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BusinessWeek
July 14, 2003
Grover & Green |
Hollywood Heist Will tinseltown let techies steal the show? The ripping and burning of movies to DVDs is growing into a global underground industry that last year cost film studios an estimated $3 billion in lost DVD sales. It's prodding the guys in Guccis into action. |
BusinessWeek
January 20, 2011
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Time Warner and the War Against Free CEO Jeff Bewkes is standing up for paid content in a world of cheap online video. Can he hold the line against iTunes, Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu? |
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The Mega-media Business Model: Doomed to Fail, or Just Ahead of its Time? Today's mega-media companies -- AOL Time Warner, Viacom, Vivendi, Disney, Bertelsmann, Sony -- may not be tomorrow's. While they all became behemoths because of past mergers among big media companies, it's very likely some of them will change into different entities. |
BusinessWeek
March 11, 2010
Ronald Grover et al. |
Revenge of the Cable Guys If you think online TV will be free forever, think again. The cable companies have a plan to keep control - and stick you with the bill. |
BusinessWeek
January 19, 2004
Grover & Lowry |
Rupert's World With DirecTV, Murdoch finally has a global satellite empire. Get ready for a fierce new media war. |
The Motley Fool
May 30, 2011 |
As New Owner of NBC Universal, Can Comcast Merge the Corporate With the Creative? Now that the deal is done, a look at NBC's new parent. |
Wired
June 2000
Frank Rose |
You Oughtta Be in HTML Every week, another Hollywood exec bails to a startup. Is anyone going to stick around to build the future of the movie business? |
BusinessWeek
January 12, 2004 |
Media: Big Media Will Get Even Bigger The urge to merge and a flood of digital media gizmos will keep the industry jumping. Music piracy is easing, but movie downloads cost Hollywood $3 billion a year. |
BusinessWeek
May 7, 2007
Ronald Grover |
Comcast Joins The Party Comcast wants a piece of the online video ad boom. |
Reason
January 2004
Ben Compaine |
Domination Fantasies Does Rupert Murdoch control the media? Does anyone? |
BusinessWeek
November 21, 2005
Kiley & Lowry |
The End Of TV (As You Know It) In an era of on-demand entertainment, Big Media is eager to give viewers the content they want. But who will pay for it? |
InternetNews
September 14, 2004
Colin C. Haley |
How Much Hollywood For Comcast? Cable giant Comcast boosts video-on-demand offerings through a deal with Sony and considers a stake in MGM. |
InternetNews
September 27, 2004
Colin C. Haley |
Comcast, TW Mull Joint Adelphia Bid The companies may team to buy the bankrupt cable provider to maximize the chances of success. |
Wired
October 2002
James Surowiecki |
The Future of AOL: Spin Off and Prosper An open letter to Steve Case detailing how AOL can win again by splitting from Time warner and rebuilding with broadband at its core. |
BusinessWeek
March 7, 2005 |
Memo to Today's Media Execs Headhunter James Citrin knows what it takes to succeed in this fast-changing world. Here are his insights and advice... |
BusinessWeek
June 7, 2004
Grover, Thornton & Lowry |
Mining for Gold in Tinseltown Flush with cash, private-equity funds are swarming over Tinseltown. In the process, the firms, which raise money from well-heeled investors looking to make large gains, could change the economics of Hollywood. |
Wired
September 2000
Frank Rose |
Reminder to Steve Case: Confiscate the Long Knives Time Warner brings fat pipe and petabytes of content to the AOL party. Plus a little something extra: a long history of amazingly expert corporate infighting, ankle-biting, and all-around backstabbing. This is gonna be fun! |
The Motley Fool
October 5, 2009
David Lee Smith |
How Worthy Is the Comcast Buying Opportunity? There appear to be more negatives than positives to a Comcast/NBC Universal combo. |
Wired
March 2002
Frank Rose |
Big Media or Bust As consolidation sweeps the content and telecom industries, FCC merger maniac Michael Powell has a plan: Let's roll... |
BusinessWeek
April 19, 2004
Lowry & Grover |
Viacom: Too Addicted To Ads? They're highly volatile as an income source, and that makes investors nervous |
InternetNews
February 12, 2004
Colin Haley |
Comcast: New Technologies Can Spur Disney Deal Comcast execs say streaming media, video-on-demand and personal video recording services will maximize Disney's content; growth markets are online too. |
InternetNews
February 11, 2004
Ryan Naraine |
Comcast Sees Broadband Dominance in Disney Bid The blockbuster $66 billion takeover bid comes just days after Disney CEO rejects merger talks. Will the House of the Mouse become a new cable ISP gorilla? |
Wired
October 2003
Frank Rose |
The Fast-Forward, On-Demand, Network-Smashing Future of Television What happens when digital video recorders give viewers control of the TV schedule, the content, and the ads? The whole world is watching. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Comcast, Time Warner, And The Future Of The Cable Box Comcast's acquisition of Time Warner Cable is well underway. The $45 billion deal cements Comcast's position as the country's largest cable provider and the First Among Equals of our national cable cartel. |
BusinessWeek
July 22, 2010
Bliss & Shields |
