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Western Media Next Target for China?

Posted: January 8, 2013 at 1:39 pm

One of the premier brands in the newspaper business is the Financial Times, owned Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO), and when the company’s CEO announced her retirement last October, there was ...
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News Corp. Files to Split the Company

Posted: December 21, 2012 at 8:44 am

In an SEC filing today, News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWS) indicated that it would call a special stockholders meeting to approve “the contemplated separation of our media and entertainment business and ...
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Hulu Video Streaming Service Revenues Up 65% in 2012

Posted: December 17, 2012 at 2:42 pm

Hulu, the streaming video company jointly owned by The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWS), expects revenues of $695 million in 2012, ...
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Cable TV Costs Too Much (TWC, DISH, DTV, LMCA, DIS, NWS, NFLX)

Posted: December 3, 2012 at 1:41 pm

The CEO of Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) today told an investor conference that programming is “just starting to cost too much,” and that his company will be taking ...
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Double Dose of Good News Sends Amazon Shares to New High (AMZN, AAPL, NOK, GOOG, CBS, NWS, PSO)

Posted: September 6, 2012 at 2:42 pm

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced a new Kindle reader called the “Kindle Paperwhite,” which includes a new front-lighting technology (called ‘paperwhite’) that allows the device to be used in ...
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Media Digest (9/6/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 6, 2012 at 6:13 am

European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi will set his bond-buying plan, which may be one of the most critical moments of the EU crisis. (Reuters) Samsung faces holding customers because ...
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Media Digest (8/24/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 24, 2012 at 6:26 am

A South Korean court awards patent victories to both Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung in a patent dispute. The judges add that Samsung did not violate key iPhone design ...
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Media Digest (8/21/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT

Posted: August 21, 2012 at 6:20 am

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank do not think the rise in food prices will bring a global financial crisis. (Reuters) Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the largest company ...
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Media Digest (8/9/2012) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 9, 2012 at 6:33 am

News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWS) takes a $2.85 billion write-down, mostly on its publishing properties, as it prepares to spin them off. (Reuters) Standard Chartered pushes back on allegations about money ...
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Live TV Streaming Gets Court OK

Posted: July 13, 2012 at 8:46 am

In a ruling that could change the way people watch TV, a New York judge has denied a petition for an injunction against TV-rebroadcasting start-up Aereo, a company partially backed ...
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Media Digest (6/18/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 28, 2012 at 6:19 am

Angela Merkel goes into today’s EU summit at odds with other leaders about regionwide bonds and austerity. (Reuters) Barclays (NYSE: BCS) pays $453 million to settle a probe on Libor ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — June 26, 2012: Housing News Warms Market Today

Posted: June 26, 2012 at 4:06 pm

The three major US stock indexes opened slightly higher this morning as markets didn’t get any more bad news from Europe and got some good news on housing prices from ...
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Ten Brands That Will Disappear In 2013

Posted: June 21, 2012 at 7:03 am

Each year, 24/7 Wall St. identifies 10 important American brands that we predict will disappear within a year. This year’s list reflects the brutally competitive nature of certain industries and ...
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Comcast to Get Disney Channel on Mobile Next Week (CMCSA, DIS, TWC, NFLX, DISH, CBS, NWS)

Posted: May 30, 2012 at 2:15 pm

Subscribers to the broadband cable services of Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) will soon be able to get access to the Disney Channel from Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) on Internet-connected ...
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Media Digest (5/10/12) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 6:27 am

Sony (NYSE: SNE) says it will return to profit and will cut its TV unit losses in half. (Reuters) Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) warns about the economy as it releases ...
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