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The Morning Newsfeed: 11.03.09

Apple's iTunes Pitch: TV for $30 a Month Would you pay $30 a month to watch TV via iTunes? That's the pitch Apple has been making to TV networks in recent weeks.

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Related Topix: iPod, Publishing, Media, Tribune, Entertainment, Drama, Television

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Bloomberg

Disney's Shanghai Park Won't Mean Breach of China's Media `Brick Wall'

Walt Disney Co.a s planned theme park in Shanghai will do little to help open Chinaa s media industry to overseas companies as the communist government restricts films, television and the Internet, analysts said.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Financial Services, Investment Services, Burbank, CA, Media,

Sat Nov 07, 2009

GuruFocus.com

Viacom Inc. Reports Operating Results

Viacom Inc. filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-09-30. Viacom is a leading global entertainment content company whose family of prominent and respected brands includes the multiplatform properties of MTV Networks BET Networks Paramount Pictures Paramount Home Entertainment and DreamWorks.

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Related Topix: Media, Audio and Video, Electronics

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Digital Post Production

Viacom Q3 Ad Revenue Falls 4%, Decline Slowing

Domestic ad revenue fell 4% at Viacom in the third quarter 2009, that figure is a 2% improvement on the 6% ad revenue decline in the second quarter.

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Related Topix: Media, Television

Tajikistan News.Net

Subhash Chandra to say bye to Zee in couple of years

Zee group chairman Subhash Chandra Tuesday said he will retire from business in a couple of years and let Generation Next take over and possibly expand his family's media empire and other enterprises.

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Related Topix: Media

SmartMoney

Time Warner Q3 Profits Falls 38%, Raises View

Time Warner Inc. third-quarter earnings fell 38% on particular weakness in publishing.

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Related Topix: Time Warner, Computers, Media

Thu Nov 05, 2009

The Media Stock Blog

Viacom Q3: Encouraging Results

Viacom Inc. Tuesday declared encouraging results for the third quarter. Quarterly net income from continuing operation was $443 million or 73 cents per share, compared to $385 million or 62 cents per share in the prior-year quarter.

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Related Topix: Media

Market Watch

Marsh on Monday: Viacom tries to prove its relevance

Viacom Inc. rolled the dice this past quarter and came up a winner. Filmed entertainment, invariably a crapshoot in the media industry, had a robust run, keying a 15% gain in third-quarter net earnings.

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Related Topix: Media, Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

KansasCity.com

Time Warner 3Q profit drops, boosts outlook

Media conglomerate Time Warner Inc. reported a 38 percent drop in third-quarter profit Wednesday after being hurt by declines at its AOL and publishing segments.Even so, the results beat expectations, helped by cost cutting.

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Related Topix: Time Warner, Media, Computers

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Next Generation

Viacom: Economics Of Rock Band Franchise Improving

MTV and Harmonix parent company Viacom has said that the economics of its Rock Band franchise "are improving, though not as quickly as we'd like". Speaking in a financial results call, CFO Tom Dooley said that the franchise made a negative contribution to margins in the third quarter.

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Related Topix: Media

Myrtle Beach Online

Berkshire Hathaway OKs 50-for-1 split of B-shares

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is sending a plan to split the iconic company's Class B shares to a shareholder vote as part of its plan to buy the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

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Related Topix: Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Construction, Investment Services, Warren Buffett, Railroads, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Media

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Earnings Preview: Ad trends eyed in CBS 3Q report

CBS Corp., the broadcast network controlled by Sumner Redstone, reports its third-quarter earnings Thursday.

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Related Topix: Media, Dedham, MA

Tue Nov 03, 2009

DreadCentrol.com

More Paranormal Activity Sequel Talk

Wanna talk scary? Never mind being haunted by a demonic force that will corner you wherever you are.

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Related Topix: Supernatural, Media

ClipSyndicate

Helfstein Says `Paranormal' Could Boost Viacom Profit 4%: Video

Nov. 3 -- Jason Helfstein, a media analyst at Oppenheimer & Co., talks with Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker, Jon Erlichman and Deirdre Bolton about Viacom Inc.'s third-quarter profit reported today.

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Related Topix: Media, Business News, Video

BusinessWeek

Viacom's 3Q profit jumps 15 percent

Viacom Inc. posted a 15 percent jump in third-quarter profit Tuesday as a stronger film slate from its Paramount Pictures movie studio helped offset continuing declines in advertising and DVD sales.

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Related Topix: Media, Video Games

USA Today

Stocks sink even after Buffett deal

Stocks were lower Tuesday even after billionaire investor Warren Buffett agreed to buy Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad and Viacom posted strong earnings growth for the third quarter.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Warren Buffett, Media, Biotech, Johnson and Johnson, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Mon Nov 02, 2009

ABC News

Earnings Preview: Viacom to Report 3Q Results

Viacom Inc., the media conglomerate controlled by Sumner Redstone, reports third-quarter earnings before the market opens on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Media, Video Games, Business News

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Bloomberg

`Michael Jackson's This Is It' Is Top Weekend Film With $21 Million Sales

Last weeka s No. 1 film, a oeParanormal Activitya from Viacom Inc. a s Paramount Pictures, fell to second place with $16.5 million, researcher Hollywood.com Box-Office said today in an e- mailed statement.

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Related Topix: 9, Michael Jackson's This Is It, Horror Movies, Drama Movies, The Stepfather, Thriller, Media, Sherman-Oaks, CA

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Tech Confidential Blog

Viacom third-quarter earnings preview

Sumner Redstone will own less of Viacom Inc. , but his influence on the media giant will continue.

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Related Topix: Media

Fri Oct 30, 2009

XtraMSN Real Estate

Big media stocks rally; will business follow?

When it comes to the media business, the script reads that advertising will soon bounce back, a rush of deal making is around the corner and a smart investor should scoop up cheap stocks straight away.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Time Warner, Media, Computers

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