Catch-Up Time for Comcast Rivals As federal review of the Comcast-NBC Universal merger goes into high gear, rivals know this is "ask-for" season and seek concessions. |
The Motley Fool
December 12, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Fool on the Street: Disney Winning All Three Battles It's shaping up to be another good year for Disney -- and CFO Tom Staggs -- as the company's stock reaches highs last seen six years ago. It's winning in all three areas of focus. In theory, that should be good enough to win the war. |
BusinessWeek
June 20, 2005
Tom Lowry |
Antenna Adjustment Clear Channel is pulling apart its empire as it scrambles to compete in a changed media world. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
So Far, the AOL Time Warner Merger Gets Mixed Reviews Some of the anticipated synergies have actually come about and the company has successfully met a number of its goals, according to industry observers. Detractors, however, can point to several unexpected and/or unwelcome developments over the past five months... |
PC Magazine
January 18, 2006
Michael J. Miller |
Now Showing on Small Screens Technology is poised to change TV and movies in the same way as online music stores and digital music players have rewritten the rules for music distribution. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2010
Jordan DiPietro |
Our Top 3 Entertainment Stocks for 2011 Roundtable of best entertainment stocks for next year, including one that is almost like a mutual fund. |
BusinessWeek
May 2, 2005
Ronald Grover |
A Second Chance For ABC News A decade ago, ABC missed the boat on cable TV. But it is leading the Net news bandwagon with a 24/7 Internet channel called ABC News Now. Broadband's estimated 36 million U.S. homes is a key factor. |
The Motley Fool
September 28, 2010
Travis Hoium |
Comcast Makes Its Move at NBC Jeff Zucker's reign of NBC Universal will come to an end when Comcast takes over. |
BusinessWeek
October 8, 2009
Grover & Lowry |
A Touchdown for Comcast? Wall Street may not like the cable giant's bid for NBC Universal, but it could make sense. |
BusinessWeek
July 3, 2006
Tom Lowry |
The Dilemma Vexing Big Media The biggest challenge in many large companies over the next few years - and not just in media - will be who wins in the race for digital supremacy. |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2004
Ben McClure |
Comcast Wins in Sony-MGM Deal Comcast shareholders should be thrilled with the Sony-MGM deal. |
BusinessWeek
November 14, 2005
Tom Lowry |
TV's New Parallel Universe Top players like Disney and CBS are launching online channels to reach young viewers and big spenders. |
BusinessWeek
December 5, 2005
Ronald Grover |
Static In Rupert's Satellite Dreams New technology lets cable offer goodies DirecTV can't - and customers are noticing. |
BusinessWeek
June 25, 2009
Tom Lowry |
Digital TV: Where Are All Those Eyeballs? Digital TV let local broadcasters create subchannels for niche programs. But a sour ad climate and distribution problems are preventing any revenue boost. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2011
David Lee Smith |
Watch Comcast Grab for Big New Opportunities With NBCU on board, Comcast is a changed -- and compelling -- company. |
BusinessWeek
July 12, 2004
Tom Lowry |
Media's New On-the-Go Consumers PCs, radio, cell phones, and more mean the living room is no longer the key to reaching Americans. Media companies now need to cater to all those people on the go. |
BusinessWeek
February 2, 2004
Ronald Grover |
Can Madison Ave. Make Zap-Proof Ads? It's blurring the lines between promotion and programming as digital video recorders gain ground. |
BusinessWeek
February 28, 2005
Grover & Edwards |
Game Wars Who will win your entertainment dollar, Hollywood or Silicon Valley? Last year the worldwide video game industry overtook movie box-office receipts, and some in Hollywood are racing to forge alliances with the techies. |
BusinessWeek
February 23, 2004
Ronald Grover |
Payback Time For An Ex-Boy Wonder? Disney's wunderkind, Stephen Burke, created a hugely profitable chain with the Disney stores. Will he return? |
Fast Company
December 2005
Alan Deutschman |
Building a Better Movie Business It's the iconic American industry. But audiences are vanishing, piracy is soaring, and new technology is treacherous. Can Tinseltown innovate its way out of trouble? |
BusinessWeek
May 9, 2005
Lowry & Grover |
NBC: Now It's Wait-And-See TV The ex-ratings champ hopes its fall lineup will still be worth a premium to advertisers. |
BusinessWeek
December 9, 2010
Grover & Fixmer |
Oprah: Will the Queen of Talk Be Cable's Last Word? Despite the hype, Oprah Winfrey's new cable network has risks aplenty. |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2007
Steven Mallas |
Comcast Demands Local Programming Comcast uses local events to increase the brand equity of its on-demand platform. We may only be talking about broadcasting the football game down the street, but it means a lot to those who want to watch such content. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek
May 21, 2009
Jon Fine |
Why Broadcast Networks Can't Just Turn Cable Sure, CBS and the others could garner paying audiences. But the broadcast network system is far too complex for a switch to happen easily. |
The Motley Fool
May 24, 2010
David Lee Smith |
Will Studios Nix Cable's Quick Trips for Flicks? Once again, operators want to shrink the time between movies' theatrical and home distribution. |
