U.S., Canadian Regulators Clear The Way For Live Nation, Ticketmaster Merger
It’s taken nearly a year, but the U.S. Department of Justice has given the merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation (NYSE: LYV). The new… Read more »
@ Midem: Spotify CEO: Everything Hangs On The Library
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Much-hyped music service Spotify’s CEO Daniel Ek took to the stage at music-biz conference Midem and again tried to remind onlookers – it’s… Read more »
@ Midem: Labels Go Cold On Free Music Services; A Challenge To Spotify?
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Spotify has over 250,000 paying subscribers, SVP Paul Brown confirmed on stage at Midem, as streaming services fall over themselves to downp… Read more »
Cable Shakeup: Comcast Brings In Charter CEO Neil Smit To Head Cable Operations
A major shakeup in the cable world as Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) brings in an outsider to run its vast cable operations and Charter (NSDQ: CHTR)… Read more »
Spotify Says It Can Multiply U.S. Music Subscriptions Five-Fold
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Music streaming service Spotify is still yet to launch in the U.S., but it already has big ambitions for revolutionising the market there.… Read more »
FCC Votes To Close Loophole That Kept Some Sports Nets Off Satellite; Appeal Expected
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Sports fans with satellite subscriptions may finally get access to some regional sports networks that cable programmers — particularly thos… Read more »
Warner Music Got $9 Million in Lala.com’s Sale to Apple; Bronfman’s Salary
Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) got at least $9 million back of the $20 million it invested in online music service Lala.com, after the latte… Read more »
Citi Media: Comcast’s Roberts: NBCU’s Worst Cable Channel Performs Better Than Our Best
In a presentation at an industry conference this afternoon, Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) chairman and CEO Brian Roberts offered his rationale for t… Read more »
Netflix Agrees To Warner’s New Release Delay In Exchange For More Streaming Rights
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) have reached new content distribution terms — with Netflix agreeing to a 28-day delay on… Read more »
SEC Watch: Comcast Locks Up Burke Through 2014 With $20 Million Signing Package
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Tuesday started with a reminder of just how sought after *Comcast* COO Steve Burke is as a top executive: Warren Buffett added him to the Be… Read more »
Warner Music in Video Deal With Hulu; Second Label After EMI
Hulu is looking more and more like a mini-Vevo competitor: after a deal with EMI, done last month before Vevo’s launch, Warner Music (not pa… Read more »
Comcast-NBCU Transition Team Announced: Salil Mehta To Lead It From NBCU
NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) CEO Jeff Zucker issued a memo Wednesday, Dec. 16, detailing the members of the transition team that will oversee th… Read more »
Playboy Sale Hopes To Iconix Fade; Too Complicated To Pull Off?
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Update: From a source, no more immediate buyers are on the table for Playboy (NYSE: PLA) at this point. So back to the drawing table for Sco… Read more »
Comcast Launches ‘TV Everywhere’ Service Fancast Xfinity
In the widest domestic application yet of TV Everywhere, Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) launched its still-beta Fancast Xfinity this morning across a… Read more »
@ UBS Media Week In Tweets: Bartz: ‘God Bless Tiger”
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» Bartz: Tiger better than Michael Jackson. Can’t place ads next… Read more »
Playdom Hires Thomas Weisel Partners’ Christa Quarles As New CFO
Playdom has a former EA star as its CEO, a fresh round of $43 million in funding, and now a well-known financial analyst as its CFO. Christa… Read more »
@ UBS Media Week By Tweets: Roberts Says NBCU Deal Will Cost About $5 Billion
Reaction to the Comcast-NBCU deal dominated the early going today at UBS Media Week. Here is a selection of my Tweets from the conference. F… Read more »
@ UBS Media Week: WaPo’s Graham: Having ‘Conversations’ About Online Pay; Backs Comcast-NBCU Deal
The Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) continues to avoid any overt suggestion that it will start charging for charging for Washington Post con… Read more »
UBS Media Week Kicks Off With Comcast, NBCU, Viacom And More
Just in case you haven’t heard enough about Comcast’s deal with GE to buy control of NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), the sell job continues bright… Read more »
SEC Watch: Comcast Units Not Part of The Deal, and Its Stakes, Including Current TV
With the Comcast-NBCU $30 billion deal announcement, the remaining part of Comcast’s separate business — the cable and ISP business — also… Read more »
