Rumors have floated of the possibility of a merger between DirecTV and DISH Network on and off for some time. The Comcast acquisition of Time Warner Cable is bound to create buzz out there…
The announced merger between the largest U.S. cable operator, Comcast, and the second largest, Time Warner Cable, will create a media goliath with 33 million cable subscribers. But this is in an era when…
It looked like the Sirius XM buyout was suddenly having problems as recently as last week. That may no longer be the case. What investors need to know is that the merger is not…
Cable operator Charter Communications said Tuesday morning that it has given formal notice to Time Warner Cable of its nomination of 13 independent candidates for Time Warner's board of directors.
In the past several weeks, several content providers have pressed wireless carriers to offer their services free from the normal fees for access to their products or services. Facebook is the latest of these.
courtesy of TwitterThe XXII Olympic Winter Games held in Sochi, Russia, belong to NBC, at least from the standpoint of traditional media coverage. Comcast Corp.’s (NASDAQ: CMCSA) NBCUniveral unit paid $4.38 billion for the…
courtesy of ZyngaZynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) took a bit of a reality check this week. After a stellar prior week on news of preannounced earnings and on an acquisition, investors and analysts alike were…
courtesy of Dow JonesNews Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) reported second-quarter fiscal 2014 results before markets opened on Thursday. The print publishing giant posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.31 on revenue of $2.24 billion.…
AOL has released its fourth-quarter earnings report, and it might make you wonder why so many wrote AOL off for dead before the company's shareholder-friendly turnaround. AOL beat revenue expectations handily.
courtesy of Pandora MediaPandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) felt as though the stock was too high up above $35, and no we know why it felt that way. The personalized online music radio company…
ThinkstockA news break is out from multiple sources, showing that CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) will produce a full slate of 16 NFL games. The problem is that this is the Thursday Night Football package.…
Twitter reports earnings on Wednesday after the close, and 24/7 Wall St. has prepared a preview looking at the trading history, analyst opinion, options expectations, valuations and more.
Sirius XM Holdings reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results before markets opened on Tuesday morning. Earnings fell short of consensus estimates, but revenues were better than expected.
ThinkstockThe score may have been lopsided enough that people switched away from the Super Bowl at half-time. That did not keep viewership of the game from setting an all time record for TV audience…
Since Facebook's beat of fourth-quarter expectations, Twitter's stock price appreciation has actually outpaced Facebook's. Before Facebook reported earnings last week, Twitter stock was barely flat for the month of January.