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The opportunities that social media sites like Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) provide for companies to gain trendy, cheap exposure for their products and services are too much for many companies to resist. While many companies have been successful in building their brands...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) announced on Wednesday that it is increasing its dividend by 15 percent on an annualized basis and will start paying them twice a year. Anthony DiClemente, Nomura senior analyst, was on CNBC Thursday to weigh in on this. Committed To Returning Capital "Disney has...

Stellar results from Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s upcoming episode in the Star Wars film franchise will be offset by pressure on its ESPN sports television business, an analyst said Wednesday. Morgan Stanley's Benjamin Swinburne reaffirmed his Equal-Weight rating and $117 target on...

Tuesday night marked a historical event for the Golden State Warriors, as the team rallied against LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers to win its first NBA championship since 1975. But Tuesday was also a landmark night for Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS), as its ABC television network garnered its...

The runaway success that Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has had in the movie and TV streaming business has prompted a rush toward the sector, with everyone from small startups to big name cable companies trying to get in on the action. As more consumers cut the cord and turn toward online viewing,...

"League of Legends" and the "Defense of the Ancients" games have long-dominated the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) genre of electronic sports. These games combined for just over $1 billion from January to September 2014, according to SuperData Research via Venture Beat...

ESPN --a subsidiary by Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) -- on Monday announced it has sued Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) over what it claims to be a breach of contract stemming from Verizon's new custom cable plan. Verizon is now allowing its FiOS customers to choose a smaller TV bundle, while...

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) reiterated its contention Tuesday that splitting ESPN from its core cable TV offerings doesn't violate a contract with Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS). Disney, parent of ESPN, on Friday said Verizon's plan isn't authorized by its existing agreements...

On April 1, digital currency payments processor BitPay and ESPN announced that the St. Petersburg Bowl would no longer be called the Bitcoin Bowl as the two agreed to end BitPay's sponsorship of the event. Little is known about why BitPay pulled out of its three-year deal to sponsor the game...

In a report published Tuesday, Morgan Stanley analyst Benjamin Swinburne commented that Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)'s premium has widened compared to both media peers at consumer staples. According to Swinburne, Disney's incremental EBIT growth stemming from activities outside of the TV ecosystem...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) shares rose sharply Wednesday after its first-quarter earnings came in 23 percent higher than Wall Street expected. The entertainment company hit a 52-week high earlier Wednesday of $101.22, trading recently at $100.56, up more than 6 percent. Despite negative...