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Discovery: Acquirer or Target?
Discovery Communications, the company behind the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet, picked quite the week to go public. Even so, as the financial crisis wreaks havoc on the markets, the company's execs are enthusiastically promoting plans for growth -- CEO David Zaslav told the WSJ subscription required that he'd "take...
Tags: Discovery Communications Inc., Smith, Shark Week, Cable, Network Technology, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Investment, Finance, Management, Lindsay Blakely
Blog posts 2008-09-19

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flick Deep Blue Sea would turn into an ad for "Shark Week"?
Who'd have thought the new Warner Bros. flick Deep Blue Sea would turn into an ad for "Shark Week"? In one of the first reviews last week, the New York Post critic Hannah Brown observed, "There are some good action scenes. And for those people who wait...
Tags: advertisement, New York Post, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Research articles 1999-08-02
Discovery goes deep with new Shark Week
Discovery Channel knows the right bait for luring summer viewers: sharks. The cable network launches its 21st annual Shark Week on Sunday with Mythbusters: Shark Special (9 p.m. ET/PT), one of six new programs that will be part of a seven-day fin-fest. ...
Tags: attack, Cable, Ford Motor Co., SECURITY, TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Research articles 2008-07-25
Comcast Hooks ‘Shark’ Premiere (Multichannel News)
Discovery Channel has plunged into premiering popular shows on demand, developing an extensive multiplatform campaign with Comcast Corp. around the 19th annual "Shark Week" stunt. Discovery Channel has plunged into premiering popular shows on demand, developing an extensive multiplatform campaign with Comcast Corp. around...
Tags: Comcast Corp.
Research articles 2006-07-17
Discovery Dives Into 'Shark' Promos.(Brief Article)
Heading into its 13th year, Discovery Communications Inc.'s annual "Shark Week" programming event will be backed by its biggest marketing efforts to date. Discovery is sponsoring a 10-market mall tour Aug. 5 through 12, geared to he Heading...
Tags: Discovery Communications Inc.
Research articles 2000-07-17
Swimming with sharks.
Celebrating Discovery Channel's "Shark Week" at La Jolla, Calif.'s Birch Aquarium (l. to r.): Marc Farrar, VP, public affairs, Time Warner Cable; Jamie Hyneman, "Shark Week" host; Wendy Eng-Rytell and Lydia Cobb, Birch Aquarium; Adam Savage, "Shark Week" host; Patrick Helbling, Birch Aquarium; and Laleh ...
Tags: Time Warner Cable Inc.
Research articles 2005-08-01
Critic's corner
*Discovery's summer crowd-pleaser, Shark Week, gets into full swim tonight: Great White Shark: Uncaged (8 ET/PT), Deadly Stripes: Tiger Sharks (9 ET/PT) and Top Five Eaten Alive (10 ET/PT). Keep that last title in mind the next time someone tries to tell you Shark Week is about education or dispelling...
Tags: ABC Inc., network, NETWORKING
Research articles 2007-07-30
Guerrilla Marketing Goes Tweet
Sam Ewen's firm is called Interference, and that's a pretty good way to describe what he does. In a digital age, Ewen's form of guerrilla marketing manages to break through the media landscape with real-life events. For instance, in 2007, Interference caught the attention of jaded New Yorkers by offering...
Tags: attention, United States Coast Guard, Guerrilla
News items 2009-11-27
Fisherman survives shark attack with poke in the eye
NOUMEA AFP — A fisherman survived a shark attack in New Caledonia by poking the creature in the eye as it shook him "like a rag", he told a newspaper. Jesse Jizdny, a 30-year-old policeman, said the tiger shark went for him three times last week while he was...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, attack, SECURITY
Research articles 2007-01-28
Briefings: Paul & Shark USA Inc....Reef...Asics Corp.(Robert Garey resigns from Paul & Shark USA Inc.)(O'Neill Clothing appoints Jeremy "Snowy" Lonsway)(Reef moves headquarters to Darwin Court)
Robert Garey has resigned as president of Paul & Shark USA Inc. Garey, who held the position since July 2001, said he resigned for personal reasons and had no specific plans for his next move, beyond continuing to work on a real estate/store project for the company,...
