President Obama, you must lead. It is you who must "settle." Or it will be you who gets blamed for the second credit downgrade and second recession in five years, not your oft-blamed predecessor, George W. Bush.
The digital distribution cases have a certain special place, because they tell us something about how easily businesses can talk us into betraying our own common sense.
Over the past 20 years, the industry that gained its wealth generating messages started listening to the voices of the consumers it has informed. The media industry is becoming responsible.
Talks between General Electric and Vivendi over the future of NBC Universal have stalled, according to people involved in the discussions who spoke on...
The deal between General Electric and Comcast over a majority stake in NBC Universal is complete, and there is nothing left to do but process paper, a...
Comcast is in talks to buy NBC Universal, the entertainment giant, from General Electric (GE) in a blockbuster deal that -- if true -- would reverberate throughout the media world.
Executives at General Electric say they believe that Vivendi, the French conglomerate, will exercise its right later this year to sell its stake in NB...
President-elect Barack Obama's plan to delay the DTV transition may postpone the switch 90 days. Currently, Senator Jay Rockefeller is preparing the...
General Electric has no intention of selling its majority stake in NBC Universal, according to Vivendi, the French entertainment group, which is a fel...
Video game publishers Activision and Vivendi announced this week that their merger -- in the news for months -- is official. The new company, Activisi...
In December 2007, entertainment powerhouses Activision and Vivendi announced a merger that would put them atop the heap in the video game business. T...
Vivendi has secured a Euros 3.5 billion ($5.08 billion) loan to back its acquisition of controlling stakes in U.S.-based vidgame maker Activision and ...