Read more Jeff Bewkes stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/15784/jeff-bewkes.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:35:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/60346/time-warner-set-to-spin-off-aol-by-years-end.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTime Warner plans to to shed its AOL division by the end of the year, the company said today, spinning it off into a publicly traded firm, the Wall Street Journal reports. Many predicted the move when Time Warner tapped Google ad exec Tim Armstrong as AOL’s CEO, and amended...http://www.newser.com/story/60346/time-warner-set-to-spin-off-aol-by-years-end.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 May 2009 8:43:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52646/warner-bros-watches-watchmen-to-gauge-health.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWarner Brothers restructured last year to focus on producing blockbusters like The Dark Knight , and now the studio is waiting to see if the move pays off with Watchmen , the Financial Times reports. Warner can finance a slew of films with profits from one “tent pole” movie. “The obvious thing...http://www.newser.com/story/52646/warner-bros-watches-watchmen-to-gauge-health.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Mar 2009 16:10:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49852/time-warner-posts-16b-loss-on-declining-media-value.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTime Warner reported a shattering fourth-quarter loss of $16 billion, prompted by plunging ad sales and a $25 billion goodwill writedown to reflect the decline in cable, publishing, and Internet assets, Bloomberg reports. While the media conglomerate took a hit from plummeting revenue at AOL and its magazines, rising revenue...http://www.newser.com/story/49852/time-warner-posts-16b-loss-on-declining-media-value.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Feb 2009 6:18:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/22219/hbo-struggles-for-post-sopranos-hits.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHBO, at 36 years old no longer a bold young upstart of a network, is struggling to come up with hits to match The Sopranos and Sex & The City, the Wall Street Journal reports. Changes in the top ranks have meant shifts in direction: The Texas-set Lily Tomlin drama...http://www.newser.com/story/22219/hbo-struggles-for-post-sopranos-hits.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 22 Mar 2008 8:50:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/11166/aol-drags-time-warner-income-down-53.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTime Warner’s net income tumbled to $1.09 billion this quarter, compared to $2.32 billion a year earlier, thanks to a deeply underperforming AOL division, the Wall Street Journal reports. AOL last year dropped Internet-access fees, and with them 38% of its revenue, to focus on advertising. But the...http://www.newser.com/story/11166/aol-drags-time-warner-income-down-53.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Nov 2007 11:47:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/11004/time-warner-names-bewkes-new-ceo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTime Warner named Jeff Bewkes its new CEO today, effective Jan. 1, reports the Wall Street Journal . Bewkes, currently the president, will take over from outgoing CEO Richard Parsons, who will remain chairman of the struggling media giant. "We have a lot to do, and I'm intensely focused on shareholder...http://www.newser.com/story/11004/time-warner-names-bewkes-new-ceo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Nov 2007 15:26:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/10361/parsons-set-to-leave-time-warner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTime Warner CEO Richard Parsons is about to announce his departure, sources tell the Times of London, and will hand the reins to current second banana Jeff Bewkes. In his 5-year-plus tenure, Parsons held together the media behemoth after the much-ballyhooed AOL merger went south. Bewkes is expected to shake...http://www.newser.com/story/10361/parsons-set-to-leave-time-warner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Oct 2007 14:55:44 CDT