The first thing I thought of when I heard earlier this week that News Corp. had threatened to make Fox a cable-only outlet if it doesn’t win its suit against Aereo is how much things have changed since Bob Wright…
Veteran media-fund manager Hal Vogel has watched, warily, as media and entertainment stocks have mounted a spectacular run-up in the past year, with an average gain of 42% among big conglomerates Time Warner Inc., CBS Corp., Walt Disney Co., Comcast…
I’ve done a Storify post on the Twitterverse reaction to the news that Roland Martin’s contract will not be renewed at CNN. Read the Storify here. – David B. Wilkerson (A note, for those familiar with WordPress: There’s some situation…
Cablevision’s lawsuit this week against Viacom for “illegally” bundling desirable cable networks with channels that have low ratings must offer the cable operator advantages that can only be seen in the sealed court documents, because they don’t otherwise seem very…
I’ve argued in this space that Netflix, Amazon Prime and other “over the top” online video providers can only be as successful as the conglomerates who own studios and networks allow them to be, since they decide what content to…
View as slideshow The Twitterverse was up in arms Sunday evening after the 85th annual Academy Award ceremony, after The Onion referred to Oscar nominee Quvenzhané Wallis, 9, as a “c__t.” The tweet was taken down, and The Onion apologized…
People are underestimating DVD kiosk-rental provider Redbox, according to B. Riley Caris analyst Eric Wold. “What is lost in most arguments against Redbox is that physical rentals are still a $5.3B market – of which Redbox currently only has [an…