Viacom Inc.
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Source: ThinkstockThis might be one of those times that’s it difficult to tell the players even with a scorecard. The battle for control of the living room is about to be joined in earnest as big...
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We have reported recently that despite many calls of an “aging” four-year bull market, what we have experienced since the market lows of March 2009 has been a cyclical bull market within a...
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Source: ThinkstockThe conventional wisdom is that old media online content gets trumped every time by new media properties, at least when it comes to ad revenue. This does not have to be the case,...
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Source: ThinkstockIn a lawsuit filed late yesterday in New York, Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) is taking on Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB) in a move that challenges the media company’s practice...
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Source: thinkstockItaly’s political problems may hurt the chances of the European Central Bank to battle the European Union’s financial problems. (Reuters)China’s PMI likely fell in February, a...
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Source: ThinkstockAs Fat Tuesday quickly turns into Ash Wednesday, Lent will take place from Wednesday, February 13 to Saturday, March 30 in 2013. It may not seem like much on the surface, but this...
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Source: Wikimedia CommonsCiting solid growth and a surging demand in the need for professional content, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) upgraded the U.S. media sector to Attractive from Neutral...
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Source: courtesy of YouTubeThere is barely any reason for a single media company to be in the online video content business. Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube has such a huge presence that it...
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U.S. equity markets opened slightly lower this morning as data from Europe and Asia combined with a larger than expected U.S. trade deficit to pour cool, if not cold, water on the opening. In Asia,...
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Source: Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research firms this Friday.ADTRAN Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) maintained Underperform but named Bear...
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Yesterday’s announcement that Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) would get exclusive rights from The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) for studio films beginning in 2016 sent Netflix shares sharply higher in...
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U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning but quickly turned south and bounced around lower all day. In Europe, the eurozone notched its second consecutive quarter of negative GDP growth,...
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U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning, but the three major indexes fell below the neutral line after the first hour or so of trading. In Europe, Greece said its GDP contracted by 7.2% in the...
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Source: thinkstockTen major media companies control most of the news content in America. Each of these companies reaches millions of people. The five largest reach more than 50 million people...
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Source: courtesy of YouTubeVarious sites owned by Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), including YouTube, drew 150 million unique viewers in September, a huge number, but down from 157 million in July....
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