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HBO Struggles for Post-Sopranos Hits

New management picks a new crop of shows, hoping for a winner

(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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AOL Drags Time Warner Income Down 53%

Merger continues to be cautionary tale

(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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Time Warner Names Bewkes New CEO

President of lagging media giant promoted; Parsons still chairman

(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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Parsons Set
to Leave
Time Warner

Media giant denies report; current No. 2 likely successor

(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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