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 [..]
Time Warner Pumps Money Into Another Video Game Company (TWX) More evidence that big media wants in on the video game boom: Time Warner and Granite Global Ventures have led a $40 million funding round for Turbine, a video game developer responsible [..]
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 Music wants more money for licensed songs Filed under: Culture, Business
Developers vying for a slice of the rhythm game pie may soon find the cost to dig in to be increasing -- at least if they want players to nod along with music they know. According to Reuters, W [..]
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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 [..]
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 [..]