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News Corp Updates: Moving Past Scandals as Fundamentals Remain Intact
In 2012, News Corp’s (NASDAQ:NWS) stock has continued a recovery that began around December 20. It appears that investors are now rewarding the company for fundamentals rather than punishing it for the phone-hacking scandal. The scandal inv...
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News Corp Updates: High Profile Funds Bet on a Recovery
News Corp’s (NASDAQ:NWS) stock has recovered to some extent after its phenomenal dip around July and August resulting from the hacking scandal which led to shut down of News of The Worl d, as well as broader market fall due to economic woes...
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Telecom & Media Notes: Verizon, Sprint, Dish, Viacom, AT&T & News Corp.
Below we present a summary of key updates that might be of interest to investors interested in technology stocks. This update includes AT&T (NYSE:T), Verizon (NYSE:VZ), Sprint (NYSE:S), Dish Network (NASDAQ:DISH), Viacom (NYSE:VIA) and News ...
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The Top 4 Sources of Value for News Corp
News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS) is a heavily diversified conglomerate with businesses ranging from filmed entertainment, cable networks and broadcasting to newspaper and magazine publishing. It competes with other media companies like Disney (NYSE:DIS), V...
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Will Netflix Enter the UK?
Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) is enjoying rapid expansion riding on the popularity of DVD-by-mail and online streaming. In March, we wrote Are Netflix’s International Ambitions Justified & Achievable? where we looked at whether market saturatio...
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Viacom Pulls Channels from iPad App Raising Stakes in the Streaming Standoff
Viacom (NYSE:VIA) was one of the content owners that pulled its channels from Time Warner Cable’s (NYSE:TWC) iPad app recently. This combined with its changing stance regarding Hulu points to the growing friction between content owners and ...
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What Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 2 Means to Time Warner
Warner Brothers, Time Warner’s (NYSE:TWX) movie entertainment arm, is going to launch part 2 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows in 3D during 2011. We take this opportunity to estimate the value of such movies from Time Warner’s p...
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Why CBS Pulled Content from Netflix
CBS’ (NYSE:CBS) recent decision to pull back some of its streaming content from Netflix’s (NASDAQ:NFLX) library comes at a surprise to the rental company. Although Netflix has moved into offering its own content, CBS still competes mo...
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Shift to Digital Content: A Right Move by News Corp
News Corp. (NASDAQ:NWS) competes with other media conglomerates like Disney (NYSE:DIS), CBS (NYSE:CBS), Time Warner (NYSE:TWX), Viacom (NYSE:VIA) and New York Times (NYSE:NYT) in the media and entertainment business.
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News Corp Saying Good Riddance to Myspace
News Corp. (NASDAQ:NWS) competes with other media conglomerates like Disney (NYSE:DIS), CBS (NYSE:CBS), Time Warner (NYSE:TWX), Viacom (NYSE:VIA) and New York Times (NYSE:NYT) in the media and entertainment business. Our price estimate for News C...
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CBS Acquires Clicker to Expand Digital Business and Tap Internet TV’s Growth
CBS (NYSE:CBS) announced last week that it will acquire Clicker Media, a guide to Internet TV, and also appoint Clicker’s CEO, Jim Lanzone, to head CBS Interactive. CBS competes with other media conglomerates like Disney (NYSE:DIS), News Co...
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News Corp Launches Digital Magazine, but Stock Still Depends on “Old Media”
News Corp. (NASDAQ:NWS) competes with other media conglomerates like Disney (NYSE:DIS), CBS (NYSE:CBS), Time Warner (NYSE:TWX), Viacom (NYSE:VIA) and New York Times (NYSE:NYT) in the media and entertainment business. Our price estimate for News C...
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Upping Estimates on CBS on Better Ad Environment
CBS (NYSE:CBS) competes with other media conglomerates like Disney (NYSE:DIS), News Corp. (NASDAQ:NWS), Time Warner (NYSE:TWX) and Viacom (NYSE:VIA) in the media and entertainment business. The company recently released its Q4 2010 earnings and b...
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News Corp Broadcasting Margins Improve, Supporting $23 Stock Value
News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS) competes with other media and broadcasting companies like Time Warner (NYSE:TWX), Viacom (NYSE:VIA), CBS (NYSE:CBS), New York Times (NYSE:NYT) and Disney (NYSE:DIS) in the media and entertainment business. Our price estimat...
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Comcast-NBC Deal Could Weigh on News Corp’s Cable Programming Profit Margin
News Corp’s (NASDAQ:NWS) profit margins from its cable programming business, which includes cable networks like Fox Sports, Fox News, Fuel TV and FX Network, have increased despite a slowdown in economy. This is mainly because of cost savin...
