Eugene David ...The One-Minute Pundit |
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Thursday, December 27, 2007
Here we thought PEOPLE WARNER ran that Poop-of-the-Year stunt so its new King could do more biz in Russia -- and now He's rushin' to break up the company?!?!?
Bewkes may spin off the cable-television division and sell the AOL Web and Time Inc. magazine units, said Gamco Investors Inc. fund manager Chris Marangi and National City Bank analyst Daniel Poole. The remaining company, anchored by the film studio and cable-TV networks, would resemble Viacom Inc. -- and accordingly command higher multiples, Marangi said. Sumner Redstone's Viacom, owner of Paramount Pictures and MTV Networks, trades for nine times projected 2008 earnings before interest, taxes and non-cash expenses, Marangi said in an interview. New York-based Time Warner, whose assets include Warner Bros., CNN and HBO, trades at seven. Like, WOW! That's a real run-up!
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