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• Time Warner, News Corp Reported Interested in MGM

  Reuters - 2009-11-20

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp, Time Warner Inc and Qualia Capital LLC are interested in buying Hollywood's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio, home of the James Bond movies, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.Citing people with knowledge of the situation, the report said the companies have not yet examined the studio's finances...

  Tags: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Time Warner Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Financial Services, Marketing, Finance, Business Structures, Us

• MGM seeks buyer to relieve debt burden

  Strategy Eye - 2009-11-15

  Movie studio MGM could be seeking a potential buyer as it struggles to cope with debts of up to USD4bn. Potential bidders include Time Warner, Lions Gate Entertainment and Viacom, all rumoured to have shown interest in MGM’s 4,000-title film library and rights to the James Bond franchise. The...

  Tags: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Investment, Financial Services, Mergers & Acquisitions, Finance, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Editorial, Time Warner Inc., VIA Technologies Inc., Viacom Inc.

• MySpace Names MGM Consultant as CFO

  BNET - 2009-10-05

  NEW YORK, Oct 5 (Reuters) - News Corp's MySpace has named a former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer consultant as its chief financial officer, a new position for the online social network. Mark Rosenbaum was a financial consultant to the MGM movie studio, and before that was a senior vice president for corporate finance...

  Tags: Thomson Reuters Corp., MySpace, News Corp., Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios

• MGM Mirage Wants to Franchise Globally

  BNET - 2009-08-31

  MGM Mirage, reeling from a disappointing year and projects put on hold, has decided the way to make money is by its name -- by franchising internationally, that is. MGM Mirage already has 10 franchise deals with hotels carrying the Bellagio and MGM Grand name. The reason?...

  Tags: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, MGM Mirage, Operational Accounting, Sales Strategy, Finance, Sales, Barbara E. Hernandez

• MGM Studio: CEO Sloan out, turnaround star Cooper in

  BNET - 2009-08-18

  Debt-ridden Hollywood studio MGM, whose library is home to such gems as the Rocky and James Bond flicks, has replaced CEO Harry Sloan, appointing a three person team to run the show: famed turnaround ace Stephen Cooper, motion pictures group boss Mary Parent, and CFO Bedi Singh. Sloan is out as CEO but the veteran...

  Tags: studio, James Bond, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios

• Studios to Take on Hulu with EpixHD.com

  BNET - 2009-08-11

  NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It is a dash of Hulu and a sprinkle of YouTube, features a crystal clear picture, can rewind or fast-forward at lightning speed, and doesn't require a download of any special software. But epixHD.com, the soon-to-launch video website, will have its success dictated more by...

  Tags: Thomson Reuters Corp., movie, movies, studio, YouTube Inc.

• Travel Roundup: MGM Fears, Amtrak Death, Delta's NY Yankees and More

  BNET - 2008-11-24

  Gaming expo reveals Las Vegas fears -- At a three-day gaming exposition in Las Vegas, executives seemed preoccupied by the economy, many predicting weak casino sell-offs or contracting with property management as ways companies will cope in the coming year. Financing was considered the biggest setback to most attending the conference. "Gone are the days when...

  Tags: Airline, Train, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Amtrak, Las Vegas, Real Estate, Games, Business Operations, Personal Technology, Barbara E. Hernandez

• Sony and MGM Have a Bond Blockbuster Weekend

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-17

  Julia Boorstin submits: Well, it indeed seems that the global movie industry is recession resistant. Or, at least it was this past weekend. The 22nd James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, from MGM and Sony SNE brought in over $70 million at the U.S. box office its opening weekend,...

  Tags: Sony Corp., Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Bond, Box-office, Quantum Corp., Seeking Alpha, Julia Boorstin, Investment, Finance, Media

• MGM's Changing of the Guard a Positive Thing

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-14

  Matthew Rafat submits: [[MGM]]'s CEO Lanni is leaving: http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idINN1338744220081113 Jim Murren will likely replace him. Here is an old transcript of a 1998 interview with Murren: http://www.fool.com/foolaudio/transcripts/980813_mgg.htm by Matthew Rafat

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• Lionsgate invests USD8.6m in joint TV venture

  Strategy Eye - 2008-11-12

  Movie production studio Lionsgate says it has so far invested USD8.6m in the new video-on-demand VoD channel it is launching next year with Viacom's Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM. Lionsgate's investment represents 28.57% of the venture, known as Studio 3...

  Tags: Channel, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, VoD, Viacom Inc., Lionsgate, Video On Demand (VoD), Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Broadband Internet, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Charlotte Eyre, Comcast, HBO, Lions Gate Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount Pictures, Time Warner, Viacom