Gerry Smith

July 2, 2018 at 7:26 am

Buyers are circling Tronc after split with flagship LA Times

Tronc Inc., the newly slimmed-down newspaper publisher, could get even slimmer. After completing the sale of the Los Angeles Times to billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, the...

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February 28, 2018 at 5:09 pm

NBC promises fewer ad interruptions

NBCUniversal, which owns the NBC broadcast network and cable channels like USA and Bravo, said in a statement Wednesday it will also slash the number...

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January 24, 2018 at 5:45 pm

Comcast’s internet growth makes up for cord-cutting defections

The nation’s biggest cable provider lost video subscribers for the third straight quarter, but 350,000 customers signed up for broadband service — helping Comcast top...

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December 24, 2017 at 5:00 pm

Pay-TV companies crack down on password sharing by streaming viewers

Charter Communications is leading an industrywide effort to crack down on password sharing, which may be costing pay-TV companies millions of subscribers — and billions...

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November 18, 2017 at 8:00 am

Billionaires’ interest in print media seen as show of confidence

Struggling publishers may have few options other than turning to wealthy benefactors for financial support. But this new crop of media moguls hasn’t always been...

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July 10, 2017 at 6:04 pm

Trump era boosts shares for major newspapers, while local papers face famine

Trump’s famous #failingnytimes hashtag has driven more traffic to the news site than halted it. Furthermore, major newspapers directly criticizing Trump are soaring in share...

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May 8, 2017 at 5:32 pm

Comcast, Charter damp deal talk with wireless collaboration

The cable companies’ alliance to collaborate on wireless service puts a damper on what was expected to be a no-holds-barred period of merger activity in...

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April 16, 2017 at 8:00 pm

Dish Network’s $6.2B spectrum-buying spree puzzles analysts

Dish’s hefty purchase of wireless airwaves in a recently concluded auction jolted investors and bedeviled analysts. The company already sits on one of the largest...

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January 2, 2016 at 8:00 am

Bezos takes behind-the-scenes role in Washington Post’s Web growth

More than two years after he bought the Post from the Graham family for $250 million, the Amazon founder has shaped its digital transformation in...

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June 27, 2011 at 7:17 pm

Dead student’s family funds study of heroin addiction

Researchers wonder: Can you stop heroin addiction before it starts?

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