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As Fox Preps Another Bid For Sky, Brean Prefers Time Warner, CBS
Monday, December 12, 2016 - 10:37am | 453Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ: FOXA) confirmed on Friday it reached an agreement in principle to acquire the remaining stake in UK-based SKY PLC (LON: SKY) it doesn't already own for £10.75. According to Alan Gould of Brean Capital, the full combination of content and distribution has...
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AT&T Is Paying Top Dollar For Time Warner And Has Zero Room For Error
Monday, October 24, 2016 - 11:39am | 463AT&T Inc.'s (NYSE: T) core business is bleeding market share as rivals T-Mobile US Inc (NASDAQ: TMUS) and Sprint Corp (NYSE: S) are offering superior unlimited data packages to clients. Meanwhile, AT&T is succeeding in bringing in video customers through its DirecTV segment, which...
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Jim Cramer: AT&T's Balance Sheet Is Now 'Compromised' By 'Expensive' Acquisition Of Time Warner
Monday, October 24, 2016 - 9:46am | 356Jim Cramer isn't the biggest fan of AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T)'s decision to pursue an acquisition of Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX). For starters, Cramer said that if he were a shareholder of AT&T, it would be to capture the 5 percent dividend yield. However, the price tag on its...
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Former Dreamworks Shareholders Might Look To Lions Gate Shares As A Replacement Position
Wednesday, August 24, 2016 - 2:46pm | 343DreamWorks Animation and NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA), announced their intent to merge in April and the deal was officially completed on Monday. DreamWorks shareholders will receive $41 in cash for each share owned and investors who are bullish on the studio...
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Comcast Posts Q2 Results, But Are Investors Only Concerned About Its Recent M&A Spree?
Wednesday, July 27, 2016 - 6:45am | 304Shares of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) were trading higher by nearly 2 percent at $68.50 early Wednesday morning after the company reported its second quarter results. Comcast earned $0.83 per share in the second quarter on revenue of $18.7 billion. Wall Street analysts were expecting...
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Tribune Publishing Re-Brands As Tronc, Hilarity Ensues
Friday, June 3, 2016 - 7:35am | 485Tribune Publishing Co (NYSE: TPUB) is one of the most iconic, not to mention oldest newspaper and print media publishing companies in the U.S., having been founded back in 1847. A newspaper and print media company that's approximately 170 years naturally felt the need to re-brand itself to...
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Google, Not Disney, Is The World's Largest Media Owner
Thursday, May 26, 2016 - 2:36pm | 307Investors can't be blamed for thinking Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) is the largest media, particularly given its portfolio of content includes the "Star Wars" and "Marvel" franchises. According to ZenithOptimedia's annual ranking of media owners, the title of the world's largest media firm by revenue...
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Global Eagle Jumps 6% On Share Buyback Announcement
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 1:02pm | 154Shares of Global Eagle Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ: ENT), a provider of digital media solutions for airlines, spiked higher by more than 6 percent on Tuesday after the company announced a new share buyback program. Global Eagle's Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program in which...