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Media Minutes: November 25, 2011

Candace Clement — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:26:58 -0500

Several telecom and cable companies earned huge profits but paid next to nothing in taxes by exploiting loopholes in the tax code to avoid paying their fair share. And at least 26 journalists have been arrested while covering Occupy Wall Street protests across the country. One reporter kept his camera rolling as he was arrested.

Movie Review Bias: Time Warner vs. News Corp.

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:26:15 -0400

Full article: Freakonomics
Does media concentration lead to biased coverage? A new paper from two Berkeley economists, Stefano Delavigna and Alec Kennedy, studies News Corp. and Time Warner, and approaches the big question through a small window: movie reviews.

Media Minutes: May 27, 2011

Candace Clement — Thu, 26 May 2011 17:22:23 -0400

Comcast’s effort to stifle an organization for criticizing its political work created a bigger problem for the media giant. And North Carolina’s broadband future is looking grim with a new law that severely restricts community broadband networks.

Media Minutes: March 4, 2011

Candace Clement — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:28:09 -0500

For the fourth time in four years, Time Warner Cable is pushing a bill in North Carolina to kill competition from more reasonably-priced municipal broadband systems. Public access TV shows like PhillyCam’s “UnSolved Philadelphia” are stepping up to fill gaps in the journalism world today. Yet, PEGs across the country are facing funding threats.

Comcast, Time Warner Cable to Join 'World IPv6 Day' Test

Stevie Converse — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:11:58 -0500

Full article: Multichannel News
Todd Spangler
Comcast and Time Warner Cable plan to participate in World IPv6 Day on June 8, joining 26 other companies and organizations in a 24-hour test run of the next-generation Internet protocol. The event, coordinated by the not-for-profit Internet Society, comes after the last blocks of IPv4 addresses were doled out to each of the five regional Internet number registries last month.

News Corp. and Time Warner Profit Up on Cable

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:49:15 -0500

Full article: Reuters
Jennifer Saba and Yinka Adegoke
News Corp. and Time Warner both posted higher revenue and profit in the December quarter, boosted by surging advertising revenue at their cable TV business units.

Comcast, Time Warner Strike Major Content Deal

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:33:41 -0500

Full article: Los Angeles Times
Joe Flint
Comcast., the nation's largest cable and broadband provider, has struck a wide-ranging deal with Time Warner that will give the company access to content that it can distribute across numerous platforms. The multi-year deal means that Comcast subscribers will be able to access Time Warner-owned programming from networks that include TBS and TNT online.

FCC In Loop on Time Warner, Disney Discussions

Stevie Converse — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:54:54 -0400

Full article: Broadcasting & Cable
John Eggerton
An FCC source says the commission is "being kept informed" about carriage negotiations between Disney and Time Warner as the clock ticks down to a Sept. 2 deadline. It is certainly not unprecedented for the commission to be monitoring retrans battles, but it would indicate there is clear concern about the potential impact on consumers if the two sides do not reach an accord.

Sports Illustrated, Turner to Combine Online Sports

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:07:49 -0400

Full article: Bloomberg News
Sarah Rabil
Time Warner is consolidating the online operations of its Sports Illustrated magazine and Turner Sports to challenge Internet sports destination ESPN.com.

Moffett Downgrades Rating on Cable Operator Stocks

Stevie Converse — Tue, 11 May 2010 16:23:45 -0400

Full article: Broadcasting & Cable
John Eggerton
Sanford Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett has downgraded his rating on cable operator stocks from "outperform" to "neutral." Moffet's prediction for reclassification drew an immediate response from the supporters of Net Neutrality, with Chris Riley of Free Press saying that the FCC would actually be supplying some of the predictability that the market likes.