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Wallstrip: Metalico Inc. (MEA)
Metalico Inc. MEA is one of the greatest heavy metal bands of our time. No, wait -- it's a steel company that recycles scrap metal and is reaping the benefits of rising demand.
Tags: ben stiller, goodfellas, david cross, bob barr, japanese cars, arrested development, toyota, cool hand luke, snow white, disney, zappa, gm, general motors, auto industry, mea, nyse, nasdaq, invest, investing, stock stock exchange, stocks, wallstrip, julie alexandria, howard lindzon, Human Resources, Metal, Metalico Inc., Steel Company, Benefits
Videos 2008-07-25
Jennifer Happillon: Secrets of Executive Search
In the last 10 years, Jennifer Happillon has executed senior-level executive and CEO searches for the likes of Disney, HBO and Yahoo. The firm she works for, Morgan Samuels Company, is one of the top twenty executive search firms in the U.S. Here, she explains how to find the...
Tags: search firms, Yahoo, Morgan Samuels, executive search, placement, firing, Hiring, Firm, Search, Executive, HBO, Disney, Jennifer Happillon, Dog And Pony
Videos 2007-10-08
Disney Moving $20 Million Acquisition Ideal Bite Into Interactive; Laying Off Staff?
Less than 18 months after acquiring Ideal Bite for $20 million, the Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) is folding the green-living tips company into the Disney Interactive Media Group. Disney spokeswoman Michelle Bergman said it’s not being shut down, that DIMG is “evaluating the situation” and has made no...
Tags: Acquisition, Disney Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Features, Exclusive, Companies, Disney, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-10-13
Interview: Disney CFO Tom Staggs: 'Chance To Take Marvel To New Level'
The shockwaves from this morning’s news that the Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) is buying Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion had barely started when we got on the phone with Disney CFO Tom Staggs, who told paidContent he expects the deal to pay for itself from day one: “We’ve...
Tags: Disney Corp., Service Management, Cable, Tv & Home Theater, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Disney, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-08-31
Marvel-ous Future For Disney?
In the works for roughly three months, the Disney (NYSE: DIS) deal to acquire Marvel Entertainment (NYSE: MVL) has analysts fretting about premiums—and comics fans freaking about a future of Captain America Meets Tinkerbell. We’re likely months away from a close or from anything that might affect the Marvel...
Tags: Disney Corp., NYSE Euronext, Ike Perlmutter, Lionsgate, Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Business Operations, Finance, Entertainment, Gaming, Animation, Movies, Companies, Disney, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-09-01
Disney Interactive Studios Acquires Wideload Games
Disney’s clearly got money to burn. Its gaming division, Disney (NYSE: DIS) Interactive Studios, is acquiring indie game developer Wideload Games, the studio founded by former Bungie and Halo exec Alex Seropian; financial terms were not disclosed. The purchase comes roughly a week after Disney’s $4 billion deal to...
Tags: Disney Corp., Games, Personal Technology, Entertainment, Gaming, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Disney, Tameka Kee
External links 2009-09-08
USOpen.org By The Numbers: 5.3 Million Uniques, 6.4 Million Streams
Aided by the holes left in a new slate of cable and broadcast partners and a full platter of weekday action, USOpen.org became the go-to site for tennis fans in search of live feeds—and it shows in the first-week numbers. Unique visitors rose to 5,352,08, up 60 percent over...
Tags: NYSE Euronext, Video On Demand (VoD), Tv & Home Theater, Cable, TVs, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Networking, Entertainment, Sports, Mobile, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Companies, CBS, Disney, ESPN, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-09-08
Major Media Companies Form Measurement Initiative; 'Not An Attempt To Replace Nielsen'
[In progress]Tired of waiting for the various audience measurement firms to provide seamless, cross-platform data covering consumers’ total media usage, a group of 14 companies representing all the major TV networks have joined with major advertising agencies and marketers to create the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement CIMM. Alan...
Tags: NYSE Euronext, CBS Corp., TVs, Advertising & Promotion, Tv & Home Theater, Strategy, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Management, Advertising, Media & Publishing, TV, Broadcast, Research & Metrics, Research, Companies, CBS, Disney, ABC, NBC Universal, David Kaplan
External links 2009-09-10
ESPN Planning UK Online Sports Portal
What’s missing from ESPN’s UK soccer package? A website to go with the TV coverage. But the U.S. network has confirmed to us it is preparing a UK sports portal to accompany the broadcasts.We reported this month that the company was hiring senior online editorial staff to work at...
Tags: ESPN, U.K., Gleeson, Portals, Video On Demand (VoD), Web Technology, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Entertainment, Sports, Media & Publishing, Online News, TV, VOD, Companies, Disney, Patrick Smith
External links 2009-09-13
Communacopia Roundup: Bewkes Rejects Disney Stance On TV Everywhere, Diller Applauds Bewkes And More
The Goldman Sachs Communacopia XVIII Conference has wrapped up day two the three-day CEO-fest. Here’s a sampling of notable comments from the conference, including Time Warner’s Jeff Bewkes, IAC’s Barry Diller, Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) CFO Michael Angelakis and others.—Duking it out over TV Everywhere: The appearances by Disney (NYSE:...
