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11 hrs ago | Digital Game Developer

The Stakes Are High in The Much Anticipated Season Finales Of "THE...

Meanwhile, in order to maintain his professional success, Malik is forced to face the hard truth about the future of his and Jenna's luck in love has finally taken a turn for the better, as she finds her knight is shining armor in her childhood friend Pookie tries to make amends with Tasha but his plans are thwarted when Tasha finds herself ... (more)

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Related Topix: The Game, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Let's Stay Together, Hosea Chanchez, RonReaco Lee

17 hrs ago | GuruFocus.com

Stocks with Fastest Dividend Growth in May 2012

HYLD -0.27% DIA -1.07% LUV -1.12% RL -1.86% HVTA +0% KRCG +0% HVT -0.33% WAB -2.4% PRI -1.22% KEY -4.42% HFC -0.43% IHC -1.7% Here is a current sheet of companies with fastest dividend growth compared to the previous dividend declaration.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Fashion, Ralph Lauren, Designers

Tue May 29, 2012

Reuters

French court backs Google in TV piracy case

A French court ruled that Google is not responsible for filtering content on YouTube, dealing a blow to French broadcaster TF1 which sought damages for copyrighted sports and movies which ended up on the video-sharing website.

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Related Topix: Viacom, Media

Mon May 28, 2012

The State

Typical CEO made $9.6M last year, AP study finds

The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm.

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Related Topix: Associated Press, Banking, Financial Services, Coastal Bancorp, Sun Valley, ID, Simon Group, Transportation, Viacom, Media

Daily Political

Viacom Rating Lowered to Above Average at Caris & Company

They currently have a $56.00 target price on the stock, down from their previous target price of $58.00. Viacom opened at 48.00 on Friday.

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Related Topix: Viacom, Media

GuruFocus.com

Guru Stocks Raising Dividends: CATO, POR, VIA, SPAN, HPQ

This is the group of companies who raised their dividend during the week: Cato Corp A Joel Greenblatt owns 7,488 shares as of 03/31/2012, a decrease of 76.83% of from the previous quarter.

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Related Topix: Retail, Cato, Apparel, Financial Markets, Portland General Electric, Energy, Viacom, Media, Television, MTV Networks

The Papillion Times

Stock awards propel CEO pay

After 12 years in New York, he must woo moderate swing voters to win in a more conservative Nebraska.

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Related Topix: Nebraska, Associated Press, 9, Viacom, Media

Sun May 27, 2012

The New York Times

Media Decoder Blog: U.S.C. Media Program Trains Afghan Film Students

Before he became famous in the media world as the chief executive of MTV, and then its parent, Viacom, Tom Freston had a less glorious career as the proprietor of a clothing company based in Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: Viacom, Media, Television, MTV Networks, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, University of Southern California, Business News

Sat May 26, 2012

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Must Know Stock Upgrades and Downgrades Friday

Wall St. Watchdog reveals information about companies for which stock analysts either upgraded or downgraded the shares on May 25th.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, CBRL Group

Fri May 25, 2012

AmericanBankingNews.com

Viacom's Paramount Pictures Delays Release Of GI Joe: Retaliation

It a no go for G.I. Joe. That's what Viacom's Paramount Pictures is saying after it delayed the release of GI Joe: Retaliation from June 29th to next year.

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Related Topix: Media, Paramount Pictures

AmericanBankingNews.com

Viacom Downgraded by Caris & Company

They currently have a $56.00 price target on the stock, down from their previous price target of $58.00. Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock.

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Related Topix: Viacom, Media

Lincoln Daily News

10 highest-paid CEOs in AP survey

T he 10 highest-paid CEOs for 2011, according to an Associated Press analysis of Standard & Poor's 500 companies.

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Related Topix: CBS, Viacom, Media, Honeywell International, Aerospace-Defense

WLUC-TV Negaunee

Typical CEO made $9.6 million last year

Read more: National , Business , CEO Pay , Corporate Executive Pay , CEO Pay up 6 Percent , Typical CEO Makes $9.6 Million , Shareholder Activism , Executive Stock Awards , Executive Stock Options Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman is one of the top 10 highest paid CEOs at publicly held companies in America last year.

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Related Topix: Activism, Viacom, Media

WDBO-AM Orlando

Typical CEO made $9.6M last year, AP study finds

In this April 14, 2012 file photo, Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman arrives to the TV Land Awards 10th Anniversary in New York.

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Related Topix: Vantage Media, Viacom, Media, VIA Technologies, Television, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures

Thu May 24, 2012

Yahoo!

Dish, TV networks take fight over ad zapper to judges

A legal battle erupted between DISH Network and some of the major broadcast networks Thursday as the two sides traded lawsuits over the satellite distribution company's "Hopper" DVR, which threatens to bring down the television business model by allowing viewers to skip over commercials entirely.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Telecom, DISH Network, Television, Digital Video Recorders, Electronics, Viacom, Media

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Media Titans Making Waves: Sirius XM, Netflix, News Corp, Viacom

Netflix, Inc. A : Cox CEO Patrick Esser describes Netflix as the cable industry's "Frenemy." Esser also reveals that in March, the amount of Cox's broadband customers streaming Netflix reached 40%. The content chief for Netflix, Ted Sarandros, states that Netflix cannibalizes some cable programming, and because of the inability for the company to ... (more)

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Related Topix: Netflix, Startups, Viacom, Media, Paramount Pictures, VIA Technologies, VH1, Television

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

3 Media Titans with Big Developments

Dish Network Corp. A : Dish Network and Roku have teamed together to begin the new DISHWorld service.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Telecom, DISH Network, Television, IGN Entertainment, Amazon, Media, IT Services, Audible, Viacom

PR-inside.com

Viacom, Inc. - SWOT Analysis: New research report available at Fast Market Research

Viacom, Inc. - SWOT Analysis company profile is the essential source for top-level company data and information.

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Related Topix: Viacom, Media, Television, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Vantage Media, VIA Technologies

Wed May 23, 2012

Seeking Alpha

CenturyLink: Why This Dividend Stock Is A Buy

CenturyLink is just one of those companies that you really don't know what to make of.

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Related Topix: Savvis, Qwest, Cable & Satellite, Telecom, CenturyTel

Bloomberg

Time Warner Cable CEO Wants Smaller Bundles

"There are too many networks," Britt said in an interview at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association annual cable show in Boston .

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Telecom, NaviSite, Time Warner Cable, Emmy Awards, Entertainment, Television, Media, Walt Disney, Viacom

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