Tags: Asics Corp., Calvin Klein Inc.
Research articles 2007-01-29
Fancying fangs.(Brief Article)
While Discovery's Shark Week has drawn viewers with its exploration of the sea's most efficient killing machine, newly launched National Geographic Channel is looking to take a bite out of the nature-loving population with Snake Week. The fiv ...
Tags: National Geographic
Research articles 2001-03-12
'Shark Tale' gobbles up North American box office competition
LOS ANGELES AFP — The animated flick "Shark Tale" sank the competition for the second week in a row, gobbling up 31.7 million dollars over the weekend in North American theaters, preliminary figures showed. The film, about a fast-talking small fish who befriends a vegetarian shark, has grossed 87.7...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, theater
Research articles 2004-10-10
Austrian tourist becomes third victim of Florida shark attacks
MIAMI AFP — A 19-year-old Austrian who was bitten on the ankle while standing in the sea became the third victim of a shark attack in Florida in less than a week. A 14-year-old girl was killed by a shark last Saturday and a 16-year-old boy had a leg...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, attack, Florida, SECURITY
Research articles 2005-07-01
Asian demand for shark fins threatens Colombian species
BOGOTA AFP — When Colombian naval officials seized two tonnes of shark fins in a boat off the Pacific coast last week, they threw a spotlight on a huge black market serving hungry Asian markets which is blamed for pushing some species toward extinction. Asian consumers prize the fins...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Colombia, Pacific, species
Research articles 2007-04-28
Critic's corner
* The major broadcast networks will be on hand to catch Sen. John Kerry officially accept his party's nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention (ABC, CBS and NBC, 10 p.m. ET/7 PT). If you want to see anything leading up to the speech, you'll have to turn to...
Tags: Cable, CBS Corp., network, NETWORKING, nomination, PBS, stunt, TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Research articles 2004-07-29
WTO delegates warned: don't eat shark's fin
HONG KONG AFP — Delegates hoping to sample some of Hong Kong's gastronomic delights during the World Trade Organisation WTO summit this week have received a stark message from activists: keep away from shark's fin. An environmental pressure group, Hong Kong People's Council for Sustainable Development, urged the 11,000...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, council, World Trade Organization
Research articles 2005-12-12
Sophina Brown & Henry Simmons star in 'Shark'
Sophina Brown Raina Troy and Henry Simmons Isaac Wright investigate in rebroadcast of Shark, a drama that follows the professional and personal life of Attorney Sebastian Stark played by James Woods, (Tuesday, March 27 at 10 p.m., ET) on CBS. Others scheduled to appear this week include: Vanessa Williams...
Tags: ABC Inc., CBS Corp., TVs
Research articles 2007-03-26
Aussie "Tiger Shark" Scott chases "Holy Grail" at Masters
AUGUSTA, Georgia AFP — Inspired by the patience of Tiger Woods and the aggressive style of boyhood idol Greg Norman, third-ranked Adam Scott is set to unleash something new upon the Masters - a "Tiger Shark". The 26-year-old Australian, ranked a career-best third in the world after winning last...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, CAREER
Research articles 2007-04-03
For Woods, 'Shark' doesn't always go swimmingly
James Woods argues both sides of his CBS legal drama, Shark. He embraces his role as defense lawyer-turned-prosecutor Sebastian Stark and praises his fellow cast members and crew. "I love this show with all my heart," Woods says. "What's great is the quality. We kill ourselves...
Tags: NBC Universal Inc., Shark, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TVs
Research articles 2007-05-03
Lee swimming with 'Shark'.(In the News: A LOOK AT THE WEEK IN ENTERTAINMENT)(Spike Lee, )(Brief Article)
Spike Lee will direct the CBS drama pilot "Shark," from Imagine TV and 20th Century Fox TV. Project stars James Woods as a Los Angeles celebrity attorney who decides to become a prosecutor.
Tags: In The News Inc.
Research articles 2006-03-06
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