step down as nonexecutive chairman as soon as the deal closes, expected by the end of 2014