Morning Alert: Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (NASDAQ:FOXA), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAT), Potbelly Corporation (NASDAQ:PBPB), The LGL Group (NYSEMKT:LGL)

On Oct. 10, Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (NASDAQ:FOXA) and private-equity firm Apollo Global Management LLC have formed a programming partnership that will combine three television production companies into one with the hopes of creating a global entertainment giant. Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (NASDAQ:FOXA) in last trading activity moved up 2.30% to close at $32.50. Company weekly performance is -1.84% while its quarterly performance stands at -1.22%. Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (NASDAQ:FOXA) is -10.81% away from its 52 week high.Aduro BioTech, Inc has entered into its second agreement with Janssen Biotech, Inc., part of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), granting an exclusive, worldwide license to certain product candidates engineered for the treatment of lung cancer and certain other cancers based on its novel LADD immunotherapy platform. Under the agreement, facilitated by the Johnson & Johnson Innovation center in California, Aduro will receive a $30 million up-front payment and is eligible to receive significant development, regulatory and commercialization milestone payments up to a potential total of $817 million. On last trading day Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) moved down -1.46% to close at $96.78. Its volatility for the week is 2.99% while volatility for the month is 1.79%. JNJ's sales growth for past 5 years was 2.30% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 1.00%. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) monthly performance is -8.86%.Toymaker Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAT) Thursday reported a decrease in earnings as well as sales for the third quarter. Both earnings and sales also fell short of analysts' estimates. Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAT) in last trading activity fell -3.01% to close at $29.62. Company weekly performance is -3.27% while its quarterly performance stands at -17.29%. Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAT) is -36.25% away from its 52 week high.Potbelly Corp (NASDAQ:PBPB) Director Bryant L. Keil unloaded 37,354 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $12.39, for a total transaction of $462,816.06. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 686,269 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,502,873. Potbelly Corporation (NASDAQ:PBPB) has 3.70% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 84.10%. In last trading activity company's stock closed at $12.91.MtronPTI, a subsidiary of The LGL Group (NYSEMKT:LGL), announced frequency expansion to 80 GHz, millimeter waves for filters and diplexers. The additional products are the result of a business partnership with Microwavefilters & TVC S.r.l. (MW&TVC) in Milan who will now represent MtronPTI exclusively in the Italian market.On Thursday shares of The LGL Group, Inc. (NYSEMKT:LGL) closed at $3.70. Company's sales growth for last 5 years was -8.20% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 20.00%.