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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. |
Wired March 2002 Frank Rose |
Big Media or Bust As consolidation sweeps the content and telecom industries, FCC merger maniac Michael Powell has a plan: Let's roll... |
InternetNews April 13, 2004 Colin C. Haley |
Report: SEC to Charge TW Over AOL Ad Deal A probe over the ISP's accounting for $400 million in questionable ad revenue will reportedly culminate in a formal charge for AOL parent Time Warner this summer. |
Knowledge@Wharton |
So Far, the AOL Time Warner Merger Gets Mixed Reviews Some of the anticipated synergies have actually come about and the company has successfully met a number of its goals, according to industry observers. Detractors, however, can point to several unexpected and/or unwelcome developments over the past five months... |
BusinessWeek July 14, 2003 Catherine Yang |
Merger of Titans, Clash of Cultures Alec Klein's Stealing Time: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Collapse of AOL Time Warner is an engaging account of the ill-fated 2001 merger of AOL and Time Warner, and it is at its best when depicting the antics of AOL's high-living, gunslinging dealmakers. |
The Motley Fool April 29, 2004 Steven Mallas |
Time Warner Still in AOHell Time Warner reports a doubling of its net profits for the first quarter. |
Knowledge@Wharton February 26, 2003 |
Is It time to Give Up on AOL Time Warner? Just over two years after a $103.5 billion merger, AOL Time Warner is a shambles. Was this just bad luck? Was the merger ill-conceived? Or is this disastrous performance -- the stock has fallen nearly 90% - an object lesson in the perils that confront any mega-merger? |
BusinessWeek August 2, 2004 Ewing & Lowry |
Napster and Bertelsmann: It Seemed Like A Good Idea... A bad deal is still giving the German media conglomerate BMG nightmares. |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Time Warns, Errs Time Warner's quarterly report is a mixed bag. |
Salon.com June 14, 2000 Sean Elder |
Fight the power A group of consumer advocates and content providers is fighting the merger of AOL and Time Warner. These strange bedfellows won't kill the deal, but they could alter it for the better. |
Fast Company July 2002 George Anders |
AOL's True Believers Wall Street is down on AOL Time Warner -- and worried about its moguls. Yet deeper in the ranks, a cadre of executives is working hard to bring the troubled colossus to life. Here's how a new cast of players is building the future of the world's biggest media company. |
Salon.com January 10, 2000 Scott Rosenberg |
AOL and Time Warner's marriage of insecurity Fear drove the two companies into bed with each other. Now it's our turn to be afraid. |
BusinessWeek June 11, 2009 Jon Fine |
Time Warner: Is it Time to Dump Time Inc.? The media giant's magazine empire may be the next spin-off. But for now, it won't hurt to wait and see what happens. |
The Motley Fool November 1, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
Is It Time for Time Warner? Time Warner's third quarter had some bright spots, but there are a few elements that some investors might not find too thrilling. |
BusinessWeek February 9, 2004 Jack Ewing |
Reckoning At Bertelsmann Now CEO Gunter Thielen has to show that he can do more than just lop heads |
The Motley Fool September 13, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
Time Warner Turns a Page The media conglomerate puts some magazine titles on the block. Time Warner shareholders should be relieved that the company's taking a hard look at its different business segments to emphasize the most promising and profitable properties. |
InternetNews August 24, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
AOL Hoorays Hollywood Again Can Time Warner's AOL video service entice consumers to download movies where other attempts have failed? The answer is a definite "maybe." |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2008 Anders Bylund |
Foolish Forecast: Time Warner Unzipped In advance of Time Warner's fourth-quarter reports, let's compare the media giant to some of its competitors and peers. |
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. |
The Motley Fool July 28, 2004 Alyce Lomax |
Time Warner Tunes In to Revenues The media giant beats analysts' estimates, with upbeat news on all fronts. |