YourFINDit.com (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Moody Investors Service said Wednesday it may upgrade its "Baa3" credit rating for Viacom Inc., citing improving corporate governance and the potential for reducing debt as business improves.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SpongeTech® Delivery Systems, Inc. America’s Cleaning Company™, (OTCBB: SPNG), today announces that the Company has expanded its licensing agreement with Nickelodeon and
BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 29/06/2009
Filed under: Time Warner (TWX) , Walt Disney (DIS) , Viacom (VIA) , Hasbro Inc (HAS) , Film Well, Viacom 's (NYSE: VIA ) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen took command of the domestic box-office weekend. No surprise after observing what the film did last Wednesday when it opened. According to Boxofficemojo , Fallen , as of early estimates, grossed $112 million during the three-day period starting...
BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 27/06/2009
Filed under: Time Warner (TWX) , Viacom (VIA) , Media World , Film So, earlier in the week, I discussed Michael Bay and his freak-out with Viacom, Inc. (NYSE: VIA ) over the marketing quality on his latest film, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen . Turns out Mike had nothing to worry about. This film is doing great. At the time of this writing, the film was estimated to have grossed over $60 million...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 26/06/2009
International News: Spanish DTT channels gain access to library -- Viacom Inc. has struck a programming alliance with Spanish media conglom Vocento for Spain's emerging DTT market.
SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 26/06/2009
Julia Boorstin submits: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen from Viacom's Paramount (VIA) and Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Studio is already breaking some major records, making it likely to be the biggest film of the year. It opened in over 4,200 U.S. theaters Wednesday, bringing in an estimated $55 million at the box office, $16 million of which was from post-midnight shows early Wednesday morning,...
CNNMoney.com (Free subscription) | 24/06/2009
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Company Town (Free subscription) | 24/06/2009
After the coffee. Before berating your assistant. The Anti-Hulu? Time Warner and Comcast announced they are teaming up on "TV Everywhere," an initiative designed to make consumers show they subscribe to pay services such as cable an satellite before they...
BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 22/06/2009
Filed under: Earnings reports , General Electric (GE) , Walt Disney (DIS) , Viacom (VIA) Now, here is an interesting little spat. Michael Bay, according to The Hollywood Reporter , is upset with Viacom (NYSE: VIA ). Why? Well, there's a movie coming out this week called Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen . It's the sequel to the big summer hit from a couple years back that brought the Transformers...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 16/06/2009
Vulture buddy Nikki Finke was the first to break the news that Brian Graden, the president of entertainment of the MTV music channels group, has decided to step down from his position sometime early next year, when his current contract expires. The Viacom rumor mill had been buzzing about this news for the last few months, but it's still sort of surprising to us that the official announcement came...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 15/06/2009
Forbes magazine thinks the duo is helping Comedy Central get older.
BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 09/06/2009
Filed under: General Electric (GE) , Time Warner (TWX) , Walt Disney (DIS) , Viacom (VIA) , Media World Viacom, Inc. (NYSE: VIA ), a media company that competes with entities such as The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS ), General Electric Company 's (NYSE: GE ) NBC Universal, and Time Warner, Inc. (NYSE: TWX ), held its annual shareholder meeting last week. An article from The Hollywood Reporter recounted...
Mediabuyerplanner (Free subscription) | 05/06/2009
Nickelodeon is getting out of the magazine business at a time when print publications are “severely challenged,” said Nickelodeon TV pres Cyma Zarghami in a memo to staff, according to Multichannel...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 05/06/2009
CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Viacom Inc. said Friday it would change the end of its fiscal year to Sept. 30 from Dec. 31, beginning in October 2010. It will run a transitional nine-month fiscal year from Jan. 1 to Sept. 30, 2010. In a statement, Viacom Chief Executive Philippe Dauman said the change would allow the company to better align its financial periods and annual budget planning with its business...
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