By Paul Ausick Media giants Time Warner (NYSE:TWC) and News Corporation (NASDAQ:NWS) have settled a scuffle between Time Warner Cable and News Corp.’s Fox TV. Fox stands to receive a per-subscriber payment from Time…
By Douglas A. McIntyre The digital age was supposed to destroy the movie theater business. Why drive to a multiplex and stand in line to buy four $9 tickets when it’s easier, and perhaps…
Like visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads, the chiefs of the Hollywood studios and their bosses at the major media conglomerates want to extend the profits that they make on premium programs.…
Reuters: Novartis (NYSE:NVS) will buy the part of Alcon (NYSE:ACL) that it does not currently own for $39 billion. Reuters: JAL may receive a bailout from the Japanese government. Reuters: The Fed defended it policies from…
TMZ.com’s audience growth over the last six months and its expansion into content delivery through TV as well as the internet has increased the value of the company to more than $100 million. TMZ is owned by a…
The global gross ticket sales for the film “Avatar” passed $1 billion this weekend, which makes it the third-highest grossing movie in history. “Avatar” was directed by James Cameron, who also directed the No.1 grossing movie…
The fight between Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) and Fox over what the cable company will pay the network for programming is not about to end soon. On New Year’s Eve, most of the content Fox…
Reuters: China has hit back at a tariff put on steel pipes by the US. Reuters: Oil, near $80, may have strongest gain in a decade. Reuters: The government will give GMAC $3.5 billion. WSJ: …
An American father got to take his son home from Brazil after a horrendous custody battle with the child’s step-father which lasted for five years. No one would be shocked if “The National Enquirer”…
Reuters: GMAC will get $3.5 billion in additional fund from the government. Reuters: Oil rose near $80 on low supply and the economic recovery. Reuters: Share in JAL dropped over 20% on bankruptcy concerns.…
Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: MVL) is about to disappear. The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) acquisition is set to close this week. Some have criticized this $4.2 billion cash and stock deal, but there…
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has had trouble figuring out how it will make money from its huge video sharing website YouTube since it bought the company for $1.65 billion in October 2006. In 2007, Viacom filed…
comScore, which measures online consumer behavior, is among the best companies at analyzing traffic to websites. comScore also decodes what people do when they get to their online destinations. The value of the data…
Reuters: GM is offering huge incentives to sell its inventory of Pontiacs and Saturns. Reuters: Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) will overhaul the pay of senior management. Reuters: The departing AIG (NYSE:AIG) general counsel will get millions…
Reuters: New airport security measures could hurt airline revenue. Reuters: US holiday retailers were up 3.6% according to one report. Reuters: A bankruptcy filing by JAL is possible to handle its financial crisis. Reuters: …