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Turmoil on Wall Street and a tale of two strategics (from Corporate Dealmaker)

We've been asking the question a lot around here lately: How are strategics being affected by the turmoil on Wall Street? Early Friday, our Baz Hiralal noted that the credit squeeze has Cablevision Systems Corp. chief executive Jim Dolan questioning whether asset sales can get done. The Deal's Andrea Orr,...

Posted on September 19, 2008 4:51 PM

Credit crunch squeezes Cablevision sale ... and the U.S. (from Corporate Dealmaker)

As the Dow Jones and other markets ride their roller coaster on news of a Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. bankruptcy and the "Sovereign wealth Fed" reacting by boosting money market funds (which "broke the buck" for the first time in 14 years) and possibly creating an entity to eat up banks' bad debt, dealmakers have to adjust their game plans as well. At a Goldman, Sachs & Co. conference in New York, Cablevision Systems Corp. chief executive Jim Dolan said...

Posted on September 19, 2008 10:51 AM

WiMax news: Cablevision and Sprint move ahead (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Cablevision Systems Corp. said Thursday it completed the initial phase of its $300 million-plus Optimum Wi-Fi deployment in New York and expects to bring wireless Internet to its customers for free in the tristate area over the next two years. Cablevision's strategy, as Cnet.com puts it, is not to operate...

Posted on September 4, 2008 4:36 PM

Cablevision-Newsday: Biz model worth watching (from Corporate Dealmaker)

So Newsday Media Group goes to Cablevision Systems Corp. for $650 million, and not to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.  The Dolans, who control Cablevision, have nothing like Murdoch's reputation for seeing into the future of the media industry. But they may be on to something here, in the view of...

Posted on May 12, 2008 1:27 PM

Take-private on hold, Cablevision eyes concert business (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Cablevision Systems Corp. and IAC/InterActiveCorp's Ticketmaster are trying to acquire 49% of concert promoter AEG Live, the NYT reports, citing people briefed on the talks. The move is part of a broader plan to consolidate various segments of the live music...

Posted on February 29, 2008 12:48 PM