Time Warner Profit Falls 14% (Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™)

The Wall Street Journal ^ | April 29, 2009 | Kerry E. Grace

[Landru]

Time-Warner [slowly] tanking???
If so it's been a long time coming, and I for one couldn't be happier.

We had Time-Warner's AOHell for 10 years.
One morning upon opening my AOHell home page I'm greeted with a large bold headline, it read: Garth Brooks Rocks For Gay Rights.

I sat there, totally stunned.

When I collected myself I calmly picked up the phone, called AOHell. Read the AOHell himbo the riot act. Then, terminated our 10 year association. -End of Line-

Time-Warner.
Now that one's especially dear to my heart. ;^)

[abb]

For The Longest TIME

[abb]

http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2009-04-28-diller-ceo-forum_N.htm
CEO Forum: Media mogul Diller on Twitter, Ticketmaster, etc.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/04292009/business/nasty_news_ahead_166694.htm?page=2
NASTY NEWS AHEAD
SI NIXED MAG TO PROTECT HIS PORTFOLIO

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/mcgraw-hill-feels-brunt-recession/story.aspx?guid={131B4DF0-8F81-4B0D-A002-25DA7CB5A3C9}
McGraw-Hill suffers from the economic slowdown
Commentary: The big publisher feels the effects of the recession

[OrioleFan]

Maybe that’s why AOL doesn’t put out the CDs any more, so they will appreciate in value. The other reason is that dial-up is becomming a thing of the past.

[abb]

http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Broadcastrecap_64/Bum_year_even_with_DVRs_tossed_in.asp
Bum year, even with DVRs tossed in

snip

This has been a rough season for the broadcast networks, regardless of the measure.

That’s the case even when looking at the most recent live-plus-seven-day ratings, the most inclusive measure of the broadcasters’ audience. L7 ratings are based on live viewing plus seven days of DVR playback. DVRs are now in more than 30 percent of homes, according to Nielsen.

On this measure, four of the five networks are down from last year through April 26 for the season that began in September, despite favorable comparisons to last year, when the networks’ ratings were getting hit hard by the writers’ strike.

snip

[abb]

This is my favorite. Since you're a newbie to the Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™ threads, you may not have seen the TIME themed songs I've fixed up.

TIME has Come Today

[Landru]

"This is my favorite."

HA!!
Quite apropos', isn't it.
Just so happens to be among my favorites, also. {have both vinyl and CD copies in my library...}

"Since you're a newbie to the Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™ threads, you may not have seen the TIME themed songs I've fixed up."

I'm recoiling over being tagged "newbie", to this or any other thread.
Thanks abb.
Combined with the T-W development, its made my day. :^)

[Liberty Valance]

[nyconse]

Good, this is the worst outfit I ever did business with...they are liars...they quote one price and then double it...it took months to resolve my problem...rate hikes even though promised 12 months without rate hikes...hey the CEO just got a raise 28 million...these people are greedy. How can you get a raise when your company is doing badly...I feel for TW shareholders who will be screwed over in the end.

[MrEdd]

.I feel for TW shareholders who will be screwed over in the end.

I don't feel shit for them. Time has been a corrupt entity with overpaid staff for decades. They chose to put their money there, and not impose fiduciary restrictions on the company through the stock voting process.

They willingly threw their money away.

[nyconse]

You have a point...there have been complaints and lawsuits about this company for years...they are scum.

[abb]

Profile of TIME

[abb]

http://www.observer.com/2009/media/nbc-exploring-possible-changes-its-longtime-headquarters-washington-dc
NBC Exploring Possible Changes at Its Longtime Headquarters in Washington D.C.

http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=42171
Deadline: What it’s Really Like Inside the City’s Big Daily

http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/04/29/lawmakers_issue_call_to_preserve_the_globe/
Lawmakers issue call to preserve the Globe

[abb]

http://baltimorebrew.com/blog/?p=2116
More on Baltimore Sun layoffs

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003967453
Guild Leaders: ‘Baltimore Sun’ Editor Cuts ‘Shocking’

[abb]

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/forestwebs_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003967401
FORESTWEB REPORT: No Let-up in North American Newsprint Consumption Decline

http://www.buzzmachine.com/
The Twitter flight (well, train)

[SevenofNine]

OH ABB you forgot the Time in the bottle

If you really want form that trifica

[abb]

http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_149969.asp
Times Free Press Has Another Round Of Layoffs

http://thephoenix.com/Boston/News/81717-Will-the-Globe-survive/
Will the Globe survive?
Sizing up the paper’s future as it approaches the deadline from hell

[abb]

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003967747
Big Job Cuts at NAA — And No Longer Will Print ‘Presstime’

http://www.poynter.org/forum/view_post.asp?id=13920
More cuts at the Baltimore Sun

http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/
Time Warner Buries Bad Film Financing News Inside 2008 Annual Report: Also 1st-Q Profit Up But Film Division Revenue Falls 7.3%; AOL Spinoff Planned

[abb]

TIME in a Bottle

[SevenofNine]

COOL thanks Abb I need it at after reading that article