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The Motley Fool
November 2, 2005
Steven Mallas |
Viacom's Next Stop: Splitsville The company reports much-improved earnings ahead of its split into one growth business and one cash-cow business. Other big media corporations and investors alike should be watching this one.   |
The Motley Fool
August 12, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Big Game Hunter As usual, Carl Icahn has a good sense of shifts in Corporate America. By taking a position on Time Warner, he's certainly going to be heard. And divvying up some of the assets may produce higher returns for shareholders as well. |
The Motley Fool
April 22, 2005
Steven Mallas |
Cable's Been Good to Viacom Viacom's revenue is up and free cash flow is down, all while its cable unit thrives. Is the split imminent? |
The Motley Fool
June 23, 2006
Steven Mallas |
Moonves at the Movies? CBS to enter the movie business? CEO Leslie Moonves laid out his theoretical plans for such an operation. Um, what about the split? If I owned CBS, I'd be scratching my head right about now... |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2006
Steven Mallas |
Viacom Goes It Alone Newly split from CBS, Viacom delivers its first earnings report. Investors, take note. |
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
June 23, 2005
Steven Mallas |
MTV's Pet Project The NeoPets acquisition could be one savvy investment. This is an issue that investors might want to watch, considering that MTV Networks will soon be on its own (along with Paramount Studios) when Viacom splits. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
The Mega-media Business Model: Doomed to Fail, or Just Ahead of its Time? Today's mega-media companies -- AOL Time Warner, Viacom, Vivendi, Disney, Bertelsmann, Sony -- may not be tomorrow's. While they all became behemoths because of past mergers among big media companies, it's very likely some of them will change into different entities. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
September 5, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Viacom Is on the Move There's plenty going on at the media giant, and not all of it is welcome. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
January 3, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Viacom Strikes Out on Its Own Viacom completes a split into two distinct media entities. Investors can buy the namesake media giant or CBS. Or, of course, they can buy both and duplicate last year's Viacom. |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2004
Brian Gorman |
Viacom's China Push Viacom's new joint venture in Shanghai is a small step in the right direction. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Buy All Media Stocks If content is king, media stocks should be crowned. Spotting trends early -- even when they affect established companies -- can be a highly lucrative investing practice. |
The Motley Fool
February 1, 2006
W.D. Crotty |
Looking Good in Vain at Time Warner The entertainment company reports a good quarter, but what good will it do the stock price? |
The Motley Fool
September 26, 2006
Steven Mallas |
Fool on the Street: Viacom's New Vector New Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman reveals his plans for growth. If he can leverage the main strengths of the company's cable-network division and brand portfolio, he should be able to create synergies between its departments. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
October 1, 2004
Steven Mallas |
Cheaper Movies Paramount for Viacom Management might favor lower-budget films. Shareholders should hope so. |
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
November 30, 2006
Steven Mallas |
MTV Enters Hyperspace Are multiple new MTV-branded websites too much of a good thing? We'll have to wait and see whether this new Internet strategy will eventually help Viacom's shares. |
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
November 30, 2005
Steven Mallas |
ABC Prolonging the Magic The Disney unit continues to do well in the ratings. Will it last? Investors must remain patient here. This is what long-term investing is all about. |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2006
Steven Mallas |
Redstone Wants Results Sumner Redstone sure is the whip-cracker these days, isn't he? He already went through a trying time with the old Viacom, which he patiently waited for Wall Street to appreciate and value accordingly. This time he's not waiting around. |
The Motley Fool
August 8, 2005
Steven Mallas |
Viacom: All About the Split Viacom had a highly rated second quarter, but it's the planned split that counts now. Investors, read on. |
The Motley Fool
July 25, 2006
Steven Mallas |
MTV Wants Its Own Space In order to grow, MTV needs to continue creating channels in an economically sound manner. Flux is definitely something up their alley, and it should work out for Viacom as a whole -- so long as the fad of social networking turns into a long-term trend. |
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
