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Amazon/HBO Deal The Kind That Would Make Reed Hastings Jealous
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 9:58am | 350Read More...Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) on Wednesday announced it has entered a multi-year deal to bring award-winning HBO shows to its Prime Members. This is the kind of deal that would make Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings (and Netflix costumers) jealous. Amazon Prime will soon begin showing all...
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Biggest TV Syndication Deals Besides 'The Simpsons'
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 7:23am | 116Read More...The Simpsons recently earned an impressive $1 million per episode from FXX, the spinoff network from FX. It's a huge deal that could be worth more than $750 million over the life of the series, assuming that the show continues to provide new episodes. If not, FXX will still have to pay more than...
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An ETF Portfolio for Tony Soprano
Thursday, June 20, 2013 - 6:29am | 771Read More...Rest in peace James Gandolfini. The actor most known for his role as Tony Soprano in HBO hit series The Sopranos died Wednesday while vacationing in Italy at the age of 51. While the Emmy Award-winning Gandolfini is likely to be most remembered for his role as the tortured New Jersey mafia boss...
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Woke Up This Morning, Got Myself A Downgrade
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 2:01pm | 407Read More...The lyrics from The Sopranos, the greatest TV show of all time went like this: "Woke up this morning, got myself a gun.." Now New Jersey has "got itself" a downgrade. Yesterday Fitch Ratings announced it would be cutting the rating on New Jersey's outstanding general obligation bonds to ‘AA-'...
