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The Motley Fool April 6, 2004 James Early	Funding Nemo If Pixar doubles its revenues post-Disney, the animation company could be undervalued now. Pixar is the 800-pound gorilla of its industry, with first-rate management and a ton of cash.
The Motley Fool April 8, 2004 Steven Mallas	Disney's Empty Home The recent lackluster response to its new animated offering puts the studio division in the spotlight.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Pixar Takes a Pass Upstart Pixar gives Mickey Mouse the old heave-ho.
The Motley Fool March 8, 2005 Steven Mallas	Disney High on Diesel The Pacifier, starring Vin Diesel, brings success for Disney's studio division despite large production costs.
The Motley Fool May 31, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Disney's Download Deal CinemaNow and Disney team up to digitally distribute more movies.
The Motley Fool August 25, 2006 Steven Mallas	Paramount Is Right Paramount will be fine without Cruise -- in fact, shareholders should demand that their studio make movies where the deal structures favor them and not the stars.
The Motley Fool April 23, 2004 Steven Mallas	Viacom Rakes in Ad Sales Viacom reports a great quarter, driven by strong advertising sales.
The Motley Fool July 22, 2004 Tim Beyers	Viacom's Dazzling Performance Couch potatoes watch more ads as the firm grows its cash pile. It's too early to tell if Viacom shares really are a bargain, but cash flow could continue to improve after Blockbuster is finally spun off this fall.
The Motley Fool September 21, 2006 Steven Mallas	News Corp. Has Faith Fox looks to the heavens for shareholder value. The company's Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment unit revealed plans to target the faith-based marketplace.
The Motley Fool July 15, 2004 Steven Mallas	Fox Reaches Deeper Into Reality The company will launch a reality cable network next year.
BusinessWeek March 28, 2005 Ronald Grover	Hello DreamWorks, Goodbye Pixar? With Michael Eisner out of the picture, Disney has more options
The Motley Fool June 3, 2004 Steven Mallas	Viacom Loses a Star Chief operating officer Mel Karmazin has decided to leave media conglomerate Viacom, but the company should be just fine. So far, the stock hasn't suffered too badly on the news.
The Motley Fool August 20, 2004 Steven Mallas	The Networks' Horror Is NBC Universal getting into the horror business? Like Fox's foray into a network for reality TV, NBC Universal will find that creating another market will serve it well in terms of synergizing with its own library.
The Motley Fool September 2, 2004 Steven Mallas	Disney's Global Conquest The Buena Vista International unit achieved more than $1 billion in box office gross. With the stock having seen much better days, the news was not as impressive as it sounds.
The Motley Fool August 12, 2004 Steven Mallas	Disney's Miramax Morass Disney's latest earnings report may have indeed been refreshing, but it still needs to diligently mine all the gold that the Hollywood Hills have to offer in as efficient a manner as possible. Uncertainty like this is never productive.
The Motley Fool February 5, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Pixar Perfect Pixar scores a record quarter to close out a record year.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2005 Steven Mallas	Disney's Nightmare? It won't be working with M. Night Shyamalan on his next film. Will that hurt the Mouse's studio division?
The Motley Fool July 22, 2011 Elizabeth Moran	How Smart is Viacom's New Venture? A fledgling animation division could help Paramount recruit a new generation of loyal moviegoers.
The Motley Fool March 3, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	The Case for Eisner Disney's annual meeting today will be an eventful one.
The Motley Fool August 12, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Fox Hunts The entertainment giant caps off another solid performance.
The Motley Fool May 5, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Kid Flicks, Adult Profits Pixar's films have averaged a whopping $239 million and that's just at the domestic box office. Scoring riches overseas along with the eventual home video releases and lucrative merchandising opportunities, Pixar's a money machine.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2005 Steven Mallas	Lions Gate's Kingly Success The movie studio had a great fiscal 2005. Where does it go from here? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 2, 2004 Steven Mallas	McDonald's Polishing Its Arches McDonald's wants to alter the makeup of its marketing DNA.
The Motley Fool June 1, 2006 Steven Mallas	Box-Office Blues Banished The summer should provide a lot of opportunity for the various motion picture studio operating segments to bring in the bucks. Investors, now's the time to shop.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2005 Steven Mallas	Nothing Marvelous in This Setback Marvel's Fantastic Four sees its release date moved from July 1 and could hurt their upside potential on the project. Shareholders are probably praying that Fantastic Four will be just as fantastic on July 8.
