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AOL Saps Time Warner Q1 Earnings

Time Warner reported lower first-quarter earnings because of big losses at AOL, but said profits were up at what it called its “Content Group.” Net income was $661 million or 55 cents a share, down from $771 million or 64 cents a share a year ago. Revenues...

Published Wed, Apr 29 2009 9:58 AM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, Cable, Digital, HBO, Syndication, Earnings, Time Warner, Jeff Bewkes, Turner Broadcasting, AOL, Warner Bros., first quarter

Media 1Q Earnings: Bernstein's Grim Outlook

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...

Published Wed, Apr 8 2009 8:22 AM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, Cable, Digital, Advertising, CBS, Viacom, Syndication, Research, Earnings, Time Warner, News Corp., Economy, Walt Disney Co.

Cable Show ’09: Industry Plots New TV Distribution Strategy

Even with the economy in recession, even with television distribution models in upheaval, even with the advertising business suffering, business was surprisingly good at the Cable Show ’09. Beating predictions of a serious attendance drop, the National...

Published Sun, Apr 5 2009 10:53 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, Print Edition, David Zaslav, Discovery Communications, Comcast, Disney, Time Warner Cable, Time Warner, Jeff Bewkes, NCTA, Cable Show, Bob Iger, Steve Burke

Google's Armstrong Named Chairman-CEO at AOL, Replacing Falco

Time Warner is shaking up its AOL subsidiary and longtime NBC executive Randy Falco, its current chairman-CEO, is departing. Time Warner Chairman-CEO Jeff Bewkes today announced that Google Senior VP Tim Armstrong will become the new chairman-CEO of AOL...

Published Thu, Mar 12 2009 6:10 PM by News

Filed under: Digital, Google, Time Warner, Jeff Bewkes, AOL, Randy Falco, Tim Armstrong, Ron Grant

Editorial: Time Warner Conquers TV’s Fear of the Web

Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes and his crew deserve credit for exploring the possibilities of putting more television on the Web—for people who are willing to pay for it. As reported in Advertising Age, Mr. Bewkes is floating a plan, dubbed “TV Everywhere...

Published Sun, Mar 8 2009 10:12 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, Print Edition, Editorial, Time Warner, Jeff Bewkes, TV Everywhere

TV Everywhere—As Long as Pay for View

Jeff Bewkes hopes to put more TV on the Internet, but he's going to make consumers prove they've paid for it. Time Warner, the largest owner of cable networks including TNT, Cartoon Network, CNN and HBO, sat back and watched as broadcasters such...

Published Mon, Mar 2 2009 11:01 AM by News

Filed under: Cable, Digital, Hulu, Web Video, Time Warner, Jeffrey Bewkes

Media Companies Waiting for Financial Picture to Clear Up

Media companies just aren’t worth what they used to be. News Corp. and Time Warner last week both took billion-dollar writedowns against quarterly earnings as the economy lowered the value of some of their assets. The industry titans said the downturn...

Published Sun, Feb 8 2009 10:00 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, Cable, Advertising, Print Edition, Earnings, Scripps Networks, Time Warner, Jeff Bewkes, Rupert Murdoch, News Corp., Economy

Syndicators Put Price on Tribune Bankruptcy

The collateral damage from Tribune’s bankruptcy filing in December is rippling through the syndication industry, with Disney-ABC Domestic Television taking a $60 million writedown on deals with the TV station owner and News Corp. setting aside $10 million...

Published Sun, Feb 8 2009 9:57 PM by News

Filed under: Syndication, Disney-ABC Domestic Television, Print Edition, Tribune, Time Warner, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, News Corp., Economy, Jamie Rizzo

Time Warner’s Bewkes Bullish on TV-Production Business

It’s tough times for much of the television business, but Time Warner chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes likes the TV-production business. “We feel very good about the TV production business,” Mr. Bewkes said on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings conference...

Published Wed, Feb 4 2009 1:27 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, Cable, Nip/Tuck, FX, TNT, The Closer, Time Warner, Jeff Bewkes, Economy, Warner Bros. TV, Production

Time Warner Posts $16 Billion Q4 Loss

Time Warner on Wednesday reported a $16 billion loss in the fourth quarter and a $13 million loss for all of 2008. The bulk of the loss was the result of a $24 billion charge against asset impairments. “We’re making progress at Time Warner toward our...

Published Wed, Feb 4 2009 9:29 AM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, Cable, Digital, Syndication, Time Warner, Jeff Bewkes, Networks, 2008, results, fourth quarter

TV Execs See Pain Coming

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...

Published Sun, Nov 9 2008 10:31 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, Advertising, Viacom, Print Edition, Discovery Communications, Time Warner, News Corp., General Motors, Walt Disney, GM

Time Warner Earnings Flat; Sales Rise at Cable Nets

Time Warner reported basically flat financial results for the third quarter, and said it was adjusting its full-year business outlook downward in the face of a "challenging economic environment." Revenue rose at the company’s cable networks...

Published Wed, Nov 5 2008 11:32 AM by News

Filed under: Cable, HBO, Earnings, Time Warner Cable, Time Warner, Jeff Bewkes, Warner Bros., Turner

NFL Blames Cable Operators as Senators Criticize Games’ Limited Availability

The National Football League is defending its decision to keep some of its games on its own NFL Network in the face of criticism from some U.S. senators. In a statement today, the NFL blamed cable system owners, not the league, for some fans’ inability...

Published Wed, Oct 29 2008 4:49 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, NFL, NFL Network, Comcast, Time Warner, Senate

‘Battle of Bods’ Revs Up Second Season

Fox Reality Channel is set to begin production on the second season if its late-night original series “Battle of the Bods.” The show takes five women who rank their own body parts. The idea is to have their own score match the score given to them by a...

Published Thu, Oct 2 2008 11:56 AM by News

Filed under: Cable, DirecTV, Time Warner, Battle of the Bods, FoxReality.com, Fox Reality Channel, Bob Boden

Cable Nets’ Results Tell Varied Tales

Some cable networks already are feeling the effects of the grim economy in their ad-revenue figures, but several media companies’ recent second-quarter earnings reports indicate the ad market is not raising—or lowering—all ships in the same way. Last...

Published Sun, Aug 10 2008 11:45 PM by News

Filed under: Cable, Print Edition, Time Warner

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