Television Tightrope: How I Escaped Hitler, Survived CBS, and Fathered Viacom
Glick Report (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
In an exclusive interview, Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman talked about the struggling advertising sector and economic recovery. He said the advertising market has stabilized over the course of the year. "We've seen over the last three quarters some improvement, we've went from -9% in the first quarter, to -6% in the second, to -4% in the [...]
Voices (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Michael Fricklas is Viacom's general counsel, and it's his job to oversee the company's legal efforts, including its $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube.
montgomeryadvertiser.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
NEW YORK -- Viacom Inc. said it has won exclusive rights in the U.S. to air "Michael Jackson's This Is It" on its MTV and BET cable networks starting in 2011.
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Viacom said Tuesday its rights to "This Is It" last six years and cover all of the domestic cable channels in its MTV and BET networks division. Terms were not disclosed. Viacom - Black Entertainment Television - Cable television - MTV - This Is It
Click World News (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Photo: Mag3737 Michael Fricklas, Viacom's General Counsel, gave a lecture to a Yale Law class in which he confessed that suing people for copyright infringement felt "like terrorism." He says that this was bad strategy on the entertainment industry's part, as was "bad" DRM. That's the good part -- an admission that suing customers is bad news. But lest you think that Fricklas has...
MacEvangelism (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Michael Fricklas is Viacom's general counsel, the company's top lawyer. I can't tell if he actually felt bad when he said the above at a recent meeting with Yale Law students. I kind of feel an evil,... 1 Vote(s)
Click World News (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Someone once told me that Viacom's top lawyer, Michael Fricklas, has been known to read Techdirt on occasion. I have no idea if this is true, but it still is interesting to watch him give a lecture to some Yale law students where he offers a somewhat nuanced position on copyright issues (thanks to JJ for being the first of many to forward the video to us), but which repeatedly seems to leave out certain...
Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Michael Fricklas is Viacom's general counsel, the company's top lawyer. I can't tell if he actually felt bad when he said the above at a recent meeting with Yale Law students. I kind of feel an evil, dark smile inside. Even as part of a big company, and as a consumer, and as a guy who loves technology and loves gadgets and all the interesting things that are happening on the Internet, I kind of agree...
Gizmodo Australia (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Michael Fricklas is Viacom’s general counsel, the company’s top lawyer. I can’t tell if he actually felt bad when he said the above at a recent meeting with Yale Law students. I kind of feel an evil, dark smile inside. (more…)
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Viacom Inc. says it has won exclusive rights in the U.S. to air "Michael Jackson's This Is It" on its MTV and BET cable networks starting in 2011.
Fast Company (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Viacom's general counsel says that suing people for file-sharing is "expensive, and it's painful, and it feels like bullying." Speaking to a group of Yale law students, Michael Fricklas admitted that "it felt like terrorism" when his company and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) engaged in suing a college student for peer-to-peer file sharing. Viacom, which controls...
Ars Technica (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Michael Fricklas is Viacom's general counsel, and it's his job to oversee the company's legal efforts, including its $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube. When people talk about Big Content, they're talking about people like Fricklas. So it might be surprising to watch him tell a class of Yale law students this month that suing end users for online copyright infringement is "expensive, and it's...
paidContent:UK (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Looks like BSkyB ( NYSE: BSY ) is really gearing up to be an advertising player in 2010. Not only has Sky Media won an exclusive contract to handle ad sales for Viacom’s MTV, VIVA, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and BET TV channels (via MarketWatch ); Sky is also prepping its customers for targeted online and TV advertising to begin in the new year…
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kevin Matras shows how to search for stocks with increasing Cash Flows, but low Price-to-Cash Flow ratios. Stocks in this week’s article include Bare Escentuals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BARE), Cantel Medical Corporation (NYSE: CMN), HealthSpring, Inc. (NYSE: HS), Toro Company (NYSE: TTC) and Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA.B). Click here for the full story exclusively on Zacks.com: http://at.zacks.com/?id=109...
Blue's News (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise now belongs to Conglom, a Viacom division, where they shelled out $60 million to acquire the property from the Mirage Group. This is reported on Variety,...
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