Richard Greenfield

Dispatches from the Monaco Media Forum

This was my second year of klatsching with leaders in the media technology space. This event is a personal luxury, and not just because it's in Monte-Carlo, though that helps. It's also a place where I get to take two steps...

Media Companies to Fed: Tarp Me! (at Seeking Alpha)

The federal government's surprise decision to broaden the scope of its $700-billion bailout to include "non-bank financial institutions" (rather than buy troubled mortgage assets) and to ask Congress for another facility to...

Silver finally comes back to the silver screen

Baby boomer filmgoers may remember CinemaScope, Cinerama, Todd AO, and other attempts to lure the public back to movie theaters. Now the 3D digital revolution is hoping to revitalize the industry. The silver screen that was...

Will Shari and Sumner Redstone Split?

Daughter Shari may want to break up the National Amusements family empire in a debt restructuring—but would her dad deal? As family feuds go, few have been more intractable than the one that has simmered between media mogul...

BW Online | November 17, 2003 | ESPN's Face-Off Over Fees

It's the priciest channel for cable operators to carry, but are they using it as a scapegoat? Cable operators, led by Atlanta-based Cox Communications Inc., charge that they are being gouged by sports programmers like ESPN,...

Charter Communications Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript (at Seeking Alpha)

November 06, 2008 | about stocks: Executives Neil Smit – President, Chief Executive Officer Eloise Schmitz – Interim Chief Financial Officer Mike Lovett – Chief Operating Officer Mary Jo Moehle – Vice President of Investor...

Disney plans to boost theme parks

Business News: Profits dip 13% to $760 million, revs rise 5% -- Walt Disney said Thursday it’s rolling out one of the biggest promotions ever at its theme parks in a bid to bolster revenue amid a massive economic slowdown.

AOL'S A THORN IN TIME WARNER'S EARNINGS SIDE

Time Warner turned in mixed third-quarter results yesterday, with strength at its cable, TV networks and film-entertainment units offset by continued weakness at its publishing and AOL operations. The conglomerate's results...

TW'S DEBT PENALTY

Fresh worries are emerging that Time Warner Cable may be loading up on too much debt to finance a one-time $9.25 billion dividend associated with its pending spin-off from parent Time Warner. Ahead of both Time Warner's and...

Christmas Crunch Ahead? Wal-Mart Shelf Space Under Attack

Wal-Mart helped AC/DC shift more than 780,000 first-week units of its latest release, Black Ice. But outside of exclusive, packaged arrangements, Wal-Mart is continuing to downsize its CD inventory. "As packaged media continues...

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