The Motley Fool December 31, 2004 Steven Mallas	Lemony's a Lemon for Viacom Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events is having an unfortunate time at the box office. Viacom shareholders were certainly hoping for something more.
The Motley Fool November 9, 2006 Steven Mallas	A Good Opener for News Corp. News Corp. is still a media force to be reckoned with, even though its studio is temporarily dragging down operating performance. Shareholders in it for the long term should do well.
The Motley Fool August 23, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Time Warner Thinks Small Screen The media giant hops on the "direct to video" bandwagon. If it can avoid the likely pitfalls, Time Warner may find a hungry market. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 22, 2006 Rich Smith	Dueling Fools: Disney Bear Just because a stock is priced cheap-er today than it was nearly a decade ago, that doesn't mean it's cheap, period. This mouse's shares may be headed for a trap.
BusinessWeek January 17, 2005 Ronald Grover	Sumner Redstone's CEO Sweepstakes Chief Executive Sumner M. Redstone has his two top talents racing against each other to fix Viacom's problems.
The Motley Fool July 16, 2007 Steven Mallas	"Captivity" Couldn't Hold Moviegoers It was a tough weekend for Lions Gate Entertainment and After Dark Films to open their latest exercise in torture-centric horror films, Captivity.
The Motley Fool October 1, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Broken Political Promises Media stocks don't live up to election year promises.
The Motley Fool March 10, 2004 D. Gardner & T. Gardner	Where Eisner Went Wrong Disney's former chairman plays hardball too hard. What caused Eisner to loose his grip on Disney.
The Motley Fool May 11, 2006 Anders Bylund	Viacom Looking for Clues Here we have a slow-growing but dependable cable TV operation, with a film studio that can't seem to grow except by buying other companies, and some waffling on how to spend freshly borrowed money. Investors, do you see what Viacom's ready for in the near future?
The Motley Fool September 2, 2004 Dave Marino-Nachison	MGM Stays in the Picture A very large and valuable pile of assets now stands to change hands, possibly quite soon.
The Motley Fool September 23, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Give 'Em Mel, Disney Disney shouldn't be in a hurry to fill a vacancy that is 24 months away.
The Motley Fool March 28, 2007 Steven Mallas	Viacom Revisited: Buying Its Way to Success Viacom had an interesting year as a stand-alone entity. The big risk going forward is that management suddenly loses its ability to keep on top of cultural trends -- its brands must never lose their edgy appeal. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool August 24, 2007 Steven Mallas	Viacom, Blu-ray, and Michael Bay The format wars continue. Backlash from Viacom's recent decision to produce its Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation movies only in HD-DVD format.
The Motley Fool March 2, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Hollywood's Failure Formula The Passion of The Christ was turned down by major movie studios, but it's still a hit.
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The Motley Fool May 6, 2004 Alyce Lomax	News Corp.'s Foxy Quarter Profiting off American idolatry.
The Motley Fool February 16, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Date DreamWorks, Marry Disney, Kill Viacom Investors, here are recommendations for a short-term trade (date), a long-term investment (marry), and a stock to short (kill).
The Motley Fool September 16, 2005 Steven Mallas	Disney Studios Need Some Magic The Mouse's studios are set to lose as much as $300 million in the fourth quarter. Disney really is a frustrating stock at times.
InternetNews January 24, 2006 David Needle	Disney Buys Pixar The Walt Disney Company made a bold move toward reclaiming leadership of the movie animation market on Tuesday with the purchase of Pixar Animation Studios.
The Motley Fool July 2, 2004 Steven Mallas	MGM Waiting for Final Cut MGM has yet to be sold to some deep-pocketed conglomerate. Shareholders won't mind a tug of war for its library.
The Motley Fool April 30, 2004 Steven Mallas	It's the Dividend, Disney The price of the Disney stock shouldn't be the big concern. The major issue is the dividend, a paltry $0.21 per share that hasn't seen a raise for a long time.
The Motley Fool January 7, 2005 Steven Mallas	MTV Gets Real MTV renews its contract for "The Real World" franchise. With media conglomerates like Disney and Time Warner starting to cycle back to life, one has to wonder whether Viacom's depressed shares are attractive to long-term owners.
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