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Bewkes revels in dismantling

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:46:12 GMT

Jeffrey Bewkes can't wait for the day when Time Warner is evaluated strictly as a content company. As Sumner Redstone did with Viacom, Bewkes has steered Time Warner into de-consolidation mode in the past few years.
Source: Variety

Crunch Time for Time Warner

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:39:16 GMT

Enter the recipients' email addresses, separated by commas: Your email has been sent. Evan Agostini / AP Photo His publishing unit is trouble. The spinoff of AOL is at hand.
Source: The Daily Beast

Quoted in 'Crunch Time for Time Warner'

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:39:16 GMT

Jeffrey Bewkes said in The Daily Beast:

Actually we’ve been hiding this, and you should be the one to break the news ... We are going to buy and roll up all the railroads in the United States. Then we’re going to put flat screens in all of the freight boxcars, because we think that anybody in a recession like this, who’s actually hitching a ride on a boxcar, could become a very loyal viewer of some of our programming. And later, we might be able to sell them something. That’s our theory.

Quoted in 'Crunch Time for Time Warner'

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:39:16 GMT

Jeffrey Bewkes said in The Daily Beast:

Now everyone has figured out this translation to the Internet, where you’re going take these highly demanded and successful brands like the Wall Street Journal, People magazine, HBO and MTV, using television, video on demand screens, Internet screens, across all methods of distribution, and the business model is paying for content and having advertisers

Time Warner Raises Annual Forecast, Reports Profit That Exceeds Estimates

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:16:55 GMT

Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Time Warner Inc. , owner of Fortune magazine and the HBO channel, raised its 2009 forecast and reported third-quarter profit that fell less than analysts estimated on cost cuts and rising cable-television revenue.
Source: Bloomberg.com

Time Warner profit tops estimates

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:32:22 GMT

Nov. 4 -- Time Warner Inc. , owner of Fortune magazine and the HBO channel, raised its 2009 forecast and reported third-quarter profit that fell less than analysts estimated on cost cuts and rising cable-television revenue.
Source: AZ Central.com

The Media Equation: A Big Deal, but Not a Good One

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:35:14 GMT

Content never became king search did but the notion continues to lure otherwise careful companies to the deal altar with its abundant charms.
Source: The New York Times

Time Warner CEO stands by magazine division

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:21:00 GMT

For those who didn't hear it the first time, Time Warner is sticking with Time Inc.
Source: NewYorkBusiness.com

180 Staffers Out in Condé Closures

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:33:25 GMT

Condé Nast shutters four titles, leaving 180 staffers without jobs and shuffling multiple publishers, while Time Warner CEO Jeffrey Bewkes quashes rumors that the company is selling its magazine division.
Source: mediabistro.com

Time Warner: Shopping For Deals?

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:40:22 GMT

Is Time Warner (TWX) shopping for deals? Citing the company’s $7 billion cash pile, Business Week wonders if CEO Jeffrey Bewkes will be inspired by the Disney (DIS) deal for Marvel (MVL) to beef up its own content business.
Source: Barron's Online

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:46:37 GMT

News Corporation Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch (L) laughs with Time Warner Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Bewkes (C) and Viacom President and CEO Philippe Dauman during a session about 'Prime Time in the Global Village' at the National Cable and Telecommuni...

Photo from Getty Images

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:00:00 GMT

WASHINGTON - APRIL 2: Jeffrey Bewkes, chairman and CEO of Time Warner Inc. , speaks at the Washington Convention Center April 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. Bewkes was speaking at the National Cable and Telecommunications Association conference.

Time Warner Chairman Jeff Bewkes MUM on MORMONS

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:07:24 GMT