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Newspaper wrap-up 6-12-07: GE will not look to acquire DJ

Posted Jun 12th 2007 9:15AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Newspapers, Magazines, Internet, Microsoft (MSFT), General Electric (GE), Time Warner (TWX), Wal-Mart (WMT), Target Corp. (TGT), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), News Corp'B' (NWS), , RadioShack Corp (RSH)

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OTHER PAPERS:
  • Fidelity Investments, which was the third-largest shareholder in Dow Jones, has sold almost all its shares in the company, which is the target of a $5B takeover by News Corporation (NYSE: NWS), reported the New York Post.
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NBCU, News Corp. choose CNET.com as video partner

Posted May 8th 2007 2:42PM by Tom Barlow (RSS feed)
Filed under: Deals, Launches, General Electric (GE), News Corp'B' (NWS)

According to wire reports, NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) and News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) ended the suspense today by announcing that they have chosen CNET Networks (NASDAQ: CNET) to distribute their content on the internet. NBCU will provide content from its stable of networks as well as its vault. Media Corp. will offer entertainment from its Fox Network and 20th Century Fox brands.

The combined offerings lineup could be something like this:

NBC Universal
  • CNET.com
  • NBC Entertainment
  • Telemundo
  • NBCU Sports & Olympics
  • Bravo
  • Chiller
  • SciFi
  • CNBC
  • CNBC World
  • MSNBC
  • Shop NBC
  • Mun2
  • Sleuth
  • USA
  • History Channel
  • History Channel Int'l
  • Biography Channel
  • Sundance Channel
  • Telemundo Puerto Rico
  • Universal HD
  • NBCU Global
  • CNBC Europe
  • CNBC Asia
  • Universal Studios
News Corp.
  • Fox Television
  • Fox Movie Channel
  • Fox Sports Channel
  • Speed
  • Fuel
  • Fox College Sports
  • Fox Soccer Channel
  • Fox Sports net
  • Fox en Español
  • FX
  • National Geographic
  • Blue Sky Studios
  • Star
This deal will create the largest single block of video entertainment content on the net to date. The game has been ratcheted up another notch.

Newspaper wrap-up 3-28-07: Microsoft to buy DoubleClick?

Posted Mar 28th 2007 9:19AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Newspapers, Magazines, Internet, Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO), Hershey Co (HSY), BP p.l.c. ADS (BP)

MAJOR PAPERS:
  • Online ad firm DoubleClick is exploring a sale, and is in talks with Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), among others, reported the Wall Street Journal (subscription required).
  • The Financial Times (subscription required) reported that BP plc ADS's (NYSE: BP) Russia venture, TNK-BP, abandoned its bid for a stake in Rosneft less than ten minutes into bidding, leaving Rosneft able to buy its own shares back at a 10% discount.
  • According to the Financial Times, Tyco International Ltd (NYSE: TYC) bondholders are worried the company may try to avoid paying them in full when the company completes its break-up later in the year.
  • The Financial Times reported that Cadbury Schweppes ADS (NYSE: CSG) CEO Todd Stitzer said a merger with Hershey (HSY) would make "commercial, strategic and financial sense" for Cadbury, which is preparing to split into two divisions.
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