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CNNMoney.com’s video upside

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Nice bit on the recent trend on CNNMoney.com since we added an improved and enhanced video experience.  Jonathan Shar, CNNMoney.com GM and SVP,  comments that "we’re under our potential" and with the focus on the economy likely to continue through the Election cycle I expect he is correct.
The amount of video streams have moved the [...]

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Time Warner Q1 Earnings

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Well  the TWX earnings are out and fell inline with what everyone expected.  On our side (cable) we had some strong numbers and overall the outlook remained intact which is good considering how many others are weakening.
Outlook: Separately the company announced that adjusted op income growth would come in at 7 to 9 percent for [...]

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AOL buys Bebo

March 13th, 2008 · No Comments

I didn’t see this coming but today AOL announced they purchased Bebo for $850 million.
Rumors had floated over the past few months that Bebo, which has over 40 million members, was up for sale. Reports suggested a $1 billion price tag, but there were few hints as to potential buyers. Though Bebo had already partnered [...]

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Yahoo, Time Warner step up talks

March 5th, 2008 · No Comments

This little story crossed the wires this morning. They were reporting on a Wall Street Journal piece:
The paper reported that the talks center on a deal that would fold Time Warner’s AOL Internet unit into Yahoo, according to the people, who still consider a Yahoo purchase by Microsoft as the most likely outcome.
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CNN enters the social

February 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Another effort that is now making the news. iReport.com will give us a more prominent outlet for all the submissions we already receive and hopefully encourage more to grow our audience.
Time Warner’s CNN this week will enter YouTube territory with the launch of iReport.com, a new Web site built entirely on user-produced news. And [...]

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Turner tips off with the NBA

February 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Something that has been in the works forever has finally been closed and announced.
Now we extend our portfolio with another top tier sports league and continue to operate one of the best collections of web properties anywhere.
As expected, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. will take over the operations of NBA TV and NBA.com as part of [...]

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