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• Comcast Not Satisfied With Success, Decides to Become AOL Time Warner

  BNET - 2009-12-03

  We're finally at the point where Time Warner TWX is going to spin off AOL, which was originally the acquired in one of the most ill-conceived merger deals of all time. And now what happens? Comcast CMSA decides that it isn't satisfied with creating a trend of increasing share prices....

  Tags: Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Comcast Corp., Entertainment, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Erik Sherman

• Communacopia Roundup: Bewkes Rejects Disney Stance On TV Everywhere, Diller Applauds Bewkes And More

  PaidContent - 2009-09-16

  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

• Music Site OurStage Raises $840,000; Part Of A $6 Million First Round

  PaidContent - 2009-08-11

  It's been a while since we've heard any news about OurStage, the music discovery site that likened itself to an "online American Idol," but the company has raised $840,000 worth of what will eventually be a $6 million first round of funding per an SEC filing. OurStage raised over...

  Tags: Artist, OurStage, Entertainment, Music, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Tameka Kee, Time Warner Inc.

• Latino Cable Network Si TV Raises $8.7 Million Funding

  PaidContent - 2009-08-07

  Latino-centric cable and online network Si TV has raised $8.75 million in funding, according to an SEC filing, with plans to raise nearly $6 million more. The network raised roughly $60 million in funding from big backers like EchoStar (NSDQ: SATS), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), Columbia Capital and Rho...

  Tags: Network, Hearst Corp., MTV, Latino Cable Network Si TV, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Entertainment, Media & Publishing, TV, Cable & Telecom, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Tameka Kee, Time Warner Inc.

• Time Warner Ups Stake In Eidos, Will It Buy The Rest?

  Content Next - 2008-12-15

  Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) has increased its stake in Eidos' Lara Croft game maker SCi Entertainment, which last week renamed to Eidos Plc, as bidders continue to hover over the ailing studio. Time Warner increased its holding from 42.5 million to 52.5 million shares, or 19.92 percent of the...

  Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Time Warner Inc., Eidos Interactive Ltd., Sanmina-SCI Corp., Games, Personal Technology, David Kaplan

• Time Warner Ups Stake In Gamer Eidos To 20 Percent

  Content Next - 2008-12-15

  Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) has upped its stake in Eidos, the games developer behind Tomb Raider and Hitman, to 19.92 percent, Reuters reports. The entertainment conglomerate bought 10 million shares in Eidos last week. It now holds 52.5 million shares in the UK-based gamer. The Time Warner stake comes...

  Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Time Warner Inc., Eidos Interactive Ltd., Games, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Marketing, Companies, Time Warner, Entertainment, Gaming, VC+M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions, David Kaplan, Electronic Arts Inc.

• Turner Hives Off Its Online Sports Servcie Provider PlayOn; New Company Gets Funding

  Content Next - 2008-12-10

  Turner, part of Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), which has surprisingly been scaling back some of its original online efforts, has now sold off its online sports site services provider PlayOn Sports to a new Atlanta-based company called 2080 Media. The company is focused on production and distribution of broadband...

  Tags: On-demand, Turner Broadcasting System Inc., Cloud Computing, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Companies, Time Warner, Turner, Entertainment, Sports, VC+M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Rafat Ali, Time Warner Inc.

• Gaming Roundup: E-Books On Nintendo DS; Acclaim's RockFree; AOL's PlaySavvy; DoubleFusion/PS3

  Content Next - 2008-12-01

  —Nintendo releases e-Book collection for DS : Move over Kindle, there's a new e-Reader in town—the Nintendo DS. Well ... not quite, but the game giant did announce the availability of "100 Classic Book Collection" today. The game features classic tomes from Charles Dickens, Jane Austen and Shakespeare, among...

  Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Advertisement, America Online Inc., Acclaim, E-book, Games, Personal Technology, Companies, Time Warner, AOL, Entertainment, Gaming, Media, Books, Tameka Kee, Sony Corp., Time Warner Inc.

• Silver Screen Studios: Entertainment Industry Report.

  - 2006-05-11

  M2 PRESSWIRE-11 May 2006-Silver Screen Studios Inc.: Silver Screen Studios: Entertainment Industry ReportC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11052006 Silver Screen Studios: Entertainment Industry Report May 11, 2006, Atlanta, GA., Silver Screen Studios, Inc. (OTCBB:SSSU) today comments on the overall market and discusses...

  Tags: Disney Corp., entertainment, Federal Reserve Board, MARKETING, Silver, Time Warner Inc., Warner Music Group Corp.

• A real media player: Bernard Beal of M.R. Beal & Co. looks to entertainment-related firms for growth

  - 2006-05-01

  Although his firm may be best known for grading clients to municipal bonds, Bernard Beal is widening his view. The chief executive of M R. Beal & Co. leads a team that provides investment banking, financial advisory services, securities trading, and equity research on industries including communications, entertainment, financial services,...

  Tags: America Online Inc., entertainment, MARKETING, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., NYSE Euronext, stock, Time Warner Inc.