Comcast and Disney are on the verge of a head-to-head bidding war for Fox's entertainment properties. The potential battle for Twenty-First Century Fox comes as traditional entertainment companies try to amass more properties to compete better with technology companies such as Amazon and Netflix for viewers' attention — and dollars. FILE - This March 29, 2017, file photo shows a sign outside the Comcast Center in Philadelphia. Comcast says it’s considering making an offer to buy Twenty-First Century Fox, which would put it in a head-to-head bidding fight with Disney. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) FILE - This March 29, 2017, file photo... Photo by Matt Rourke Comcast said Wednesday that it's in the "advanced stages" of making an offer. The company did not provide details, other than to say that its all-cash offer would have a higher value than Disney's current, $52.4 billion, all-stock offer. The Wall Street Journal and others reported earlier that Comcast had … [Read more...] about Comcast vs Disney: A fight for Twenty-First Century Fox
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Comcast v. Disney: a fight for Twenty-First Century Fox
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Sen. Kerry declassifies Vietnam trove — Laura Ingraham channels POTUS, VPOTUS — White House: 3m stimulus jobs so far — Gore to appear with Biden — Arianna b’day tomorrow
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE won last night’s Major League Baseball All-Star game 3-1, and POLITICO’s Daniel Strauss notes: “According to an analysis by University of Minnesota professor Eric J. Ostermeier, who writes the Smart Politics blog, a National League victory in the Midsummer Classic has preceded every election with double-digit GOP House gains since 1950. ... Since 1948, every time the Republicans have gained at least five Senate seats, the National League has won.” http://bit.ly/aRMIZp BREAKING -- "Obama warns Africans about Al-Qaeda," by AFP's Stephen Collinson: "President Barack Obama warned Africans that groups like Al-Qaeda saw their 'innocent' lives as cheap, in a personal challenge to extremists on the continent after the Uganda bombings. ... Obama, leveraging his African heritage and popularity on the continent, took direct aim at the Shebab and Al-Qaeda after attacks on crowds in Kampala glued to the World Cup final on Sunday killed at least … [Read more...] about Sen. Kerry declassifies Vietnam trove — Laura Ingraham channels POTUS, VPOTUS — White House: 3m stimulus jobs so far — Gore to appear with Biden — Arianna b’day tomorrow
OBAMA TO UNVEIL CORPORATE NON-DISCRIMINATION PLEDGE FOR LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED — EZRA KLEIN announces Project X: next-gen digital news from science to sports — HOWARD WOLFSON music column
2014 STRATEGIES – “Washington's attention-to-deficits disorder,” by Carrie Budoff Brown and Jake Sherman: “Republicans don’t want to divert attention from Obamacare and plan to demand changes in the health care law, not spending cuts, in exchange for a debt-limit increase next month. … For Obama, the shifting landscape is a chance to move past an issue that some Democrats see as a political loser headed into midterms -- the president even complained to Senate Democrats this month that he doesn’t get enough credit for previous deficit cuts. Republicans see an opportunity to redefine themselves [with] an agenda beyond budget cuts. They say they will focus on ‘kitchen-table’ issues like increasing take-home pay, creating new incentives for school vouchers and charter schools, and some form of immigration reform. … “That means there won’t be renewed efforts to tackle the real drivers of the debt [Paul Ryan: … [Read more...] about OBAMA TO UNVEIL CORPORATE NON-DISCRIMINATION PLEDGE FOR LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED — EZRA KLEIN announces Project X: next-gen digital news from science to sports — HOWARD WOLFSON music column
CBS News Logo YouTube to launch live TV networks in next few months
YouTube is going live. Google’s massive video site will launch live TV networks with a virtual cable service in the next few months, competing with cable, satellite and online pay-TV providers like Dish’s Sling TV, Sony’s PlayStation Vue and AT&T’s DirecTV Now. “The younger generation wants to consume TV in the way that they’re used to consuming video online,” YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said. The company unveiled the service at an event Tuesday in Los Angeles that was live-streamed to reporters at YouTube Spaces in New York, San Francisco and San Bruno, California. The service, called YouTube TV and priced at $35 a month, will offer all the broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC), sports channels like ESPN, cable networks like FX and USA, 24-hour news like Fox News, kids programming like Sprout and local TV networks, among other channels. It will have an unlimited cloud DVR to record shows and watch them later, and the … [Read more...] about CBS News Logo YouTube to launch live TV networks in next few months