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NBC's 'Saturday Night Live' Becomes Latest Show To Reduce Commercial Content
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - 8:17am | 211Read More...NBC (Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA))'s staple "Saturday Night Live" revealed Monday that starting next season the show will reduce the number of advertisements across its episodes. The move is expected to shed 30 percent of the total commercials, which is akin to two full pods of ads. It is...
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Time Warner Says It's More Than Just HBO
Thursday, March 17, 2016 - 3:40pm | 289Read More...John Martin, CEO of Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX)'s Turner Broadcasting, addressed a New York town hall on Wednesday, and looked into the company’s TV assets, which not only include HBO, but also other renown channels like CNN and TNT. The CEO said these assets could see a marked surge...
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Hedge Fund Managers 'Are Driving Themselves Crazy' Over Media M&A Rumors
Monday, January 25, 2016 - 9:49am | 270Read More...The constant M&A rumor mill within the media space is driving some investors crazy. If it is of any comfort, hedge managers are also "driving themselves crazy," at least according to the New York Post. The New York Post reported over the weekend that hedgies "have no clue...
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Report: Time Warner May Cut 20% Of Broadcast Workforce
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 - 3:43pm | 244Read More...Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) offered buyouts to up to 600 of its Turner Broadcasting unit workers Tuesday, but that could be just the tip of an iceberg of pending layoffs. The unit, which launched a company-wide review of its operations in June, expects to fire up to 20 percent of its 13,000 workers...
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Quicken Loans Wins Big In Billion Dollar Bracket Challenge
Friday, March 28, 2014 - 11:16am | 695Read More...Although no one will take home the $1 billion from the Billion Dollar Bracket Challenge, there is a clear winner: Quicken Loans. “Quicken Loans scored a giant win first by partnering with the incredibly respected Warren Buffett and next by launching a thrilling marketing campaign,” FD Parker...
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March Madness' Top Corporate Seeds
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 4:14pm | 719Read More...As March Madness fires up this week, office managers all over the country will on guard, to catch employees watching NCAA games or checking their brackets instead of doing their jobs. Lost productivity at basketball tournament time could cost companies up to $1.2 billion, according to...
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Intel's Rumored Set-Top Box is a Cable TV Nightmare
Monday, December 31, 2012 - 3:22pm | 592Read More...Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is rumored to be developing a set-top box that will incorporate streaming video and traditional pay-TV services. TechCrunch has an interesting rundown on the concept, adding to the previous reports from Reuters and The Wall Street Journal. The most interesting feature of the...
