Economics
Fox Ordered to Pay $179 Million to ‘Bones’ Actors, Producers
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Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. was ordered to pay $179 million in a case brought by four “Bones” actors and producers who claimed they were cheated out of their share of profits from the hit TV series.
Actors Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz and two producers alleged that Fox deflated the profitability of the show by licensing it at artificially low fees to Fox’s broadcast network and the streaming service Hulu, which Fox co-owns.