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• Warner Bros is only bidder for Midway Games

  Strategy Eye - 2009-06-28

  Warner Brothers has emerged as the sole bidder for bankrupt videogame publisher, Midway Games, which owns the Mortal Kombat franchise. Warner is expected to buy Midway for as little as USD33m, after Midway's attempts to start a bidding war failed. ...

  Tags: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Midway Games Inc., Trembly, Games, Personal Technology, MTV Networks, Warner Bros. Entertainment Group, Editorial, The Walt Disney Co.

• Warner Music Boosts Stake In Imeem In Return For New Licensing Terms

  Content Next - 2009-06-15

  A month after writing off its entire investment in music social-networking site Imeem, Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) is increasing its stake in the company. AllThingsD reports that Warner is getting a bigger piece of the company in exchange for a new licensing deal in which Imeem will pay...

  Tags: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Warner Music Group Corp., Music, Imeem, Venture Capital, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups, Entertainment, VC+M&A, Joseph Tartakoff

• Warner Hopes Adding Facebook Will Drum Up Interest In BD Live

  Content Next - 2009-06-08

  It's been a while since we've heard any definitive news about BD Live, the platform that lets studios embed interactive features like games and IM chats into their Blu-ray movies—but at least one studio has figured out that BD Live needs to tap in to preexisting social networks for...

  Tags: Facebook, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Blu-ray, Studio, Games, Personal Technology, Companies, Time Warner, Entertainment, Movies, DVD, Social Media, Community, Tameka Kee

• Safeway and Warner Bros. Consumer Products Team to Deliver New Food Line for Children

  - 2009-06-08

  FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Safeway and Warner Bros. Consumer Products Team to Deliver New Food Line for ChildrenC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com

  Tags: food, Safeway Plc., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• Warner bids USD33m for Midway Games

  Strategy Eye - 2009-05-21

  Warner Brothers Entertainment is bidding USD33m for Mortal Kombat developer Midway Games. A court-supervised ?stalking horse? agreement between bankrupt Midway and Warner could see Warner take control of the developer’s business and assets. Warner would acquire studios in Chicago and Seattle in the deal, but would not take over...

  Tags: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Midway Games Inc., Warner Brothers Entertainment, Litigation, Advertising & Promotion, Asset Management, Business Operations, Marketing, Operational Planning, Warner Bros. Entertainment Group, Jasper Jackson

• Time Warner buys into Central European TV

  Strategy Eye - 2009-03-24

  Time Warner is purchasing a 31% stake in TV group Central European Media Enterprises CME for USD241.5m. The companies are forming a partnership to broadcast Warner Brothers channels in countries such as Croatia and Bulgaria, where CME has a presence. ...

  Tags: Time Warner Inc., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Business Structures, Corporate Governance, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jasper Jackson

• Warner Bros. Pictures and IMAX Report Strong Opening Box Office Results for Under the Sea 3D

  - 2009-02-17

  Rave Reviews, Stunning IMAXR 3D Images and Enthusiastic Audiences Make Waves in IMAXR Theatres LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. and IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq: IMAX; TSX: IMX) today announced that Under the Sea 3D, narrated by Jim Carrey, opened to rave reviews in IMAXR...

  Tags: IMAX Corp., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• Under the Sea 3D dives into IMAX® theatres February 13, 2009

  - 2009-02-11

  The Next IMAXR3D Co-Production from Warner Bros. Pictures and IMAX Corporation Features Jim Carrey as Narrator and the World's most Mysterious Creatures of the Sea LOS ANGELES, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. and IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq: IMAX; TSX: IMX) today announced that Under the Sea...

  Tags: IMAX Corp., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• Warner Bros. Pictures' The Dark Knight Returns to IMAX® theatres for encore presentation on January 23, 2009

  - 2009-01-21

  Growth of IMAX Network Enables More Audiences in More Locations to Experience it in IMAX LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ: IMAX; TSX: IMX) and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that the box office smash hit The Dark Knight, which has grossed more than $997...

  Tags: IMAX Corp., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

• Yes Man.(Movie review)

  - 2008-12-15

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A Warner Bros. release, presented in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, of a Heyday Films/Zanuck Co. production. Produced by Richard D. Zanuck, David Heyman. Executive producers, Marry Ewing, Dana Goldberg, Bruce Berman. Co-producers, Katterli Frauenfelder, Tiffany Daniel. Directed...

  Tags: Village Roadshow Ltd., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.