Tags: Time Warner Inc., Disney Corp., NYSE Euronext, IAC/InterActive Corp., Comcast Corp., CFO, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Entertainment, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, TV, Cable & Telecom, Mobile, Companies, Comcast, Disney, IAC, NBC Universal, News Corp., Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal, Time Warner, David Kaplan
External links 2009-09-16
Hulu Will Charge For Some Content?Someday
While News Corp. COO Chase Carey, NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker and others have been out touting the desire to charge for some content through their Hulu JV, Hulu has been working out the logistics for doing just that. StreamingMedia.com’s report that a subscription beta test is underway internally...
Tags: Disney Corp., News Corp., StreamingMedia.com, Supply Chain, Security, Business Operations, E-Commerce, Entertainment, Movies, Media & Publishing, TV, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Companies, Disney, ABC, NBC Universal, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-09-18
ESPN Mines For Gold In Torrent Of iPhone Downloads
In less than a year, ESPN iPhone apps have been downloaded more than 4.5 million times—more than 2.2 million of the free ESPN (NYSE: DIS) ScoreCenter alone since its June debut. Most of the downloads are for ad-supported versions but twice in the past couple of weeks the Disney...
Tags: Apple iPhone, ESPN, App, John Zehr, ESPN Fantasy Football iPhone App, Just-launched ESPN Radio, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Entertainment, Gaming, Sports, Media & Publishing, Magazines, Mobile, Companies, Disney, MobileESPN, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-09-22
Spider-Man Meets Mickey Mouse: Disney Buying Marvel For $4 Billion In Stock, Cash
The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) is buying Marvel Entertainment (NYSE: MVL) and its 5,000-character roster for a cool $4 billion in stock and cash. The deal, which would help Disney expand its appeal to boys, was announced before the market opened Monday; it’s one of the largest acquisitions...
Tags: Disney Corp., Mouse, Marvel Entertainment Inc., Stock, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, Companies, Disney, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-08-31
BREAKING: A&E Television To Acquire Lifetime
A&E Television Networks AETN, the NBCU/Disney/Hearst JV that produces shows like Intervention and runs networks like The History Channel, is acquiring Lifetime Entertainment. Financial terms were not disclosed, but Lifetime will operate as a subsidiary of A&E, with both companies retaining their separate branding.AETN President and CEO Abbe Raven...
Tags: A&E Television Networks, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Media & Publishing, Women-Centric Content, TV, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Disney, NBC Universal, Tameka Kee
External links 2009-08-27
Lifetime Digital, King.com Tie Up For Games Deal
Women's cable programmer Lifetime Networks knows its audience and that audience likes casual gaming, which explains the latest news from the new home of Project Runway: UK-based King.com will be the exclusive provider of co-branded skill games for MyLifetime.com. King.com claims to be the world's largest provider of skill...
Tags: Women, Gender And Diversity, Games, Human Resources, Personal Technology, Entertainment, Gaming, Companies, Disney, ABC, Hearst, Staci D. Kramer, comScore Inc.
External links 2009-08-04
ESPN, BCS Deal Includes Rights To Simulcast Bowl Games On ESPN360.com, ESPN Mobile TV
For most of the sports-viewing world, the big news in the deal announced today between ESPN (NYSE: DIS) and the Bowl Championship Series is the price tag—an estimated $500 million—and the apparently inexorable move of major sports from free over-the-air broadcast to subscription-supported cable. But, as we suggested here...
Tags: ESPN, Mobile TV, Video On Demand (VoD), Games, Tv & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, TVs, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Staci D. Kramer, Broadband, Companies, Disney, Entertainment, Sports, Mobile, The Walt Disney Co.
External links 2008-11-18
ESPN, BCS Deal Includes Rights To Simulcast Bowl Games On ESPN Mobile TV, ESPN360.com
For most of the sports-viewing world, the big news in the deal announced today between ESPN (NYSE: DIS) and the Bowl Championship Series is the price tag—an estimated $500 million—and the apparently inexorable move of major sports from free over-the-air broadcast to subscription-supported cable. But, as we suggested yesterday,...
Tags: Game, ESPN, Mobile TV, Advertising & Promotion, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Staci D. Kramer, Companies, Disney, Entertainment, Mobile Video, Sports, The Walt Disney Co.
External links 2008-11-18
Filings Watch: Disney Sold Movies.com To Comcast For $17 Million
Earlier this year in June, Fandango, the online movie tickets service which is part of Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), bought out movies info site Movies.com from Disney (NYSE: DIS), for an undisclosed sum at that time. Now the amount has come out, in Disney's latest annual 10-K filing with...
Tags: Disney Corp., Comcast Corp., Movies.com, Info Site, Companies, Comcast, Disney, Entertainment, Movies, VC+M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions, Rafat Ali, The Walt Disney Co.
External links 2008-11-25
Disney Buying Rest Of Jetix Kids TV Channel In Europe
The mouse is extending his control of kids channel Jetix Europe, buying more shares, taking its share from 74 percent to 96 percent. It is then expected to control 100 percent through a compulsory takeover. That would see Disney (NYSE: DIS) take Jetix, which it first gained through buying...
Tags: Disney Corp., Branding, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Mice, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Peripherals, Companies, Disney, Media, TV, VC+M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions, Robert Andrews, The Walt Disney Co., News Corp.
External links 2008-12-08
@ 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:...
Tags: Business Operations, CFO, Companies, Conferences, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Disney, Disney Corp., Finance, Human Resources, Investment, Layoff, Media Week, Mergers & Acquisitions, NYSE Euronext, Staci D. Kramer, The Walt Disney Co., UBS AG, VC+M&A, VIA Technologies Inc., Viacom Inc., Workforce Management
External links 2008-12-09
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