October 6, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Viacom Counts Sheep Details of the Viacom split are as boring as the split itself. No, things aren't going so well for the moribund media stocks lately, but at least some of them are trying. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Viacom's Last Thrill Ride If Viacom puts its amusement park chain up for sale, it will also have lopped off a good chunk of common sense. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Viacom Going Digital Commenting on a fairly successful third quarter, Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone sees the importance of a digital strategy. |
The Motley Fool
October 13, 2005
Steven Mallas |
MTV Rushes to Market MTV and Midway Games' first joint video-game venture debuts. The MTV connection gives the company an ideal chance to increase its profile and impact. Investors, take note. |
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. |
InternetNews
February 20, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Viacom Partners with Joost Viacom and Joost, a new Internet television service started by the founders of Kazaa and Skype, today announced that Viacom will contribute free content from its MTV Networks, BET Networks and Paramount Pictures division to the Joost platform. |
InternetNews
October 14, 2005
Clint Boulton |
MTV to Stream IFILM Into Its Broad Network The Viacom unit pads its array of Web-centric assets by purchasing the streaming video provider. |
The Motley Fool
May 31, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Viacom Focuses In The media company will sell one piece of its business that doesn't quite fit into its goals. Given the fact that focus is often a strength, shareholders should be glad Viacom is willing to shed businesses that aren't part of its overall strategy. |
The Motley Fool
November 24, 2009
Dave Mock |
A Big Upgrade for Time Warner After lumbering along at a lowly two-star rank for most of the past year, enough top-performing Motley Fool analysts have turned bullish on Time Warner recently to upgrade it to three stars. |
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
December 11, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Fool on the Street: Viacom Plants the Flag Viacom's new CEO shoots for the stars. Let's hope that shareholders enjoy the ride. |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2004
Lawrence Meyers |
Redstone Likes to Play (Video) Games Will Viacom buy out Sumner Redstone's stake in Midway? |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Sumner Loving for Yahoo! Sumner Redstone's media empire makes a deal with Yahoo! to cash in on its audience. It's a great move for both companies -- Yahoo! will be claiming some juicy online real estate on which to plaster its virtual billboards, and Viacom walks away with some welcome greenery. |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2005
Steven Mallas |
Ni Hao, SpongeBob! For now, Viacom's SpongeBob continues his quest to conquer the world. China has a lot of viewers, so even if the conversion rate is small, the Nickelodeon brand still stands to gain a lot of luster. 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. |
BusinessWeek
September 25, 2006
Jon Fine |
Distribution Is Queen The notion that the content you own will one day pay off massively is held dear by every media company. |
BusinessWeek
April 19, 2004
Lowry & Grover |
Viacom: Too Addicted To Ads? They're highly volatile as an income source, and that makes investors nervous |
BusinessWeek
July 17, 2006
Gene G. Marcial |
Carve-Up Ahead At CBS? With CBS stock up just slightly since the spin-off from Viacom on Jan. 3, some think the patience of Sumner Redstone, chairman of both Viacom and CBS, may wear thin. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
May 21, 2007
Jon Fine |
The Merger Frenzy Explained Understanding why the Street likes or dislikes a media company offers insights into the next deal or merger targets. |
The Motley Fool
January 15, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Quick Take: HD-DVD, the Headless Chicken Blu-ray now commands about 70% of the high-definition DVD market, and it's only a matter of time before Viacom's Paramount and General Electric's NBC Universal leave the HD-DVD camp, too. |
The Motley Fool
October 30, 2010
Anand Chokkavelu |
10 Media Stocks Near 52-Week Highs Here are the top 10 companies in the media space (by market cap) that are within spitting distance of their 52-week highs: Disney... Comcast... DirecTV... Time Warner... Thompson Reuters... Viacom... Time Warner Cable... Discovery... WPP... Omnicom... |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2004
Tom Taulli |
Redstone's Love of the Game Viacom's Sumner Redstone continues his fascination with Midway Games. |
InternetNews
January 8, 2008 |
Viacom Makes Videos Available Online Seeking to find Web-savvy watchers, MTV Networks' brands strikes distribution deals with Comcast and Internet video services. |
Salon.com
January 14, 2003
Andrew Leonard |
Steve Case: Brilliant visionary or fumbling clod? I don't know -- I'll have to check AOL's stock price and get back to you. |
