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Hulu, the online streaming video platform, announced on Wednesday it has reached a new agreement with CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS). As part of the agreement with the country's most-watched TV network, Hulu's subscribers can live stream CBS' content through the soon-to-be-released,...

This weekend's

Investors hoping for a merger between CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) and Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB) were likely disappointed on Monday following reports that the merger talks have ended. Sumner Redstone and his daughter Shari Redstone control National Amusements, a holding company that owns a...

Election Day is one of the biggest revolving events for the media. Once every four years, the political rhetoric intensifies to its peek on a fateful Tuesday in November. Unfortunately, from time to time, the media itself becomes part of the story. Here’s a look at four of the biggest...

The cover story in this weekend's Barron's takes a look at a media empire that has offered better returns than Warren Buffett. Despite outsized returns in the past decade. a case is made for more room to grow among the nine stocks under the umbrella. Another featured article the...

Twitter Inc (NASDAQ: TWTR) kicked the first of 10 "Thursday Night Football" live streams last week to many great reviews. It was a bright spot for a struggling company that desperately needed a boost. Twitter dove into live streaming events head first, after securing upcoming NBA...

It is that time of the year again where the networks reboot themselves with a brand new schedule and a brand new crop of rookie series. For investors it is an important period as it can give them a snapshot of how the network will do over the next season and in many cases how that will impact the...

Shari Redstone, daughter of the ailing 93-year-old Sumner Redstone, is now in control of her father's media empire, Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA) (NASDAQ: VIAB) and will soon need to decide how to proceed. According to a report by Bloomberg, Shari Redstone is considering a move to recombine Viacom...

While Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) is set to release 2Q earnings later in the week, analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald are expecting to see improvements in Twitter's monetization strategy, despite seeing no growth in monthly active users or engagement figures. Cantor Fitzgerald is expecting Twitter to...

Neilson recently released C3 ratings through the end of May, and Goldman Sachs analyst Drew Borst took a look at how TV ratings are holding up and which companies are getting hit hardest by cord-cutting. Through the ninth week of Q2 2016, prime-time broadcast ratings for the 18–49 demographic...

Deutsche Bank reiterated its Buy rating on Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), saying its 2017+ sum-of-the-parts valuation suggests about 50 percent upside to current levels. The brokerage's 50 percent upside to current levels estimate is based on: 1. "Potential for AKAM'...

The NCAA tournament is staying put – for a long (long) time to come. Just over a week after Villanova was crowned this year's winner of March Madness, the network that aired the game and its partner have extended their deal for broadcast rights to the tournament through 2032. Turner Networks...

According to a report from the New York Post, CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) is planning on spinning off its radio division with a public offering. The New York Post quoted a memo that was written by CBS's radio division president, Andre Fernandez. The memo was sent to employees and stated, "The...

Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE: SNE)'s entrance into the cord-cutting movement is continuing its rollout this week as the company's PlayStation Vue streaming service is now available nationwide. On Monday, Sony added 203 markets to the original list of seven, but there's still a twist. Only that core seven...