Lionsgate (LGF – recently renamed from Lions Gate Entertainment) announced the sale of its studio production facilities in Canada for $36.1 million. To be honest, I did not even realize the company owned its own facilities. According to a report I just read, this asset was going to generate less than $5 million in revenue […]
The weekend box office saw the top dozen films gross 5% less than a year ago but with the final weekend in January in the books, Hollywood has to be pleased with 2006 so far. Heading into this weekend, the box office was up more than 9%, a nice turn from the dismal 2005 performance, […]
It is hard to add value on the Disney-Pixar transaction. I received a dozen virtually identical analyst reports and CNBC was basically DisneyPixarVision for two days. I do want to highlight notes by Rich Bilotti of Morgan Stanley and Dave Miller of Sanders Morris Harris. It is not really anybody’s fault that the notes were […]
It would be very surprising if anything of substance came from the earnings release and conference for the 4Q05 report by Knight Ridder (KRI). First, the company is in the midst of an auction with presentations being made to a number of interested industry and private equity buyers. This will probably restrict what management can […]
Gannett (GCI) shares are rallied strongly, up about 3%, following the company’s fourth quarter earnings report issued before the open on Friday. The action is similar to the response to earnings from New York Times (NYT) and Dow Jones (DJ). Investors are reacting positively to stronger than expected trends in December advertising, hoping this time […]
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