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Summit to take bite of MGM TWC?

Summit Entertainment might be working with Morgan Stanley to take a bite out of some distressed movie companies.


CBS Corp.

CBS Corp. (NYSE:CBS) operates as a mass media company in the United States and internationally. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in New York. To participate in the Most Admired Corporate Dealmakers Survey, go to www.thedeal.com/cdsurvey See the complete list of media companies CBS Corp. Acquisitions Date...


Morgan Stanley names Kindler global M&A head

Along with other M&A appointments, Morgan Stanley named a prolific dealmaker to replace its former global head of M&A, Gavin MacDonald, who died in December at 47.


CBS gets comScore kudos, replaces MarketWatch

CBS Corp.'s $1.8 billion acquisition of Cnet Networks Inc. in June has placed it in the company of the fastest-growing Web sites, according to a sneak peak of comScore Inc. data, which showed deals were a major factor for other sites on the list.Along with that bit of good news,...


Acquisitions drive fastest-growing Web sites, says comScore

Many of the big gains among the fastest-growing Web sites are the results of acquisitions, according to the latest rankings from comScore due Thursday. According to a sneak peak of the...


CBS eyes YouTube, Hulu with revamped TV.com

CBS Corp. is upping its stake in online video with the relaunch of its TV.com Web site, which the network acquired as part of its $1.8 billion takeover of Cnet Networks Inc. TV.com has until recently served as a digital television guide and a community fan forum, but CBS has...


Veteran CBS/Viacom dealmaker promoted to deputy CFO

Is CBS Corp.'s lead dealmaker being primed to take over the CFO role from Fredric G. Reynolds? Maybe so. Joseph Ianniello (pictured), whose relationship with Reynolds goes back at least a decade, has been promoted to deputy CFO. He previously had been chief development officer and treasurer and will continue...


Silicon Alley Insider's Henry Blodget grateful for second chance

"The allegations were devastating to me," former Internet securities analyst Henry Blodget tells Cnet Networks Inc. about being accused of fraud by former New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer...


CBS chief on the Web's future

How does CBS CEO Les Moonves see the Internet? Moonves went digital in a hurry in May, paying $1.8 billion for Cnet Networks Inc. and coming down firmly on the "buy"-side of a build-versus-buy decision.Tuesday Wired quoted an interesting remark he made at a conference: "The future of the Internet...


CBS' Moonves sees dark future in newspaper sector

The newspaper industry is in critical condition, and CBS CEO Les Moonves makes no bones about it. The media veteran, who helped engineer CBS' $1.8 billion purchase of online media company Cnet Networks Inc. in May, seemed to be gloating, telling an audience at MIXX 2.8, the Interactive Advertising Bureau's annual advertising conference Tuesday, about his company's new direction, which seems to spell only more troubles for the newspaper industry. ...


Media M&A numbers are strong, but dollars aren't

We already know the IPO market is nonexistent, but what about M&A? A report put out Tuesday by media-related investment banking firm the Jordan, Edmiston Group Inc. indicates that things...


Jana retreats from Cnet campaign

Activist hedge fund Jana Partners LLC said Thursday that it would drop its proxy contest with Cnet Networks Inc., following CBS Corp.'s pending $1.8 billion acquisition of the Internet hub. ...



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