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  • February 2008

    • Warners Swallows New Line

      Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 29, 08 3:06 AM CST

      Warners Swallows New Line

      (Newser) - New Line Cinema, the studio that created the Lord of the Rings blockbuster franchise, will be folded into the Warner Brothers unit of Time Warner, reports the Los Angeles Times. It's a cost-cutting move and part of a trend that has seen DreamWorks swallowed by Viacom, and Miramax downsized by Disney. Founder Bob Shaye will leave the company. More »

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      Disney  • Sony  • Comcast  • Time Warner  • Viacom  • Warner Brothers  • DreamWorks  • New Line Cinema  • MGM  • Lord of the Rings  • Austin Powers  • Miramax

    • The Broadband Police Are Coming

      PC World  |  Feb 15, 08 12:07 PM CST

      The Broadband Police Are Coming

      (Newser) - Enjoy your broadband while you can, because it won’t be this way forever. Consumer advocates think ISPs will soon have claim to have no choice but to crack down on high-bandwidth users or applications, in order to keep their networks afloat. Already Comcast has drawn fire for slowing file transfers, while Time Warner is experimenting with a tiered payment system, charging for heavier use, ComputerWorld reports. More »

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      Comcast  • Time Warner  • broadband Internet  • ISP  • bandwidth usage

    • Time Warner Plans AOL Spin-Off

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 6, 08 11:44 AM CST

      Time Warner Plans AOL Spin-Off

      (Newser) - In an effort to revive the company's slumping stock, Time Warner's new CEO plans to break up AOL, keeping its growing online ad properties, but unloading its increasingly obsolete dial-up Internet service provider. Operating income at AOL fell 70% in the fourth quarter, as the company continued to lose Internet-access customers, the Wall Street Journal reports.  More »

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      Wall Street  • AOL  • Time Warner  • cable industry  • Time Warner Cable  • Jeffrey Bewkes

  • December 2007

    • Time Warner Focus Turns to Possible Breakup

      Bloomberg  |  Dec 28, 07 10:19 AM CST

      Time Warner Focus Turns to Possible Breakup

      (Newser) - What do you do when you take over the world’s biggest media company? If you’re new Time Warner CEO Jeffrey Bewkes, you probably sharpen some knives. Bewkes may soon spin off AOL as well as the conglomerate’s cable and magazine divisions, Bloomberg reports. “There’s nothing special necessarily about being the biggest,” argues one expert who manages 11.3 million Time Warner shares. More »

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      movie  • mergers and acquisitions  • AOL  • Time Warner  • Jeffrey Bewkes  • media conglomerates

  • November 2007

    • Google Keeps Growing, Stock Keeps Rising

      Reuters  |  Nov 22, 07 1:10 PM CST

      Google Keeps Growing, Stock Keeps Rising

      (Newser) - Google is already the US most popular search engine, but new data indicate it enjoyed a substantial jump in traffic this past month. Reuters reports that the search giant accounted for 58.5% of the American market. Google is trailed by Yahoo, Microsoft, IAC (the owners of Ask.com), and Time Warner (owner of AOL) for shares of the search market—and all four of those challengers saw their traffic flatline or drop. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • Yahoo  • AOL  • search engine  • Time Warner  • Ask.com

    • FCC Hatches Plan to Re-regulate Cable TV

      New York Times  |  Nov 10, 07 8:53 AM CST

      FCC Hatches Plan to Re-regulate Cable TV

      (Newser) - The FCC is taking aim at cable television giants, finding that they have become too dominant, and is preparing to impose new regulations that would open the market to competition, the New York Times reports. Among proposals on the table is a cap that would block continued growth by the likes of Comcast and Time Warner. The regs would make it easier for independent programmers and rival video services to get traction. More »

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      FCC  • cable TV  • Comcast  • Time Warner

    • Radiohead Move Lowers Wall Street Appraisal of Music Majors

      CNET  |  Nov 7, 07 6:03 PM CST

      Radiohead Move Lowers Wall Street Appraisal of Music Majors

      (Newser) - Analysts downgraded leader Warner Music' stock to a "sell" today, predicting greater losses for the embattled music sector, News.com reports. Major labels remain unable to cope with digital undercutting of the CD format, and now fear a second front: the defection of high profile acts like Radiohead and Madonna to an online sales model that cuts out the labels entirely. More »

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      Madonna  • music downloads  • copyright  • Time Warner  • music label  • Radiohead

    • AOL to Buy Online Ad Outfit Quigo

      Reuters  |  Nov 7, 07 4:15 PM CST

      AOL to Buy Online Ad Outfit Quigo

      (Newser) - AOL will purchase online advertiser Quigo, its final acquisition on a major restructuring agenda. The Time Warner unit has had poor ad growth recently—13% this past quarter, down from 40% percent levels—and is seen as trying to stay competitive with Google and Yahoo. The purchase, reportedly valued at around $340 million, is the latest in a “buying frenzy,” Reuters reports—on the heel of Microsoft’s $6 billion buy of aQuantive. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • Yahoo  • online advertising  • AOL  • Time Warner  • aQuantive  • Jeffrey Bewkes

    • 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

    • Black Fortune 500 CEOs in Short Supply

      Associated Press  |  Nov 6, 07 9:03 AM CST

      Black Fortune 500 CEOs in Short Supply

      (Newser) - The departure of Dick Parsons from Time Warner and Stan O'Neal from Merrill Lynch has reduced the already sparse population of African-American CEOs running Fortune 500 companies to an extremely paltry four, reports AP. CEOs of any color have a short shelf life, and the small numbers of black chiefs can make two resignations look like an overwhelming trend. More »

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      Merrill Lynch  • African Americans  • Time Warner  • CEOs  • American Express  • Fortune 500  • Sears Holding  • Aetna

    • 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

    • Prince to Resign From Citigroup

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 2, 07 7:36 PM CDT

      Prince to Resign From Citigroup

      (Newser) - Growing pressure on Citigroup Inc. is prompting CEO Charles Prince to end his four-year rein this weekend. Bleak third-quarter earnings and an SEC probe of Citigroup's accounts have amped up existing frustration at the financial services company. Prince has "stepped up and done the right thing without forcing the board to act," once source told the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      Wall Street  • mortgage crisis  • Citigroup  • Time Warner  • Charles Prince  • Robert Rubin

    • Big Ten Network Blocked by Cable Dispute

      ABC News  |  Nov 1, 07 1:16 PM CDT

      Big Ten Network Blocked by Cable Dispute

      (Newser) - College football fans are angry, ABC News reports. A dispute between the new Big Ten Network -- devoted to the athletic conference -- and cable providers means that 65% of subscribers in the eight states which are home to the Big Ten schools don't get the network, which means missing highly-anticipated games like this weekend's between the Ohio Buckeyes and Wisconsin Badgers. More »

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      NCAA football  • Comcast  • Time Warner  • Wisconsin Badgers  •