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Time Warner To Spin Off AOL

AP | RACHEL METZ | Posted 06.27.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — When AOL flashed $147 billion in stock puffed up by the dot-com boom, Time Warner, one of the world's biggest media companies, fell i...

The Senator Joseph R. McCarthy Award

Norman Horowitz | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics


Norman Horowitz

Looking back to my growing up in the Bronx in the early thirties I now realize that my life, to a certain extent, has been controlled by fear. As a yo...

Which Media Companies Will Fall?

Charles Warner | Posted 06.20.2009 | Media


Charles Warner

The cover of the current (May 25) issue of BusinessWeek features Good to Great author Jim Collins, and inside the issue is an exclusive excerpt from h...

Time Warner Expected To Spin Off AOL

New York Times | Posted 05.30.2009 | Business


Time Warner on Wednesday reported a 14 percent decline in profit for the first quarter and said it expected to spin off its AOL unit, which continued ...

Time Warner Earnings Down 14%

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 05.30.2009 | Media


LOS ANGELES — Time Warner Inc. said Wednesday that its first-quarter profit fell 14 percent on charges related to its cable unit spin-off. Amid ...

Thank You for Helping Stop Pricing on the Internet

Rep. Eric J.J. Massa | Posted 05.17.2009 | Media


Rep. Eric J.J. Massa

Today the power of the grassroots/netroots movement has prevailed.

Time Warner CEO Jeffrey Bewkes Awarded $21.5M 2008 Pay Package

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 05.09.2009 | Media


LOS ANGELES — Jeffrey Bewkes, the chief executive officer of media giant Time Warner Inc., was awarded compensation in 2008 valued at about $21....

Disney Now The Largest Media Company

Bloomberg | Andy Fixmer and Sarah Rabil | Posted 05.02.2009 | Media


March 31 (Bloomberg) -- Time Warner Inc.'s spinoff of its cable division dropped the New York-based owner of Time magazine and Warner Bros. to third p...

HBO's Online Video Test In Milwaukee A Sign Subscription Cable Coming To Web

New York Times | Brad Stone and Brian Stelter | Posted 04.30.2009 | Media


MILWAUKEE -- In the last couple of years, the television industry has made a big push onto the Web, giving viewers hope that they might one day reach ...

In a New Media World, the Best PR Is to Be Your Own Media

Jay Marose | Posted 04.09.2009 | Media


Jay Marose

For PR people, media conglomeration has only made the ability to garner press coverage of your product, be it a entertainment, consumer items or causes, based on its own merits more difficult.

CNN Money Bulks Up With Video Content

wsj.com | Posted 04.05.2009 | Media


Just a year after its initial foray into the field, CNNMoney.com has become the most-popular source of business-news video on the Web. Now, the Time W...

Amazon to Sell E-Books for iPhone: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer March 4, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted 04.04.2009 | Media


Shelly Palmer

Analysts believe that Genachowski's nomination for FCC Chair will strengthen the reign of companies like Google, while also pushing for more net neutrality legislation and broadband expansion.

Time Warner To Spin Off Cable Unit

Reuters | Posted 03.23.2009 | Media


LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc (TWX.N) said on Thursday it will spin off Time Warner Cable (TWC.N), sketching out more details to a plan unve...

Time Warner Takes $24.2 Billion Writedown

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 03.07.2009 | Business


LOS ANGELES — Media and entertainment giant Time Warner Inc. reported a fourth-quarter loss, hurt by a previously expected $24.2 billion writedo...

Citigroup Dies—But Slower With Dick Parsons

Michael Wolff | Posted 02.22.2009 | Business


Michael Wolff

You don't bring Dick Parsons in when you expect a turn-around or a rebirth or a new idea, you bring Dick Parsons in because he doesn't make you feel worse about the fix you're in.

Intel Q4 Revenue Down 23%: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer January 8, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted 03.25.2009 | Media


Shelly Palmer

Intel's revenue for the fourth quarter fell 23% over last year. Intel had warned investors that revenue for the fourth quarter would be down, howe...

HBO Buys Exclusive Rights To Obama Inauguration Opening Ceremony

Hollywood Reporter | Paul J. Gough | Posted 02.06.2009 | Media


HBO will kick off coverage of Inauguration Week with an exclusive Sunday, Jan. 18, telecast of the star-studded opening ceremony, two days before the ...

Viacom And Time Warner Agree On Fees

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 02.02.2009 | Media


LOS ANGELES — There's no need to cry, Dora. The programmer Viacom and Time Warner Cable agreed on compensation that preserved access for the ca...

Time Warner, Viacom Reach Deal

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 01.31.2009 | Media


LOS ANGELES — There's no need to cry, Dora. The programmer Viacom and Time Warner Cable agreed on compensation that preserved access for the cab...

Time Warner Cable Loses Viacom: MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central To Go Dark

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 01.30.2009 | Media


LOS ANGELES — Millions of cable TV subscribers might see more than a dozen channels from MTV to Comedy Central go dark at a minute past midnight...

Dec. 31: By Way of Follow-Up

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 01.27.2009 | Media


Jayne Lyn Stahl

LA, as a municipality, is responsible for operating public access channels, and no cable company has the right to shut them down until the City has the opportunity to replace the channels.

Obama: Time's "Person of the Year"

AP | Posted 01.17.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — President-elect Barack Obama has won another contest: He's been named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" for 2008. The magazine ha...

Time Warner Cable Guy Calendar (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 01.15.2009 | Media


The New York Daily News reports that Time Warner Cable, which will be spun off from Time Warner some time in the new year, has created a "tongue-in-ch...

Jeff Bewkes Named Time Warner Chairman

AP | Posted 01.12.2009 | Media


NEW YORK (AP) -- Time Warner Inc. says Chief Executive Jeffrey Bewkes is replacing Richard Parsons as chairman of the board. Parsons will step down D...

TBS Ordered To Pay $281M Over Atlanta Sports Sale: "This Jury Proved It Was Not The World According To Turner"

Bloomberg | Jeff Feeley and David Beasley | Posted 01.10.2009 | Media


Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- A Time Warner Inc. unit must pay $281 million in damages to a Texas businessman for reneging on an oral agreement to sell him t...