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- @ UBS Media Week: TWC's Britt: Cable Will Do Better Than Rest Of The Economy?But Not By Much
- The conventional wisdom has been that as the crushing economic downturn continues to squeeze consumers, cable TV will benefit as more people opt for home entertainment. Glenn Britt, president and CEO of Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Cable, was certainly happy to promote that view during a Q&A at the...
- External links 2008-12-08
- @ UBS Media Week: As Newspapers Struggle, Appreciation Flows To Online Partners
- Classified ads continue to be battered online and off, hence, newspaper companies have been singing the praises of their online partners this week at the UBS Global Media and Communications PDF conference. Earlier on Wednesday, Gannett (NYSE: GCI) praised CareerBuilder for supplying 80 percent of its interactive revenues for...
- External links 2008-12-10
- @ UBS Media Week: Bewkes: Time Warner Cable Split Still On Track For Early 2009
- Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes says the Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) spinoff "is on track to get executed in early 2009. ... We don't see any problems really from any side of the transaction." That should mean an $11 billion payout for all shareholders is still on...
- External links 2008-12-10
- @ UBS Media Week: Gannett's ContentOne Ties Local Content With National Ads
- It's a tougher time for newspapers, but Craig Dubow, Gannett's chairman, president and CEO, has a basic answer for the continued existence of newspapers: consumers will always need content and advertisers will need to reach them. As for why newspapers are the best vehicles for that connection, Dubow...
- External links 2008-12-10
- @ UBS Media Week: Gannett's ContentOne Ties Local And National Ads
- [In progress] It's a tougher time for newspapers, but Craig Dubow, Gannett's chairman, president and CEO, has a basic answer for the continued existence of newspapers: consumers will always need content and advertisers will need to reach them. As for why newspapers are the best vehicles for that...
- External links 2008-12-10
- @ UBS Media Week: CEO: Family Says NYTCo Not For Sale; Fundraising Won't Include About.com
- At some point, the people who insist About.com is for sale may be right—a stopped clock is right twice a day, too. But while others see it as an asset that could raise money, New York Times (NYSE: NYT) CEO Janet Robinson says About.com is too valuable to the...
- External links 2008-12-09
- @ UBS Media Week: Layoffs Coming At Disney? CFO Says Don't Expect Any 'Sweeping Announcements'
- We've been hearing that layoffs are coming at the Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) Company but CFO Tom Staggs told the lunch crowd at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference not to expect the same kind of announcements made last week by Viacom (NYSE: VIA) and NBC Universal (NYSE:...
- External links 2008-12-09
- @ UBS Media Week: Playboy's Hunt For New CEO; 'We Don't Know How Long It Will Take'
- Not surprisingly, Christie Hefner, the outgoing CEO of Playboy (NYSE: PLA), was a no-show for her scheduled appearance at the UBS Global Media and Communications PDF conference. Instead a quartet of the company's execs sought to make the case that Playboy's long-awaited web relaunch will turn things around. The...
- External links 2008-12-09
- @ UBS Media Week: McClatchy's Pruitt: Next Year Looks Even Uglier
- Taking the podium from AH Belo's Robert Decherd, McClatchy (NYSE: MNI) Company Chairman and CEO Gary Pruitt opened his presentation at the UBS Global Media and Communications PDF conference by noting that total ad revenues through October are down 17.4 percent and a large portion of that is not...
- External links 2008-12-09
- @ UBS Media Week: Yahoo Newspaper Consortium Nets AH Belo $1.1 Million In Revenue
- AH Belo (NYSE: AHC) (NYSE: BLC), the newspaper half of the old Belo Corp., saw its online revenues drop the last two consecutive quarters, but CEO Robert Decherd plans to address that by stressing more ad targeting and distancing the selling of print and online. Speaking at...
- External links 2008-12-09
- @ UBS Media Week: Zucker: 'Safety First'?Cutting Back On M&A Activity In Digital, International
- Last week, NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) cut some 500 jobs as part of CEO Jeff Zucker's campaign to slash $500 million from operating costs for 2009. Today Zucker made it clear that his pragmatic approach applies to spending in the M&A side. While others talk about possible opportunities, Zucker...
- External links 2008-12-08
- @ UBS Media Week: Viacom's Dauman: No Acquisition Plans For Awhile; Waiting For Mobile
- Asked about Viacom's $8.5 billion in debt, Viacom (NYSE: VIA) President & CEO Philippe Dauman told attendees at the UBS Global Media and Communications PDF conference that the company is focused on organic growth and tended to avoid acquisitions for the past two years. The most notable one during...
- External links 2008-12-08
- @ UBS Media Week: Display Plays Catch-up To Match Search's Scale
- Interesting seating arrangement at the UBS Global Media and Communications PDF conference: Bill Wise, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) VP for business development, next to Velocity Interactive Group partner Jon Miller, whose name has been floated as both a candidate for Yahoo's next CEO and a prospective acquirer of the company....
- External links 2008-12-08
- @ UBS Media Week: Viacom's Dauman: Waiting For Mobile; No Acquisition Plans For Awhile
- Asked about Viacom's $8.5 billion in debt, Viacom (NYSE: VIA) President & CEO Philippe Dauman told attendees at the UBS Global Media and Communications PDF conference that the company is focused on organic growth and tended to avoid acquisitions for the past two years. The most notable one during...
- External links 2008-12-08
- Macworld Without The Mac: Apple Pulls Out Of The Expo
- In the blow to the franchise, the upcoming Macworld Conference & Expo will be Apple's last. The tech giant is pulling out of the yearly event where Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) faithful convene to be wowed by new products, attend seminars and info sessions, and generally geek out. Philip Schiller,...
- External links 2008-12-16
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- LOMA, ACORD merge conferences. (Tech Conferences).(Life Office Management Association and Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development)
- At a time when industry technology trade shows have seen a decline in attendance, LOMA and ACORD have announced they are merging their annual technology conferences next year "to form one of the industry's largest conferences." According At a time when industry technology...
- Research articles 2003-01-27
- GLOBAL TELECOM GIANTS HELD SUMMIT CONFERENCES IN CHINA
- AsiaInfo Services 11-21-2001 Global Telecom Giants Held Summit Conferences in China CHINA, Nov 21, 2001 AsiaPort via COMTEX -- Following China's WTO accession, global telecom giants have successively held summit conferences in China. On No AsiaInfo Services...
- Research articles 2001-11-21
- The MathWorks announces global presence at Texas Instruments Developer Conferences; The MathWorks to deliver invited sponsor presentation and lead workshops on Model-Based Design at European conferences.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-22 March 2006-MATHWORKS: The MathWorks announces global presence at Texas Instruments Developer Conferences; The MathWorks to deliver invited sponsor presentation and lead workshops on Model-Based Design at European conferencesC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:22032006 Cambridge - The MathWorks today announced...
- Research articles 2006-03-22
- College football preps for '96; conferences sew up broadcast and cable rights deals. (Football '94)
- Conferences sew up broadcast and cable rights deals While there are still two more seasons to go on the College Football Association's five-year deal with ABC and ESPN, changes already are brewing for the 1996 season. ...
- Research articles 1994-08-15
- Wharton School Global Business Forum to Host Concurrent Conferences on Africa, Asia and India
- PHILADELPHIA -- The Wharton Global Business Forum -- three concurrent regional conferences to be held Nov. 10-11 -- will feature business, academic and political leaders from Africa, Asia and India. Organized by students at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the conferences will address issues such as growing...
- Research articles 2006-10-24
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