Media giant Time Warner is splitting off the magazine company behind Time, Sports Illustrated and People to give the parent company "Strategic clarity" And enable it to focus on its TV networks, movies and TV production businesses, CEO Jeff Bewkes says.
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Interesting move. Could it be a sign that magazines in printed format are dying and not being a viable business anymore?
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CBS Corporation and Time Warner Cable have reached a new deal on broadcasting rights, according to a CBS news release. CBS programming was to resume by 6 p.m. ET in New York, Los Angeles and Dallas. Specific terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ref. USAToday
The CEO of Charter offered to buy Time Warner Cable in "The low $130s" per share, according to the broadband company's press release. The offer is the third-largest for any global company since 2009, Bloomberg reports. Ref. USAToday
Strange, what did 21st Century Fox find in Time Warner that made them trash the deal? Or are we seeing an overconfidence in 21st Century Fox to come up with stuff that is better than Time Warner?
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