Jul
27
2010
Ryan Kavanaugh, one of Hollywood’s most prominent film financiers, is mulling a possible initial public offering of his firm Relativity Media, after signing a deal to acquire the 45-person marketing and distribution staff of Liberty Media’s Starz Overture film studio, Bloomberg News reported. “Down the road, we’ll be looking at several options, one of which [...]
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Jul
23
2010
Richard Desmond, the British newspaper baron, has shaken hands early Friday morning on a £100 million ($154 million) deal to buy struggling U.K. national broadcaster, Channel Five, from owner RTL, The Guardian reported. The deal still has to be formally accepted by the board of RTL’s parent company, Bertelsmann. However, The Guardian said the deal [...]
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Jul
10
2010
That you are reading this means you have some interest in how the new media operate. The ethics of online news operations are still being developed on the fly, shifting a bit as each new tech development kicks in. In the past couple of days, a couple of spectacular failed “experiments” have been playing out [...]
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