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BusinessWeek
July 12, 2004
Grover & Lowry |
Imagine Sony On Steroids Howard Stringer, Sony's vice-chairman, is shopping for movies and music. But will content sell gizmos?   |
BusinessWeek
June 7, 2004
Grover, Thornton & Lowry |
Mining for Gold in Tinseltown Flush with cash, private-equity funds are swarming over Tinseltown. In the process, the firms, which raise money from well-heeled investors looking to make large gains, could change the economics of Hollywood. |
The Motley Fool
April 22, 2004
Steven Mallas |
Sony on Lion Safari Sony is looking to buy MGM for $5 billion. What kind of plot will ultimately unfold? |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2004
Steven Mallas |
Sony Bags a Lion Sony emerges the victor in the struggle to purchase the MGM library. If one is interested in Time Warner or Comcast or Sony, one should have other reasons to invest instead of complete reliance on the MGM library buy. |
The Motley Fool
October 21, 2004
Lawrence Meyers |
Libraries Aren't Boring to Sony Sony's purchase of MGM positions it for the future of home entertainment delivery, with the ability to generate some pretty healthy cash flow to boot. |
BusinessWeek
August 8, 2005
Ronald Grover |
Bothered And Bewildered At Sony Bewitched and other movies haven't done the trick at the box office for Sony. Can the special-effects film Stealth? |
BusinessWeek
June 3, 2010
Grover & White |
Creditors Seek Leads for MGM, the Sequel The studio's creditors, holding nearly $4 billion in debt left over from a 2005 buyout, weigh running the backlot themselves. |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2004
Ben McClure |
Comcast Wins in Sony-MGM Deal Comcast shareholders should be thrilled with the Sony-MGM deal. |
BusinessWeek
October 17, 2005
Edwards & Burrows |
Daggers Drawn Over DVDs How Sony gained an edge in its fierce battle with Microsoft over video formats. |
Home Toys
April 2006
Wayde Robson |
Blu-Ray Disc vs. HD DVD, Battle Lines Blur The story between the lines seems to be which manufacturers aren't taking sides at all. Conditions indicate a great possibility of a unified product sooner than we might have first suspected. |
InternetNews
October 3, 2005
Clint Boulton |
Battle For DVD Format Unfolds Film studio Paramount Home Entertainment said it would embrace the Blu-ray format backed by a group led by Sony. |
The Motley Fool
December 10, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Hooray for Blu-Ray! Disney validates the next generation DVD technology by promising to support Sony's Blu-Ray platform. |
BusinessWeek
March 28, 2005
Brian Bremner |
Can Sony Afford To Get Focused? It's under pressure to spin off financial services -- a real moneymaker |
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2004
Phil Wohl |
MGM Readies for Close-Up Pretty first-quarter results have the firm looking good. |
BusinessWeek
October 10, 2005
Cliff Edwards |
The Lessons For Sony At Samsung Samsung's business strategy includes listening to customers, partnering closely, and moving at warp speed. |
BusinessWeek
August 15, 2005
Kenji Hall |
Time For Sony To Call The TV Repairman Can the company's new chairman Howard Stringer stop the bleeding from its largest division? |
Home Theater
July 9, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
Sony HD Movie Channels Coming Sony is about to launch two movie channels. One of two would be studio's first wholly owned channel. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
July 1, 2010
Edwards et al. |
Sony Seeks Relevance in an Apple-Centric Age Sony is increasingly being eclipsed in consumer electronics by Apple. So it's pushing its content over networked devices to fight back. |
Home Theater
January 4, 2008
Mark Fleischmann |
Warner Goes Blu Warner Bros., which until now has released titles on both Blu-ray and HD DVD, will release Blu-ray-only from now on. |
InternetNews
September 14, 2004
Colin C. Haley |
How Much Hollywood For Comcast? Cable giant Comcast boosts video-on-demand offerings through a deal with Sony and considers a stake in MGM. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
June 17, 2010
Edwards & Grover |
Sony's Move into Web TV Sony, which will sell a Google TV later this year, is expanding its online movie content to be a leader in state-of-the-art TV program delivery. |
Home Theater
November 13, 2007 |
Stringer: Format War Stalemated The format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD is stalled in a stalemate. |
The Motley Fool
February 5, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Pixar Perfect Pixar scores a record quarter to close out a record year. |
Home Theater
January 15, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
Here Come First 3D BDs Sony and Disney will have 3D-compatible movies on Blu-ray out by year end. |
InternetNews
January 14, 2008 |
Toshiba Cuts HD Player Prices in Blu-ray Fight Toshiba is slashing prices of its HD DVD format players by between 40 to 50 percent as major Hollywood studios move to embrace Sony Corp's Blu-ray format high definition DVDs. |
