A media CEO reminded people that, despite new internet distribution platforms, content owners remain in the drivers seat. He played down the idea of “cord cutters” but did acknowledge the emergence of people who have never had cable at all.
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Jeff Roberts
Nov 16, 2012 - 11:12 AM PST
Jeff Bewkes capped off a string of strange diatribes in which he has compared Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) to “the Albanian army” and “a hamburger”…
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Jeff Roberts
Dec 6, 2011 - 5:44 PM PST
While his counterparts at CBS (NYSE: CBS) and Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) offer new streaming video deals with Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Amazon (NS…
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Staci D. Kramer
Aug 3, 2011 - 7:30 PM PST
Whether it was Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) CEO Glenn Britt declaring TV is dead, long live the video screen or Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) CEO…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jun 14, 2011 - 3:23 PM PST
Thanks to growing demand for new Internet applications such as Netflix, broadband companies across the board are finding new growth opportunities. Time Warner Cable is no different and today reported surprisingly higher additions to its high-speed internet subscribers. And the trend is likely to continue.
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Om Malik
Apr 28, 2011 - 1:15 PM PST
My first thought when I heard that Jeff Bewkes fired Time Inc. CEO Jack Griffin was a sentence I can’t print here. The second one: maybe he…
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Staci D. Kramer
Feb 18, 2011 - 12:08 AM PST
If the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is the premier forum to show off the latest and greatest that your company has to offer, then…
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Ingrid Lunden
Jan 6, 2011 - 9:09 PM PST
After trying to determine which seat was the power seat on stage at The Paley Center’s International Council conference, the NYT’s David Car…
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David Kaplan
Nov 17, 2010 - 5:14 PM PST
Early agreements from Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Redbox to delay renting new titles until 28 days after they are first available for purchase…
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David Kaplan
Aug 4, 2010 - 11:36 AM PST
Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) CEO Jeff Bewkes isn’t dismissing the possibility of a partnership between CNN and a broadcast news operation but he…
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Staci D. Kramer
May 5, 2010 - 12:25 PM PST
In detailing what helped Time (NYSE: TWX) Warner’s return to profitability, CEO Jeff Bewkes started the Q4 call insisting that the company h…
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David Kaplan
Feb 3, 2010 - 1:24 PM PST
Jeff Bewkes got rid of that sucker called AOL (NYSE: AOL), so lets give him a big raise, says the Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) board. And so it i…
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Rafat Ali
Jan 29, 2010 - 9:18 PM PST
So as we suspected, Time Warner has shot down any speculation about the immediate future of Time Inc: CEO Jeff Bewkes told Jeffrey Goldberg…
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Rafat Ali
Oct 2, 2009 - 2:20 PM PST
Dragged down by advertising and subscription losses at *AOL* and Time Inc., Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) saw Q2 operating income two percent down…
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Robert Andrews
Jul 29, 2009 - 8:22 AM PST
Sometime this July, 5,000 Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) customers across the U.S. will get the first taste of TV Everywhere — and the first broadba…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jun 25, 2009 - 3:00 AM PST
ContentNext Media Co-Editor Staci D. Kramer spoke with Bewkes on the eve of the show about TV Everywhere, the spinoff of Time Warner (NYSE:…
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Staci D. Kramer
Apr 2, 2009 - 3:09 PM PST
Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes sent out a company-wide memo today describing the corporate landscape as Friday’s split…
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Staci D. Kramer
Mar 30, 2009 - 1:38 PM PST
For the past couple of weeks, the talk about putting network programming online has centered on cable and plans by Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), am…
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Staci D. Kramer
Mar 2, 2009 - 3:09 PM PST
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Rory Maher
Feb 4, 2009 - 4:06 PM PST
A much-expected move has happened: Richard Parsons, the former CEO of Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), is now stepping down as chairman of the compa…
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Rafat Ali
Dec 11, 2008 - 9:36 PM PST
Updated: Looking for clarity when it comes to Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) and AOL? So are we — Time Warner is exploring just about every variat…
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Staci D. Kramer
Dec 10, 2008 - 4:13 PM PST
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes says the Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) spinoff “is on track to get executed in early 2009. … We don’t see any…
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Staci D. Kramer
Dec 10, 2008 - 3:41 PM PST
Remember the whole Microsoft-Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) courtship and how for a brief period, everyone was talking to everyone else about possible t…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Sep 17, 2008 - 3:01 PM PST
Update: Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) spokesman Keith Cocozza says the company never granted Jon Miller permission to join the Yahoo board. “When…
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Staci D. Kramer
Aug 1, 2008 - 3:30 PM PST
Looks like Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) CEO Jeff Bewkes might be answering questions about the Bebo deal for awhile. He’s already admitted that t…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Jun 9, 2008 - 2:53 PM PST
Updated with video clips, after the jump, courtesy of AllThingsD:
Following a TMZ video about how brutal this interview is going to be, Ti…
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Staci D. Kramer
May 28, 2008 - 7:06 PM PST
With the complete separation of the cable unit, Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) will get a nice $9.25 billion dividend. So what’s the plan for all t…
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Joseph Weisenthal
May 21, 2008 - 9:58 AM PST
It looks like Jeff Bewkes will get to be chairman of Time Warner (NYSE: TWX). At its annual meeting of shareholders today, a proposal to kee…
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Joseph Weisenthal
May 16, 2008 - 2:45 PM PST
At his first earnings call as CEO, Jeff Bewkes said Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Cable’s fate would be determined by today and, sure enough, the…
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Staci D. Kramer
Apr 30, 2008 - 11:34 AM PST
Jeff Bewkes’ mind has been doing a lot of yo-yo on AOL (NYSE: TWX) in the last month…only a month ago he was firm on not selling AOL and l…
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Rafat Ali
Mar 11, 2008 - 11:57 PM PST
Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) was determined to drag this process out all week — Jeff Bewkes was announced as incoming CEO Monday, the earnings c…
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Staci D. Kramer
Nov 9, 2007 - 8:34 PM PST
“Of course, I didn’t turn down the offer,” Jeff Bewkes told Alan Murray, executive editor of Wall Street Journal Online, during a lunchtime…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Nov 7, 2007 - 3:44 PM PST
Listening to the Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Q3 earnings call now … I’ll spare you the blow by blow, focusing instead on what stands out.
Ou…
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Staci D. Kramer
Nov 7, 2007 - 1:48 PM PST
Effective Jan. 1, 2008, Jeff Bewkes, now president and COO, will be CEO of Time Warner. Dick Parsons will remain chairman of the board. The…
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Staci D. Kramer
Nov 5, 2007 - 5:22 PM PST
Update: CNBC is reporting the transition could be announced today. We’ll keep you posted.
As we predicted, no announcements about exec chan…
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Staci D. Kramer
Nov 5, 2007 - 2:06 PM PST
It can’t be, at least not until Thursday or Friday: Parsons is in India next week for the Fortune Global conference, which is a big stage of…
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Rafat Ali
Oct 26, 2007 - 3:03 PM PST