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Face-Off on Stocks: Disney, Viacom, Time Warner


It's award season in Hollywood, with the Oscars just weeks away. But stocks are forward-looking, so investors are already keying on summer blockbuster season. And a bigger-than-expected summer hit or two can indeed provide a catalyst for media and entertainment company shares.

Hulu Considers an IPO to Expand Its Subscription Service

Hulu is considering raising up to $300 million in an IPO next year to add more shows to its subscription service, Reuters reported Friday. Will that be enough capital to keep Hulu competitive with Netflix, as well as services from companies such as Apple, Amazon and Wal-Mart?

ABC News's David Westin: 'The Right Time' to Leave

ABC News President David Westin is leaving his job after 14 years. A corporate mandate to increase his division's profitability apparently conflicted with his own commitment to high-prestige journalism.

A Hulu IPO?

Hulu is preparing to go public, according to a report in The New York Times. The offering could value the video content website at $2 billion.

Billionaire Ron Perelman Eyes Philadelphia's Newspapers

After technology and the worst recession in decades created enormous upheaval for the newspaper industry, the parent company of Philadelphia's leading papers is on the auction block today. Will billionaire Ron Perelman emerge as the hometown hero who saves the day?

ABC and Cablevision Face Off Over Oscars

Disney and Cablevision are locked in a tense standoff over carriage fees that could leave millions of viewers without access to the Academy Awards show, one of the biggest television events of the year.

Foreign Firms Were Upbeat about Haiti Before Quake

Of the many ironies of last week's earthquake in Haiti, this one is the cruelest: In the months before the disaster, international officials believed the outlook for the Western Hemisphere's poorest country was starting to improve. U.S. and South Korean firms were considering expanding operations there.

Microsoft Xbox Challenges Cable TV

Microsoft plans to use its XBox Live as a means to stream movies and TV shows into people's homes. If the extremely ambitious program eventually works as planned, customers could have no need for their cable TV.

Finding Value in Roy Disney's Holdings

Roy E. Disney, who died yesterday at the age of 79, may be best remembered as the nephew of Walt Disney. But there was another side to Roy Disney: he was one of the country's premier activist investors.

Roy Disney, Nephew of Walt, Dead at Age 79

Roy E. Disney, nephew of Walt Disney and occasional bane of the entertainment conglomerate's chief executives, died Wednesday at age 79 following a year-long battle with stomach cancer.