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Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors, especially when markets are near all-time highs. A media mogul was among the insiders making purchases this week. Some insiders were buying shares as others were selling them. Conventional wisdom says that insiders and 10%...

On March 13, JMP Securities published a note which helps to answer the question that is on everyone's mind in light of the recent court ruling allowing News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS) (NASDAQ: NWSA)'s ListHub to cancel its listing agreement with Zillow Group Inc (NASDAQ: Z)'s Trulia business...

In the past, transparency between billionaires and the average-Joe was considerably cloudier than today. Twitter has changed that. So, who are the best billionaires to follow on the platform? That's up to the individual user. But here's 15 to keep an eye on. 1) Carl Icahn (...

As social media's footprint continues to grow in the business world, key company officers and executives continue to use it to interact with customers. A handful have understood this for quite some time and have acted accordingly. Below are some of the most accessible leaders on Twitter,...

Gannett’s (NYSE: GCI) announcement last Tuesday that it planned to spin off its print business, including USA Today, into a separate company was only the latest of several recent media spinoffs. Here's a look at how the deal stacks up against the others. The Debt Question Gannett...

You might not be a fan of orcs, hobbits and adventures through fantasy lands but you have to give the newest movie in The Lord of the Rings franchise a thumbs-up after reading this weekend’s box office numbers. Before all of The Lord of the Rings fans object to the three-part Hobbit prequel...

According to the New York Times, Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) has ended talks with owners of Hulu to take a 25 percent stake in the content delivery service. Joint owners, Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), 21st Century Fox, and Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), have been trying to unload Hulu for years. The...

PandoDaily reported Thursday that several sources with inside knowledge said a deal for DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) to acquire Hulu was “imminent.” The same sources said the selling price would be about $1 billion. The fact that Hulu, jointly owned by Disney (NYSE: DIS), News Corp (NASDAQ: NWSA) and...

Let’s start with the “what.” Aereo is a technology startup, backed by IAC/Interactive (NASDAQ: IACI) that streams over-the-air broadcast television signals to iOS devices, as well as browsers on Macs and PCs. It also works on the Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) TV device designed to bring Internet...

The good news is that U.S. television broadcast networks, namely The Walt Disney Co.'s (NYSE: DIS) ABC, CBS (NYSE: CBS), News Corp.’s (NASDAQ: NWSA) Fox, and Comcast’s (NASDAQ: CMCSA) NBC, can expect advertising rate hikes of about six percent this week during the start of the important “upfront...

If you thought that the arrest of Julian Assange could mark the end of WikiLeaks, think again. Eyeing the international success (and mainstream hype) that boosted WikiLeaks' popularity, the New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) is exploring the idea of developing a similar site of its own. Bill Keller...