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Peter Kafka in Media on February 8 at 4:10 am PT
Media giant Time Warner turned in a Q4 report card that beat Wall Street’s expectations, generating adjusted earnings of $0.94 per share on revenue of $8.2 billion. Analysts had expected $0.87 per share and $8.1 billion. Revenue was up 5 percent on the year.
Peter Kafka in Media on February 6 at 6:22 am PT
Here’s the Netflix-style video service that Verizon wouldn’t talk about a couple months ago — a joint venture with Redbox, which has an uneasy relationship with a lot of big media companies.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 31 at 3:30 am PT
NBC is letting you watch the Super Bowl on the Web, for free, on Sunday. Here’s why.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 26 at 8:35 am PT
Reed Hastings make his case, again: We’re just another cable TV network, and people seem to like that just fine.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 24 at 6:00 am PT
And the marketing start-up has just raised another $12 million. Think about that the next time you fire off a comment during an NFL game.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 5 at 2:21 pm PT
Want to watch a new movie just out on DVD from Warner Brothers? You’re going to have to buy it, or wait even longer to get it from Netflix or other disc renters.
Kara Swisher in News on December 27, 2011 at 4:12 am PT
Let’s throw a few more names on the fire!
Peter Kafka in Media on December 16, 2011 at 6:02 pm PT
Time Warner and its former cable company figure it out. Finally.
Kara Swisher in Media on December 14, 2011 at 6:20 am PT
The South Korean consumer electronics giant is upping its media game against more aggressive rivals like Google, Apple and Amazon.
