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On paper going into the President's Day weekend, Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ: FOXA)'s "Deadpool" was expected to lead the field of new contenders, but not by the amount it earned. Instead of pulling in $60 million to $70 million, the super-hero flick collected $130+ million in three days...

Over the past few years, Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB)'s Paramount has relied very heavily on franchises to succeed at the box office. From "Mission Impossible" to "SpongeBob SquarePants," the Viacom-owned studio has had a ton of recognizable IP at its disposal. On Friday, Paramount unveiled it had...

After two rocky years at the box office that had more rises and falls than a roller coaster, Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX)'s Warner Bros. is confident this is the year it returns to glory. Between the debut of its DC connected universe and the return of J.K. Rowling's characters to the big screen,...

Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX) posted fourth-quarter results Wednesday, beating earnings expectations and increasing its guidance for 2016. However, the entertainment giant fell nearly $500 million short of its revenue target. Fourth-quarter EPS came in at $1.06, ahead of Street expectations of $1....

While the success of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," was expected, the sheer speed in which the movie burned through the record books is still stunning to behold. As a result, it shouldn't be a shock that Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) is priming the pump for an encore. Disney's...

In terms of sheer numbers, nobody had a better showing following Thursday's Academy Award nominations announcement than Fox. As the studio behind both "The Revenant" and "The Martian," Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ: FOXA) corralled 26 total nominations. The haul also included nominations for...

Nick Bertolotti of Credit Suisse commented that within the media space ‘Content Is King.' ITV PLC (OTC: ITVPF), Net Ease, Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ: NTES), and Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX) are ‘Kings' in the media space. The three names offer long-term growth potential within...

According to The Wall Street Journal, one of the main reasons Lego booked an 11 percent revenue boost in the first half of 2014 -- making it the biggest toy company in the world by sales -- was the release of The Lego Movie. Lego saw profit in the first half of $273 million on $2.03...

After months of hype for new, original content, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced that it would shut down its entertainment division. The Hollywood Reporter last week revealed that Microsoft might sell Xbox Entertainment Studios to another entity instead. Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) is...

Gannett’s (NYSE: GCI) announcement last Tuesday that it planned to spin off its print business, including USA Today, into a separate company was only the latest of several recent media spinoffs. Here's a look at how the deal stacks up against the others. The Debt Question Gannett...

What a difference a week can make. In that time, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has become a headline-making champion with iPhone 6 release hype, promising concepts (patents, anyone?), legal disputes with Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) and the loss of a prominent executive. Bitcoin also made headlines after a man...

Prisoners, the Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) hostage drama starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis, led the box office after defeating FilmDistrict's Insidious Chapter 2. Directed by James Wan, the second Insidious earned an estimated $14.5 million -- 64 percent less than what the firm...

Sony's (NYSE: SNE) mysterious TV service could launch sooner than later if the company's new deal with Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA) comes to fruition. According to The Wall Street Journal, Sony has reached a preliminary agreement with Viacom for its unconfirmed pay-TV series. Unlike Netflix (NASDAQ:...