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Time Warner stories: 53 news summaries

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HBO: Coming to a Hard Drive Near You

iTunes will sell shows and movies, but they may be pricey

May 12, 08 6:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apple and HBO are close to an agreement that would let iTunes sell episodes of HBO shows, Portfolio reports. Sources say HBO has cut a good deal—either by breaking iTunes' $1.99 video price ceiling or getting a bigger share of the same rate. But at least one HBO... More »

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Time Warner • cable TV • HBO • iTunes • Apple • digital downloads • TV shows

Analysis

Yahoo, Microsoft Back Where They Started: Behind Google

Both companies scramble for options

May 5, 08 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Microsoft/Yahoo deal looks dead, and at least one company is celebrating: Google. Both companies are exploring other deals, but none will be as potent as MicroHoo might have been, BusinessWeek reports. That’s good news for a certain search giant. “Its two main competitors are separate and... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Time Warner • AOL • Microsoft • MySpace • mergers and acquisitions • Facebook • search advertising

Traffic On the Rise at AOL's Content Sites

Internet giant's transition to ad-driven firm picking up pace

Apr 25, 08 7:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's been a while since AOL was associated with rising numbers, but a jump in traffic to its content sites shows the company's transition to an ad-supported business is on track, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company redesigned its news, sports, and health sites and created some new ones... More »

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Internet • Time Warner • AOL • website • Internet advertising

Yahoo Board Meets as Buyout Options Grow

Microsoft likeliest buyer but battle heats up

Apr 11, 08 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yahoo's board meets today to examine the options for avoiding a hostile takeover by Microsoft, the Wall Street Journal reports. Experts think a Microsoft grab is still the most likely scenario, but the situation has grown increasingly complicated in the midst of discussions of an AOL-Yahoo merger, Yahoo's proposed trial... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Time Warner • AOL • Microsoft • online advertising • hostile takeover • mergers and acquisitions • News Corp • takeover bid

Internet Bigwigs Fight NY
Law on Tracking Web Users

Companies say they have a right to collect information for advertisers

Apr 10, 08 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google, Yahoo and a bevy of Internet biggies have joined to fight a proposed New York state law that would limit their ability to collect information about people's web habits for advertisers, reports the Wall Street Journal. The coalition says the law would endanger the future of online advertising and... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Time Warner • Comcast • AOL • eBay • Internet advertising

 Yahoo, AOL May Merge; 
 Murdoch-Microsoft In Talks 

Two Internet-shaking deals stem from Microsoft-Yahoo talks

Apr 9, 08 10:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two groundbreaking Internet deals are in the works, both related to Microsoft's desire to take over Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reports. In one, Yahoo is considering combining its online operations with Time Warner's AOL. In the other, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is in talks to join Microsoft in its... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Time Warner • AOL • Microsoft • Rupert Murdoch • hostile takeover • merger • Jerry Yang • AdSense • Steve Ballmer • proxy battle • takeover bid • Legg Mason

CBS in Talks
to Outsource
News to CNN

Deal would mark watershed for mother
of network news

Apr 8, 08 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - CBS, the network of Ed Murrow and Walter Cronkite that is widely credited with inventing television news, is considering outsourcing some of its news gathering activities to CNN, according to the New York Times. No deal is imminent but talks are reportedly taking place at the highest level at... More »

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Time Warner • NBC • Katie Couric • CBS • Dan Rather • CNN • Good Morning America • CBS News • ABC News • Today show • television news • CBS Evening News • The Early Show • TNS Media Intelligence

Microsoft Likely to Raise Yahoo Bid: Analyst

Stock upgraded to a buy after $34-per-share offer predicted

Mar 25, 08 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Citigroup analyst upgraded Yahoo stock to a buy today, predicting that Microsoft will raise its buyout bid from $31 per share to $34, MarketWatch reports. Acquiring Yahoo is the only way for Microsoft to successfully compete with Google for online advertising, said analyst Mark Mahaney, and so “the... More »

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Yahoo • Time Warner • Microsoft • online advertising • mergers and acquisitions • DoubleClick • Jerry Yang • buyout • Citigroup analysts

HBO Struggles for Post-Sopranos Hits

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

Mar 22, 08 8:50 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Yahoo, Microsoft Execs
Meet to Discuss Buyout

Gates' team explains its vision; no negotiations take place

Mar 14, 08 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - For the first time since Microsoft made an unsolicited—and unwelcome—$44.6 billion bid to take over Yahoo Jan. 31, executives for the two companies sat down this week to discuss what a post-merger company might look like, reports the Wall Street Journal. No negotiations took place, the... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Time Warner • AOL • Microsoft • mergers and acquisitions • Jerry Yang • Steve Ballmer • News Corp

 AOL Goes Social, Buys Bebo 

$850M acquisition for a company struggling to change roles

Mar 13, 08 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - AOL will buy Bebo.com for $850 million in an attempt to enter the social networking market, the Wall Street Journal reports. Bebo has 22 million unique visitors a month, well behind MySpace's 109 million, but the site’s strong European presence will give AOL access to key youth demographics... More »

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social networking • Time Warner • AOL • online advertising • Bebo • Internet service providers • Internet advertising

As AOL Looks for Answers, Time Warner Hopes for Deal

The parent of the struggling Internet giant says AOL needs a partner

Mar 12, 08 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - AOL’s efforts at launching an Internet ad-sales business—dubbed Platform A—continue to stumble, the New York Times reports. Parent Time Warner Monday fired another exec and yesterday said it’s willing to combine AOL with another company to jump-start the moribund division it’s already spent $1 billion... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Internet • Time Warner • AOL • Microsoft • Jeffrey Bewkes • advertising sales • Platform A • dial-up Internet • spinoff

CNN, in Comeback, Tops Fox, Boosts Profits

Exec Walton has overseen ratings comeback, doubled profits at cable icon

Mar 5, 08 5:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Five years after CNN’s fortunes were so low that Time Warner considered selling it, the cable news icon topped Fox News among 25- to 54-year-old viewers for the first month since 2001. The upstarts had CNN running scared for several years, but a new president has streamlined management, increased... More »

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Barack Obama • Time Warner • Bill O'Reilly • MSNBC • Fox News • CNN • TV ratings • Lou Dobbs • News Corp • Jim Walton

 Warners Swallows New Line

Studio falls in latest Hollywood cost-cutting move

Feb 29, 08 3:06 AM CST
(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... More »

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Viacom • Time Warner • Comcast • Sony • Disney • DreamWorks • New Line Cinema • Lord of the Rings • Warner Brothers • Miramax • MGM • Austin Powers • Bob Shaye • Michael Lynne • Richard Bewkes

The Broadband Police Are Coming

Analysts fear impending crackdown on high bandwidth users

Feb 15, 08 12:07 PM CST
(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... More »

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

UPDATED

Time Warner Plans AOL Spin-Off

New CEO also
considers selling
Time Warner Cable

Feb 6, 08 11:44 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Time Warner Focus Turns
to Possible Breakup

Investors want stripped-down, agile company

Dec 28, 07 10:19 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Google Keeps Growing, Stock Keeps Rising

Predictions of $900 stock price as engine's market share grows

Nov 22, 07 1:10 PM CST
(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... More »

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

FCC Hatches Plan to Re-regulate Cable TV

Finds cable giants too dominant in market

Nov 10, 07 8:53 AM CST
(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... More »

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Time Warner • Comcast • FCC • cable TV

Radiohead Move Lowers Wall Street Appraisal of Music Majors

Labels fear more artists will adopt direct sales

Nov 7, 07 6:03 PM CST
(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... More »

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

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