Rumor: Warner Bros. looking to acquire SCi/Eidos Filed under: Business
Speculation is mounting that Warner Bros. is getting ready to buy UK publisher SCi (soon to be Eidos PLC). According to "sources" speaking to GI.biz, Warner Bros. has been lookin [..]
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The Case For A Time Warner - NBC U Merger (TWX, GE) So, what's Jeff Bewkes going to do after the split-off of Time Warner Cable leaves him with a much-smaller, much-less-leveraged Time Warner (TWX)? Well, quite a few people are thinking he'll buy [..]
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Will Time Warner (TWX) Buy CBS (CBS)? Now that Time Warner (TWX) CEO Jeff Bewkes is accumulating a vast pile of cash from the spin-off of Time Warner Cable and the possible sale of AOL, what will he do with i [..]
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Time Warner Cable Piloting Disgustingly Low Bandwidth Caps As we delve further into an age where more and more content is obtained and consumed digitally, Time Warner Cable seems to be doing everything it can to stifle progress. Residents of Beaumont, Texas are in for a treat later this week when Time Warner goes live with a new pilot for its cable internet [...] [..]
Warner Wants More Money From Rock Band, Guitar Hero [Rhythm Nation] Warner doesn't feel like it's getting a fair financial shake from games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. said in an earnings call today that the money the industry is getting from ga [..]
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Live Images Nokia N85, N79 and 5800 XpressMedia While the world waited with baited breath to tune in for every last word from the Apple keynote, live shots of three little Nokias crept out into the wild. The timing is very interesting. Perhaps even more interesting is the coincidence that two completely different sets of live N85 photos found their way onto the [...] [..]
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Warner Music Ready To Make Second Investment In iMeem Warner Music Group (WMG) is set to make a second investment in music/social networking site imeem, we're told.
No details yet on size of the deal or valuation; we're assuming that Warner wi [..]
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Time Warner Cable Spin-Out Details: Big, Fat Dividend From Clusterstock: Time Warner (TWX) is finally expected to release details of Time Warner Cable
(TWC) spin-off today. Key points:
a $9.25 billion dividend ($10 per
TWC [..]
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Time Warner Hitches Its Star To Turbine With $40 Million Investment [Big Bucks For Turbine] Lord of the Rings Online developer Turbine has just snagged $40 million in equity financing primarily from Time Warner and GGV Capital, the company announced today.
The company's existing investors also helped out this funding round, and Time Warner said Turbine was "an important additi [..]
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Bewkes: Time Warner (TWX) Doesn't Need NBC, Or Any Broadcast Network What's Jeff Bewkes going to do with the $10 billion Time Warner (TWX) gets from the spinoff of Time Warner Cable? He's not going to buy a broadcast network, he says. Well, he's probably not going to buy one: Bewkes told the Deutsche Ba [..]