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InformationWeek - All Stories (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
... that such a transaction would present itself," he said, referring to Time Warner Chief Executive Jeffrey Bewkes.Malone, who has amassed stakes in a broad portfolio of companies, earlier negotiated the swap of Liberty's holding in News Corp. to gain control of U.S. satellite television provider DirecTV Group.As of May 2007, Liberty held 103 million shares, or about 2.8 percent, of...
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Information Week (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
... that such a transaction would present itself," he said, referring to Time Warner Chief Executive Jeffrey Bewkes.Malone, who has amassed stakes in a broad portfolio of companies, earlier negotiated the swap of Liberty's holding in News Corp. to gain control of U.S. satellite television provider DirecTV Group.As of May 2007, Liberty held 103 million shares, or about 2.8 percent, of...
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DealBook (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
... that such a transaction would present itself,” he said, referring to Time Warner Chief Executive Jeffrey Bewkes.Mr. Malone, who has amassed stakes in a broad portfolio of companies, earlier negotiated the swap of Liberty’s holding in News Corp. to gain control of U.S. satellite television provider DirecTV Group Inc.As of May 2007, Liberty held 103 million shares, or about 2.8 percent,...
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Clickety Clack: Online Ad Blog (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
According to CEO Jeffrey Bewkes, the company will instead focus on "high-quality branded content across multiple platforms around the world, at the highest returns possible for our stockholders." Link. Or at least that will be the goal.
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Destructoid (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Yesterday, CEO of Warner Brothers Jeffrey Bewkes revealed that the company has over 75 games planned for the next seven years. That’s a serious amount of Bugs Bunny and party titles. The statement was made in an earnings call, where Bewkes goal was to illustrate the partnerships Warner maintains and the validity of their own original IPs. We have a small interest in something called...
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Indian Express (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
... increasingly focus on our goal to create and manage high-quality branded content," chief executive Jeffrey Bewkes said. The company has said it plans to shed its cable services division, Time Warner Cable, by the end of the year, in a separation that will yield a $9.25 billion from its cable division. Bewkes declined to say how the company planned to spend the cash. But he...
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
The American media giant also said that it would separate AOL's internet dial-up and advertising operations by 2009, a move that could lead to a sale or merger of either business. Jeffrey Bewkes, chief executive of Time Warner, said in May that he was open to selling AOL, and the company has taken legal and tax steps that make it possible to split out the online business.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Subscription revenues plunged by 29% but income from advertisers rose by only 2%. Time Warner's chief executive, Jeffrey Bewkes, intends to split AOL's dial-up internet access operations from its advertising business by early 2009. "We've made the key decisions that will enable us to run AOL's access and audience businesses separately beginning in 2009," he said.
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Cnet (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
In an investor call Wednesday morning, Time Warner CEO Jeffrey Bewkes focused on the old media. You probably would have, too, if you could downplay AOL's dial-up business in favor of the late Heath Ledger's acclaimed performance in The Dark Knight.Television and film at Time Warner are indeed beating Wall Street's expectations--the record-breaking Batman film, while its financials won't...
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Digital Daily - All Things Digital (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
... that will enable us to operate the access and audience businesses separately,” Time Warner CEO Jeffrey Bewkes said on a conference call with investors this morning . “We have the necessary flexibility to do something strategic with either of these businesses today.” Translation: Either could be sold or merged with another company. And, according to people familiar with the situation,...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
... focus on our goal to create and manage high-quality branded content," said the chief executive, Jeffrey Bewkes.The company has said it plans to shed its cable services division, Time Warner Cable, by the end of the year.Time Warner has also been in talks to combine the AOL advertising business with either Yahoo or Microsoft, while EarthLink signaled last week that it could be interested...
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Privacy (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
... business. In the clearest sign yet of how the company sees its future, Time Warner Chief Jeffrey Bewkes said in a relation, "As we continue to reshape Time Warner, we'll increasingly focus on our goal to create and manage high-quality branded content." The anticipated split of AOL into two divisions is seen facilitating a auction or merger of either one. EarthLink Inc signaled in...
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Business Spectator (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
... us to run AOL's access and audience businesses separately beginning in 2009," chief executive Jeffrey Bewkes said in a statement.Shares of Time Warner have fallen 14 per cent this year, less sharply than the 32 per cent drop for rival News Corp, as investors were hoping for a lift when Time Warner sheds AOL.The company affirmed its full-year forecast that adjusted operating income...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
... business.In the clearest sign yet of how the company sees its future, Time Warner Chief Jeffrey Bewkes said in a statement, "As we continue to reshape Time Warner, we'll increasingly focus on our goal to create and manage high-quality branded content."The anticipated split of AOL into two divisions is seen facilitating a sale or merger of either unit. EarthLink Inc signaled in a conference...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
... us to run AOL's access and audience businesses separately beginning in 2009," Chief Executive Jeffrey Bewkes said in a statement.Shares of Time Warner have fallen 14 percent this year, less sharply than the 32 percent drop for rival News Corp , as investors were hoping for a lift when Time Warner sheds AOL.The company affirmed its full-year forecast that adjusted operating income...
