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Media
Why No One Wants to Own Hulu
courtesy of the Walt Disney Co.Hulu will not be sold. The online video website was put on the market by its owners, 21st-Century Fox, NBCUniversal and Walt Disney Co, (NYSE: DIS). Rumors…
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9:40am ET
Technology
Citigroup’s Most and Least Favorite Internet Stocks to Buy and Sell
ThinkstockIt looks like Internet stocks are going to be back in focus on Wednesday. Citigroup’s Mark May, who is the former Internet analyst at Barclays, has issued new coverage of key internet…
2:10pm ET
Media
The Big Idea Behind TV Station Mergers
ThinkstockToday’s announced acquisition of Local TV Holdings and its 19 TV stations by The Tribune Company follows a script mapped out earlier this year by other TV station owners like Sinclair Broadcasting…
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Investing
Closing Bell for Tuesday on Wall Street: Markets Recover on Better Economic News
June 25, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning after speculation that China’s central bank would not allow the country’s banking system to collapse. In the U.S., data on housing prices…
8:25am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Downgrades and Stocks to Sell: Agilent, Melco Crown, Netflix and More
Jon OggInvestors get to see many analyst upgrades and Buy ratings from Wall Street firms, but they often miss or do not get to here the downgrades. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many…
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Media
Netflix, DreamWorks Sign TV Programming Deal
courtesy of NetflixIn what the company calls a “groundbreaking deal,” Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced this morning that it has signed a multiyear deal with DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. (NASDAQ: DWA) to…
2:51pm ET
Media
Is Gannett Making the Right Bet on the Future of Broadcast TV?
thinkstockToday’s announcement that Gannett Company Inc. (NYSE: GCI) would pay $1.5 billion in cash and assume more than $700 million debt to acquire Belo Corp. (NYSE: BLC) comes about two months after…
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Media
Mobile Internet Forcing Big Changes in Media Business
ThinkstockThe explosive global growth of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets has led to equally explosive growth in demand for mobile bandwidth to feed the ever-hungrier devices. Growth in demand for mobile…
11:00am ET
Companies and Brands
Amazon Snags Viacom Programs After Netflix Passed in Favor of Disney
By Steve Jurvetson CC-BY-2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB) said this morning that the two had signed a multiyear, exclusive deal that will offer Viacom programming…
12:20pm ET
Energy
Are Netflix, First Solar, and Tesla Now Just Runaway Stocks?
Courtesy of Tesla MotorsYou already know by now that it is a bull market. Even if you missed out on the rally, the media is a constant reminder that the assessment that…
6:19am ET
Investing
Hulu Is Not Worth $1 Billion
courtesy of Time WarnerThe price point at which Hulu will sell may hit $1 billion. It is not worth that. As a matter of fact, in an extremely crowded video on demand…
11:25am ET
Media
Amazon Adds NBCUniversal Video to Prime Offerings
ThinkstockIn another move to boost subscriptions to its Prime Instant Video service, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today said that it has signed a licensing agreement with the NBCUniversal division of Comcast Corp.…
6:24am ET
Media
YouTube Paid Content Will Fail
courtesy of YouTubeYouTube, the video operation of Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), will enter a field in which it has no business being. It will offer consumers paid channels of premium video content.…
6:30am ET
Media
YouTube Promotes Audience Size, but Sales Are Wanting
courtesy of YouTubeThe Wall Street Journal reports that the management of Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) giant video site — YouTube — has started to promote its audience size. What management does not say is…
6:39am ET
Investing
Amazon May Not Make Much Money for Years
Wikimedia CommonsWall St. was mildly upset that Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) did not make more money than hoped for in the first quarter of the year. Add that to slowing sales, and…