SEC Watch: Comcast-NBCU: Stuck Together For At Least 3.5 Years; Non-Compete Rights
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Some more Comcast-NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) deal details were filed this morning in an SEC filing. From it:
– The formal name of the Comcas… Read more »
DailyCandy Cutting Back Local Editions
DailyCandy is rolling back its expansion. The Comcast-owned e-mail newsletter will stop publishing city-specific daily e-mails in seven of t… Read more »
Comcast-NBCU: Reaction Across The Web
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You can follow our full coverage of the Comcast-NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) deal here — but here is some additional analysis from around the w… Read more »
Comcast Says Clearwire’s Latest Funding Provides ‘Reasonable Likelihood’ Of Success
Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) said today that its partner Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) has raised enough funding to provide a “reasonable likelihood” that… Read more »
Comcast-NBCU: Our Coverage In Links
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Now that the deal is done for Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) to acquire 51 percent of NBC Universaal from GE, pending regulatory approval, here’s a l… Read more »
Comcast-NBCU: The Deal In Tweets
Below our coverage of the Comcast-NBCU deal from Staci on Twitter as it unfolded this morning. Follow us on Twitter for continuous updates @… Read more »
Updated: Comcast-NBCU: Premium Hulu ‘Not In The Cards’? Verdict Still Out
Actually, we suspect Hulu board meetings already have a potential to be more intriguing than the norm given the myriad interests and egos in… Read more »
Video: Comcast-NBCU CEOs Dish The Deal
Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) CEO Brian Roberts and GE CEO Jeff Immelt spent nearly 30 minutes this morning on CNBC — one of the assets Comcast hop… Read more »
Comcast-NBCU: The Slide Show
Here’s the slide show Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) is using to outline the NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) deal for investors. Lots of detail, not just pr… Read more »
First Take: Comcast-NBCU Deal Isn’t About Digital
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Sure, the biggest media deal of the decade has a lot invested in digital, on the face of it. When they talk about it, in today’s announcemen… Read more »
Comcast-NBCU: Our Coverage In Links
Now that the deal is done for Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) to acquire 51 percent of NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) from GE, pending regulatory approval,… Read more »
Comcast-NBCU: How Comcast Is Pitching The Deal To DC
The effort to win regulatory approval for Comcast’s acquisition of 51 percent of NBCU kicked into gear with the deal’s announcement, startin… Read more »
It’s Official: Comcast Buys Majority of NBC Universal; NBCU Valued at $30 Billion
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Comcast’s grand mission to expand its role on the content side is much closer to reality today following the long-expected announcement this… Read more »
Beyond The Deal: Spinning The Wheel On Comcast-NBCU
Beyond the actual structure of the Comcast-NBCU deal (as Staci reported here), to be announced later this morning, some other details and ba… Read more »
GE-Comcast Hope To Announce $30 Billion Deal For NBCU Thursday; Then The Real Fun Begins
General Electric (NYSE: GE) is playing beat the clock tonight with two different deals, hoping to announce before the U.S. market opens Thur… Read more »
Redbox Adds Retail Interference Claim To Warner, Fox Lawsuit
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Redbox’s latest claim in its lawsuit against Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Home Video is that the two studios are encouraging retailers l… Read more »
Comcast Naming Its TV Everywhere Service Xfinity
Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) appears ready to launch its authentication-based online video initiative under the new moniker of Fancast Xfinity TV,… Read more »
Reports: Vivendi-GE Reach Tentative Agreement On NBCU Sale
The companies aren’t commenting but it sounds like Vivendi (EPA: VIV) and General Electric may have reached an agreement that will pave the… Read more »
Playboy Promotes Editorial Director Jimmy Jellinek To Chief Content Officer
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Amid ongoing plans to sell its media business piece-by-piece, comes news that Playboy Enterprises (NYSE: PLA) has promoted Jimmy Jellinek, e… Read more »
Corrected: Playboy Sale Moving Along; Iconix Still Front Runner; Buyers for TV/Online Lining Up
Before I drop off as my jetlag digs deeper in India, some new details I have gathered on Playboy’s sale process, some of which will be borne… Read more »
