Julia Boorstin

Shares of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) are down in after-hours trading, after the company missed earnings estimates, thanks in part to a later Easter holiday, and the tragedies in Japan. The Burbank, California-based company reported earnings of 49 cents per share on $9.077 billion in...

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CNBC's Julia Boorstin reports that the "popcorn flicks" are done with, and its time for awards season. This is hurting the box office though. George Clooney's 'The American' won the weekend box office with a $19.5 million take, hardly anything worth writing home about. The film only cost $20...

2009 proved to be a good year for the media industry. However, according to CNBC’s Julia Boorstin, Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) analyst Ben Swinburne has recently released a report about the outlook for the media sector in 2010. The report has taken a negative view about the prospects of media....

Super Bowl is not just Football anymore, it is an advertising extravaganza. According to CNBC’s Julia Boorstin, CBS (NYSE: CBS) has reported that they are “virtually” sold out. TNS media intelligence has suggested that ad prices in 2009 went up as high as $4 million. According to media reports,...

Cable behemoth Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) are in the process of convincing Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that their merger is in the public interest. They are also trying to make a point that this merger should not invoke antitrust laws. Both the companies have...

AT&T (NYSE: ATT) posted impressive quarterly results. According to CNBC's Julia Boorstin, the company intentionally chose to release its earnings after Apple' (NASDAQ: AAPL) big unveiling of iPad. The company declared 25 percent growth in its earnings. The company also added 2.7 million...

Online DVD rental giant Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) continued its impressive performance and posted strong Q4 numbers. The firm reported an increase of 36% in its Q4 profits. Netflix also recorded 24 percent increase in its revenue. According to CNBC'S Julia Boorstin, in an earlier interview, Netflix'...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) unveiled its eagerly-awaited tablet iPad yesterday. According to Apple CEO Steve Jobs, iPad will compete with e-readers, portable game consoles and media players. The entry level iPad has been priced at $499. According to CNBC's Julia Boorstin, this relatively low price...

TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) revolutionized TV watching with its time managing device. While talking with CNBC's Julia Boorstin, TiVo CEO Tom Rogers presented a report card for the companies on the basis of their Ads. He stated that companies tend to lose millions due to their ads being fast forwarded by...