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There is no shortage of winners when it comes to the surprising ascent of basketball star Jeremy Lin: the Knicks; Madison Square Garden Inc.; the fans; the NBA; Linsanity T-shirt sellers. But the loser has been Time Warner Cable, and its losing streak could last awhile.

Waiting for the cable guy, the Internet guy, or the air conditioner guy are tedious life necessities, like doing laundry or visiting the in-laws. But they are vastly more expensive. According to a new poll, American workers lost a total of $37.7 billion waiting around for in-house appointments in 2011.

Time Warner Cable Inc. has agreed to pull ads claiming its telecommunications services are carried on a fully fiber-optic network. The cable giant's decision came in response to a recommendation by a National Advertising Review Board (NARB) panel that Time Warner discontinue advertising claiming...

Wired has just declared the demise of the wild, open web, eclipsed by discrete apps and walled gardens -- all under the control of powerful corporations like Apple. Here's how this dire vision dovetails with the Google-Verizon net neutrality deal.

The following is a round-up of news likely to affect stock prices today: Novartis (NVS) has raised its stake in eye-care company Alcon (ACL) to 77% by buying Nestlé's majority stake for $28.1 billion, the Swiss drug giant said Monday, and has set its sights on acquiring the rest. Novartis...

Football fans and "American Idol" devotees can breathe a sigh of relief. Fox and Time Warner Cable have reached a deal in principle that will keep the network on the cable provider after Fox threatened to pull the plug over a fee dispute.

As Time Warner Cable and Fox Television go head to head over carrying fees, Fox is threatening to withhold its channel from Time Warner on Jan. 1.

Having moved into a new neighborhood offering Verizon's (VZ) FiOS television service, I was eager to shed my cable company and try FiOS, which boasts a better picture at a cheaper price. After trying it for about a month, I find the picture quality to be superior to cable television. However, a...

It sure has been a tough year for media companies, thanks to advertisers slashing budgets and consumers cutting back on spending. But just how bad has it been? According to Advertising Age, 2009 is on track to show the first-ever decline in media company sales since 1981, when the trade publication...

Time Warner Inc. (TWX), the world's largest media company and parent of this Web site, continues to be hurt by a drop-off in advertising sales. Net income at the owner of Warner Bros. film studios, CNN and AOL fell 14 percent in the first quarter to $661 million, or 55 cent a share, from $771...