Comcast Corp. Chief Operating Officer Steve Burke has picked a new executive team that will help him run NBC Universal when Comcast takes over the media giant in the coming months, according to published reports Friday.
media giantGoogle Leads Invidi Technologies Funding RoundWebProNews - Financial Wed, 05/05/2010 - 08:59
The self-proclaimed "leader in advanced addressable advertising solutions for television" has received financial backing from Google. Google - along with several other organizations - participated in a funding round that won Invidi Technologies over $23 million. This should bring Google and Invidi much closer together, considering that they're now supposed to work together on certain unnamed projects. Shishir Mehrotra, Director of Product Management for Google TV Ads and YouTube Ads, has actually joined INVIDI's board of directors as a result, too. Saudi billionaire eyes new links with News Corp.Newsvine - business Sun, 01/17/2010 - 03:51
The Saudi billionaire whose investment firm is one of the biggest stakeholders in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. said he is looking to expand his alliances with the media giant, in the latest indication that his appetite for growth remains robust even as his company retrenches. AOL shares dip on 1st trading day after spinoffNewsvine - business Thu, 12/10/2009 - 08:48
Shares of AOL declined in early trading Thursday as the Internet company made its official split from media giant Time Warner. Canada's Canwest to seek court protectionNewsvine - business Tue, 10/06/2009 - 07:10
Canadian media giant Canwest Global Communications Corp. says it will file for bankruptcy protection from its creditors under a deal with a key group of lenders as it seeks court approval to restructure its debt. Tags:
Canwest to sell stake in Australian broadcasterNewsvine - business Thu, 09/24/2009 - 09:32
Canadian media giant Canwest Global Communications Corp. is selling its majority stake in Australian broadcaster Ten Network Holdings Ltd. in a deal worth 634 million Canadian dollars ($588 million). Tags:
Time Warner and AOL to separateNewsvine - business Mon, 06/01/2009 - 02:30
US media giant Time Warner says its board has approved plans to spin off its AOL internet division as a separate company by the end of this year. News Corp Posts Disappointing Financial ResultsWebProNews - Financial Thu, 11/06/2008 - 08:55
There's no escaping it: News Corp had a rough quarter. Rupert Murdoch thinks times will be tough for a while, too. But even as the media giant posted some bad numbers, it turned out that at least a couple of its online properties are working well, with MySpace and WSJ.com making impressive amounts of money. |
