It just got a little sunnier in Philadelphia. No, we're not talking about the Phillies being on the verge of making the World Series for the second year in a row. News Corp.'s Twentieth Television has just sold reruns of...
Investment firm Sanford C. Bernstein on Wednesday released a new pessimistic report on media company earnings. “The recent run-up in media stocks suggests investors are looking past the horrid near-term trends to a happier place off in the horizon,” said analyst Michael Nathanson in a report. “However...
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The economic crisis that rocked Wall Street showed up as a ripple in many media company earnings reports for the third quarter—but a more ominous harbinger of hard times emerged Friday. General Motors, which reported a $4.2 billion third-quarter loss, said Friday it had decided to cut back on its upfront...
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