Want to buy the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun and six other daily newspapers? No, I don’t mean at the newsstand. The Other 98%, a nonprofit organization, has setup a crowdfunding campaign to buy Tribune Co.’s newspaper business....
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Nicole Carty, 23, speaks during a meeting for participants of Zuccotti Park's Occupy Wall Street encampment in New York.
Campaign to Buy Los Angeles Times Hopes to Crowdfund $660 Million
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Barry Diller's Aereo is perceived as a challenger to cable companies, but it may end up helping their bottom line.
Aereo’s Web TV Service May Be Cable Companies’ Ace in the Hole
If you’re thinking about canceling cable in favor of something cheaper, Aereo is a pretty attractive alternative at $8 to $12 a month. The online service, which is currently available in New York, plans to expand to 22 other U.S....
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The logo for SFR, a mobile-phone unit of Vivendi SA, sits on a giant display screen at one of the company's stores in Paris, France.
Vivendi Goes Back to Future With SFR Spinoff Plan
In its unlikely transformation from a regional water utility into Europe’s biggest telecom and media conglomerate, Vivendi has ridden a lot of corporate trends. It may be on the verge of adding another to the list: the spinoff. Vivendi is...
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Tiger Woods plays a bunker shot during the WGC-Cadillac Championship last week in Doral, Florida.
Tiger Woods Behave! Trace Sports TV Aims Its Lens at U.S. Shores
As if there weren’t enough sources of celebrity gossips, Trace Sports, whose TV shows cover the private lives of stars from golf legend Tiger Woods to hoops wizard LeBron James, has its eyes on the U.S. even as it’s working...
Read more »Time Warner Boss Wonders If Press Knows What They’re Talking About — Including His Own Reporters
If Time Warner Inc. CEO Jeffrey Bewkes isn’t aware of all the media he controls, give him a break. After all, he has a lot on his plate: CNN, HBO, Warner Bros. film studios, TNT, TBS, Cartoon Network … and...
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The lawsuit is the latest flare-up in what’s become an increasingly acrimonious relationship over affiliate fees.
Cablevision’s Viacom Lawsuit: How We Got Here
Why can’t we be friends? You may have read yesterday that Cablevision is suing Viacom for forcing it to take lower-rated channels along with its most popular networks, a practice the pay-TV company claims is illegal. Cable operators and networks...
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Donald Trump is the latest billionaire interested in owning the New York Times.
Why It’s Hard for Trump — or Anyone — to Buy the N.Y. Times
Ridicule of Donald Trump has become an almost daily occurrence. This week, the mockery came after he was revealed to be the latest billionaire interested in owning the New York Times. Again, and again, and again. New York Magazine’s Joe Hagan, who decided...
Read more »Cox Enterprises Invests $250 Million With Board Member Rackley
Cox Enterprises is investing a quarter of a billion dollars with board member Tripp Rackley, betting the serial entrepreneur will be able to profit from emerging trends in media and technology. Cox Enterprises, the closely held company that includes the...
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Founder Gabe Rivera said he would 'hate to see Techmeme wither or die inside a bigger company.'
No VC: Why Techmeme’s Gabe Rivera Resists Investors
This is the fifth in a five-part series called “No VC,” which highlights startups that have succeeded without venture capital, the lifeblood of Silicon Valley. Gabe Rivera often hears from Silicon Valley’s elite, who are eager to invest in his startup Techmeme, the...
Read more »Why Buy TV Sports Rights When You Can Just Buy the Teams?
Carlos Slim, the world’s richest man, wants more sports content for his Mexican telecom America Movil. He could try to negotiate broadcast rights with the teams and leagues. Or, as he’s done this year, simply buy a few teams. Over the...
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