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Time Warner Inc. (TWX) is in the Media Industry
- Revenue
- Dec 31 2007
- $46.4B
- Profit
- Dec 31 2007
- $4.3B
- Market Cap
- Jul 22 2008
- $51.9B
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Announcing The Econoclast10: Most Innovative Celebrities In Digital Media
In conjunction with our EconCeleb conference later today, we present the Econoclast10, a top 10 list of the most influential and innovative online celebrities. Whether they're blogging, investing, entertaining or, well, updating their MySpace profiles, these celebs are finding new ways to reach and interact with their fans. Check...
Is Content Still King in the Digital Age?
Julia Boorstin submits: Yesterday morning at the Fortune Brainstorm conference Viacom VIA CEO Philippe Dauman and Verizon VZ CEO Ivan Seidenberg took the stage to be interviewed by Fortune Magazine Managing Editor Andy Serwer. Here we have content with an old media giant trying to compete in this digital...
Comcast subsidiary thePlatform signs video deal with Time Warner
Comcast-owned online video firm, thePlatform, has signed a deal with Time Warner to provide backend video management. Under the deal, thePlatform will aggregate and publish video content for Comcast's Road Runner internet portal. The move builds on similar deals between thePlatform and media firms CNBC, the BBC, Comcast, Sony BMG and...
Dark Knight Gives Time Warner a "Shattering" Weekend
Julia Boorstin submits: What a weekend. Warner Bros' The Dark Knight shattered all sorts of U.S. box office records. The biggest three day opening weekend ever, clocking in at $155 million, beating Spiderman 3's previous record of $151 million. It's first 24 hours marked the biggest one-day gross in...
New Batman Movie Gives Time Warner Much Needed Boost
Ockham Research submits: The highly anticipated release of the latest installment of the Batman movie series has not disappointed as “Dark Knight” rode huge momentum into the biggest opening weekend in history. The movie—made by Warner Brothers, a division of Time Warner TWX—raked in an estimated $155.3 million, beating...
The Dark Knight: How Big a Movie Will It Be?
Julia Boorstin submits: The Dark Knight is going to be huge--some estimates put its weekend U.S. box office at $130 million, which would make it the third-biggest movie opening ever. This latest Batman sequel swept into 3,000 theaters Thursday night at midnight, with screenings going into the wee hours...
The End of Broadcast TV Nears
Shelly Palmer submits: In case you haven’t noticed, the business of broadcast television is in trouble. Ratings have been trending down year over year for more than 30 years and there’s no end in sight. Most pundits blame this audience fragmentation on outside forces like the proliferation of cable...
Google Loses Share as Yahoo, Microsoft Gain: Report
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In a rare slip for Google Inc GOOG, Yahoo Inc YHOO and Microsoft Corp MSFT gained share as Google lost ground in the Web search market in June, industry data released on Friday shows. Monthly data published by audience...
Internet No Longer Immune to Economic Slowdown
Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: Sorry to disappointing everyone, but the evidence today is piling up: the Internet really is a part of the overall economy. While the optimists had hoped that the efficiency of Internet-based advertising would make it a more appealing place to buy ads in a downturn,...
Why Online Video Business Is a Joke
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan submits: I’ve become reluctant to post much on online video, because invariably if I am not talking about a partner or competitor (of WatchMojo.com’s), it seems as if I am talking to a partner or competitor. Truth is I never am, but it’s hard for the post...
Steve Ballmer Plays Defense
Sam Gustin submits: If Steve Ballmer can't have Yahoo YHOO, the last thing he wants is for Yahoo to get AOL. This could explain why AOL executives are in Seattle today, discussing a possible deal with the software giant, even as Yahoo has ramps up its own talks...
How Will Display Ad Slowdown Affect Yahoo, AOL?
Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: Earlier Thursday, Valueclick VCLK warned that results for the second quarter as well as the rest of the year will be below previous expectations, putting at least part of the blame on a slowdown in online display advertising. That raises some serious questions for other...
Talk of AOL-Yahoo Combo Raises Its Ugly Head (Again)
Erick Schonfeld submits: It’s like the beast that won’t go away. As long as Yahoo YHOO is in play and Microsoft MSFT keeps flubbing negotiations to buy it (or stringing Yahoo along, depending on how you look at it), AOL keeps raising its hand and saying, “What about...
VIEWPOINT: Sprint looks East for a lifeline
South Korea’s largest mobile phone company by subscribers, SK Telecom, and third-largest US wireless carrier Sprint Nextel are reportedly in preliminary talks to link up and share information about new mobile phones and other technology.This news follows recent reports that SK Telecom was looking to buy a minority stake...
Time-Warner's Talks To Sell AOL Reportedly Heating Up
Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: Is Time-Warner TWX about to sell AOL to Yahoo YHOO or Microsoft MSFT? Reuters is reporting this morning that talks have “taken on a new urgency” ahead of the August 1 Yahoo shareholders meeting, at which investor Carl Icahn will attempt to seize control...
AOL Talks With Microsoft and Yahoo Heat Up
By Kenneth Li NEW YORK (Reuters UK) - Time Warner Inc's TWX discussions to merge or sell its AOL Internet division with Microsoft Corp MSFT or Yahoo Inc YHOO have taken on new urgency ahead of Yahoo's Aug 1 shareholders meeting, a source familiar with ...
AOL Talks With Microsoft, Yahoo Heat Up: Source
By Kenneth Li NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc's TWX discussions to merge or sell its AOL Internet division with Microsoft Corp MSFT or Yahoo Inc YHOO have taken on new urgency ahead of Yahoo's Aug 1 shareholders meeting, a source familiar...
Where Is the Online Video Advertising Revenue Going?
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan submits: According to eMarketer, the size of online advertising revenue is $1.35B in 2008. Since launching WatchMojo.com in 2006, I’ve had some questions about that figure… so here goes: by Ashkan Karbasfrooshan
AOL Launches Personal Finance Site
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc's TWX AOL will launch a personal finance site on Tuesday, adding to a roster of new properties that do not bear its name. The new site, called WalletPop.com, is a spin-off of AOL's Money & Finance...
Murdoch says Yahoo!-News Corp deal unlikely
A Yahoo! News Corp deal is unlikely, says Rupert Murdoch, as is any future agreement between Yahoo! and Microsoft. He was speaking at the Allen & Co. annual media industry retreat in Sun Valley, Idaho. Since March, News Corp has...
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Time Warner is a media and entertainment company whose businesses encompass of media brands such as HBO, CNN, AOL, People, Sports Illustrated, Time and Time Warner Cable. At Dec 31 2007, Co. classified its business into five reporting segments: America Online (AOL), consisting principally of interactive consumer and advertising services; Cable, consisting of cable systems that provide video, high-speed data and voice services; Filmed Entertainment, consisting primarily of feature film, television and home video production and distribution; Networks, consisting principally of cable television networks that provide programming; and Publishing, consisting principally of magazine publishing.
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Board of Directors
Mr. Richard D. Parsons
Chairman
Mr. Michael A. Miles
Mr. Kenneth J. Novack
Ms. Deborah C. Wright
Mr. James L. Barksdale
Mr. Jeffrey L. Bewkes
Mr. Stephen F. Bollenbach
Mr. Frank J. Caufield
Mr. Robert C. Clark
Mr. Mathias Döpfner
Ms. Jessica P. Einhorn
Mr. Reuben Mark
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212 484-8000
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