Home Theater
October 1, 2007 |
MGM Lion to Roar in HD DirecTV will get a leg up on the Dish Network this fall with the launch of the MGM HD channel. |
InternetNews
January 7, 2008
Andy Patrizio |
HD DVD Down, But Still Not Out The loss of Warner Bros. struck a blow for Blu-ray's supporters, but analysts say the high-definition format battle is far from over. |
Home Theater
April 21, 2009 |
YouTube Gets More Movies and TV Hundreds of movies and thousands of TV shows will appear legally on YouTube thanks to a deal involving the video site, Sony Pictures, and 11 other media companies. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2005
Brian Gorman |
Sony Shakes Things Up Pundits have been saying that things needed to change at Sony, and today those folks got their wish. |
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. |
Home Theater
August 20, 2007 |
Paramount, DreamWorks Dump BD for HD DVD Two major studios have announced that they're dumping Sony's Blu-ray format for Toshiba's HD DVD. It looks as though both formats are likely to be around for the foreseeable future. |
InternetNews
July 26, 2006
Andy Patrizio |
Boom or Bust For Sony? Sony Electronics has developed an unfortunate reputation for developing amazing technologies and then dropping the ball when it came time to actually sell it. Now it seems like Sony could drop the ball on several big initiatives. |
BusinessWeek
November 26, 2007 |
Sir Howard Stringer On Recharging Sony The chairman and CEO talks about leading Sony, coping with exploding batteries, and PlayStation 3. |
BusinessWeek
October 17, 2005
Larry Armstrong |
Definitive Answers On High-Def Even if you're ready for high-definition DVDs, the market isn't ready for you. That won't happen until next year, when the players and disks will go on sale. |
Home Theater
February 28, 2006
Darryl Wilkinson |
Blu-ray Coming Your Way Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE), MGM Home Entertainment, and Lionsgate announced they're targeting May 23rd of this year to deliver the first batch of Blu-ray Disc (BD) titles at retail. |
Home Theater
January 22, 2008 |
Did Fox Flip Warner? Warner's decision to drop HD DVD and concentrate on Blu-ray releases may have been the climax of an epic bout of flipflopping. Or so says the rumor mill. |
PC Magazine
July 12, 2006 |
On Hold In yet another setback for Sony's ballyhooed Blu-ray hi-def video technology, Sony and Pioneer have pushed back their delivery dates for the first dedicated players. |
InternetNews
January 7, 2008 |
Toshiba: HD DVD is no Loser to Blu-ray Toshiba Corp said on Sunday its HD DVD high-definition video format is not dead despite being dealt a big setback by Warner Bros studio's decision to exclusively back Sony Corp's rival Blu-ray technology. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2006
Steven Mallas |
Sony's Spectacular Slate Sony's current movie slate is shining bright. But with the new iteration of PlayStation on the horizon, and the Blu-ray disc getting ready to enter the format wars, investors will want to look especially closely at the company. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2009
Anders Bylund |
Will Sony Kill the Kindle? Real books are so last century. Sony hastens the demise of printing presses and book binders. |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2004
Steven Mallas |
Disney Mousy About Movies Disney reiterates its reluctance to play the big-budget movie game. Good call, there's a better way. |
Wired
September 2006
Frank Rose |
Can the PS3 Save Sony The company that created the transistor radio and the Walkman is at the precipice. If Sony's new $600 console doesn't blow gamers away, it may be time to say good-bye. |
InternetNews
April 12, 2007
Andy Patrizio |
Who Is Drawing Out The High-Def DVD Stalemate? The split in HD DVD format has irritated many of those involved and resulted in consumer confusion over both formats. |
BusinessWeek
May 9, 2005 |
A Further Shake-up at Sony Corp. Sony says it will slash the size of its board from 16 to 12 and ensure that eight are independent directors, pending shareholder approval at the June annual meeting. |
InternetNews
February 19, 2008 |
Toshiba to Quit HD DVDs, Ends Format War Toshiba surrendered in the high-definition home movie war on Tuesday, giving up on its HD DVD format. |
InternetNews
January 4, 2006
Clint Boulton |
Blu-ray Building Arsenal Major film companies brace for the release of Blu-ray devices, announcing movies based on the format. |
BusinessWeek
October 8, 2009
Kenji Hall |
Sony's Google Gambit Sony is latching onto Google's open-source Android and other offerings as it plays catch-up with competitors. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
It's the Same Old Sony, Unfortunately Sony will report its first annual net loss in 14 years. However, given the last several years' history, it's surprising that it took this long. |
