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Netflix Could Face Competition with New Amazon Streaming Service
Friday, November 22, 2013 - 3:14pm | 323Read More...The battle over streaming content is about to heat up. The New York Times reported that Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced an exclusive deal with A24, a film distribution, financing and production company. The deal marks the first exclusive agreement for the company. A24 has achieved success in a...
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The Market Feels Disney Magic
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 9:10am | 496Read More...Barton Crockett, senior media and entertainment analyst at Lazard Capital Markets, called in to CNBC's Squawk Box for a chat on The Walt Disney Company's (NYSE: DIS) $0.02 beat, with their Q2 EPS at $0.79 over $0.77 analyst estimates. Their revenue for Q2 is up $10.55 billion over $10.49 billion...
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Disney's Home Page Surfaces, Forgets ESPN & ABC
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - 9:21am | 473Read More...Gearing up for a fun-filled "Monstober," Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) has unveiled a new home page for its ever-evolving website. Sticking mostly with a Halloween-esque theme, (including promotions for "Frankenweenie" and interactive game Monster Maze Mania), the company is striving to provide...
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Disney Trades Up on The Avengers Profit
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - 3:16pm | 426Read More...The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) traded slightly up on Wednesday after the company reported third quarter earnings on Tuesday after market close. The company's third-quarter results exceeded expectations for earnings, but revenues came in lower than anticipated. Disney reported third-quarter...
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Disney Bought Marvel at $4 Billion, Should You Buy Disney at $43?
Monday, May 7, 2012 - 12:14pm | 762Read More...Three years after the Marvel acquisition, Disney is earning record-breaking revenue from the first film based on The Avengers. At more than $600 million worldwide, the long-awaited motion picture is already the most successful of 2012. And while some of the profits must be shared with Paramount...
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40% of People Who Saw The Avengers Were…
Monday, May 7, 2012 - 9:07am | 751Read More...The Avengers is breaking records all over the place, and not just in the ways that people expect. In addition to the groundbreaking opening ticket sales estimate of more than $200 million domestically, The Avengers has earned more than $440 million worldwide. According to Box Office Mojo, that...
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POW! Entertainment Brings Stan Lee's Trademark Talents to the Digital Space
Friday, November 18, 2011 - 7:54pm | 975Read More...The creator of X-Men, Spider-Man, Iron Man and other iconic comic book characters is preparing for a new frontier in digital entertainment. Stan Lee's new company, POW! Entertainment (OTC: POWN), announced two new partnerships this week – one with YouTube and one with EQAL – that mark the...
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Hasbro CEO Talks Rising Costs, New Deals, The Hub, And More
Friday, February 11, 2011 - 3:15pm | 239Read More...This afternoon, Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) CEO Brian Goldner spoke to CNBC about some of the company's products and movie tie-ins, as well as the rising cost of oil. “We've looked at how the rising costs will go into our products, ‘cause we have so many products that are new every year,” Goldner...
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Disney Must Get Its Movie-Marketing House in Order
Friday, September 10, 2010 - 11:29am | 91Read More...Disney (NYSE: DIS) management has decided to hire a new marketing person to sell Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, a movie that will hit theaters in May 2011, according to The Hollywood Reporter. This move should make Disney shareholders at least a little concerned. Apparently, the...
