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  • March 2008

    • HBO Struggles for Post- Sopranos Hits

      Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 22, 08 8:50 AM CDT

      HBO Struggles for Post- Sopranos Hits

      (Newser) - HBO, at 36 years old no longer a bold young upstart of a network, is struggling to come up with hits to match The Sopranos and Sex & The City, the Wall Street Journal reports. Changes in the top ranks have meant shifts in direction: The Texas-set Lily Tomlin drama 12 Miles of Bad Road HBO was ditched after execs saw the first few episodes. More »

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      television  • cable TV  • Time Warner  • HBO  • Sex and the City  • Showtime  • The Sopranos  • Jeff Bewkes  • Chris Albrecht

  • November 2007

    • AOL Drags Time Warner Income Down 53%

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 7, 07 11:47 AM CST

      AOL Drags Time Warner Income Down 53%

      (Newser) - Time Warner’s net income tumbled to $1.09 billion this quarter, compared to $2.32 billion a year earlier, thanks to a deeply underperforming AOL division, the Wall Street Journal reports. AOL last year dropped Internet-access fees, and with them 38% of its revenue, to focus on advertising. But the company expects already-low ad growth to slow next quarter, as search revenue declines. More »

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      Internet advertising  • AOL  • Time Warner  • Richard Parsons  • Jeff Bewkes

    • Time Warner Names Bewkes New CEO

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 5, 07 3:26 PM CST

      Time Warner Names Bewkes New CEO

      (Newser) - Time Warner named Jeff Bewkes its new CEO today, effective Jan. 1, reports the Wall Street Journal . Bewkes, currently the president, will take over from outgoing CEO Richard Parsons, who will remain chairman of the struggling media giant. "We have a lot to do, and I'm intensely focused on shareholder value," said Bewkes. More »

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      Time Warner  • Richard Parsons  • Jeff Bewkes

  • October 2007

    • Parsons Set to Leave Time Warner

      Times (UK)  |  Oct 26, 07 2:55 PM CDT

      Parsons Set to Leave Time Warner

      (Newser) - Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons is about to announce his departure, sources tell the Times of London, and will hand the reins to current second banana Jeff Bewkes. In his 5-year-plus tenure, Parsons held together the media behemoth after the much-ballyhooed AOL merger went south. Bewkes is expected to shake up the structure, likely spinning off underperforming AOL. More »

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      AOL  • Time Warner  • CEOs  • Richard Parsons  • Jeff Bewkes

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