Read more Time Warner stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/339/time-warner.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:22:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74403/aol-to-lay-off-a-third-of-staff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAOL says it plans to cut about a third of its work force once it is spun off from Time Warner. That would amount to nearly 2,300 of the roughly 6,900 workers at the struggling company. AOL said in a securities filing today it will impose the cuts...http://www.newser.com/story/74403/aol-to-lay-off-a-third-of-staff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 8:13:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68024/time-warner-enlists-networks-for-internet-tv-test.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTime Warner has signed up at least a dozen networks for a new Internet TV service, and plans to test the service in select markets soon, the Charlotte Business Journal reports. Onboard are CBS, HBO, Syfy, AMC, and Time Warner’s own TNT and TBS, among others. Time Warner is promising...http://www.newser.com/story/68024/time-warner-enlists-networks-for-internet-tv-test.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 10:54:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66883/tv-companies-team-up-to-take-on-nielsen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA group of media companies has joined forces with major advertisers to challenge Nielsen's dominance in TV ratings measurement, the Financial Times reports. The firms involved—including NBC, Time Warner, Disney, and Procter & Gamble—aim to have their rival audience measurement scheme up and running by next month, a...http://www.newser.com/story/66883/tv-companies-team-up-to-take-on-nielsen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Aug 2009 6:37:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62909/tmz-scoops-world-on-jackson-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTMZ left its more savory rivals in the dust yesterday, reporting Michael Jackson’s cardiac arrest and death before any other media outlet, the Chicago Tribune reports. The AOL gossip website reported Jackson’s death at 2:44 local time, less than 20 minutes after the singer expired. But many outlets were...http://www.newser.com/story/62909/tmz-scoops-world-on-jackson-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Jun 2009 10:41:01 CDThttp://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/58093/amazon-to-roll-out-kindle-for-textbooks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmazon will unveil a bigger new version of the Kindle tomorrow, designed to handle textbooks and periodicals, the Wall Street Journal reports. Amazon already has deals in place with several textbook publishers for content, and with various universities, including Princeton, Reed College, and Arizona State, to get the device into...http://www.newser.com/story/58093/amazon-to-roll-out-kindle-for-textbooks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 05 May 2009 7:57:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53178/aol-names-former-google-exec-as-ceo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAOL is getting a new CEO. Tim Armstrong, a senior vice president at Google, will replace Randy Falco, who took the job in late 2006. Falco is leaving along with president and COO Ron Grant. The shakeup could mean that a Time Warner spin-off of AOL is more likely. Time...http://www.newser.com/story/53178/aol-names-former-google-exec-as-ceo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Mar 2009 18:27:39 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 CST