James Goss
James Goss
competition face hold trying
XM was aggressively trying to hold its own in the face of competition in the quarter.
both companies create difficult flow hard management run sixth types
I think sometimes it's difficult to run something by committee; the management of both companies are strong-willed types of individuals. They both have their own way of doing things. That makes it hard to have the flow you need and to create the sixth network.
aol time trading worth
I think AOL Time Warner is worth a lot more than it's trading for,
acceptable clouds credit exist judging people perspective seemed standards trading twice until worth
Usually you have some perspective on things. But what seemed acceptable at the time, what seemed like the norm, now you're judging people by standards that didn't exist at the time. I think it's worth twice what it's trading for, but you won't get credit for it until some of these clouds are lifted.
affiliates angeles biggest candidate logical los major presence tie
Tribune is a logical candidate to tie in. It has affiliates with New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, so it already has a major presence in the biggest markets.
companies cross involved issue might ownership types
The restriction with a lot of the other companies (like AOL-Time Warner) might have involved cross ownership restrictions between a lot of the other types of media, but I don't think that's an issue here.
advertising both causing challenges content higher media players prices side stagnation stock ultimately
The big media players will ultimately have higher stock prices but it's getting out from all these challenges both on the advertising side and the content side that is causing some stagnation in the shares.
sort temporary
It's sort of a temporary lease on the properties.
both companies confident fairly schedule seem
Both companies seem fairly confident that they can get it done on schedule by the end of fall.
balance companies complex complexity generally greater maybe media provide provides sort strong
Big media companies do generally provide a balance and some diversification that provides greater stability. But they are complex companies and maybe that complexity sort of offsets some of their strong values.
provides publishing talked
They had talked about that possibility. Between publishing and broadcasting and interactive, that provides them with enough to do.
choice couple delay options survivor weeks
They don't have much choice to reschedule the NCAA, ... The options would be to delay Survivor for a couple weeks or do what they're doing.
crowd follow night survivor
It's only for two weeks. The Survivor crowd will probably follow Survivor to a new night, ... It's an addicting show.
chapter higher history icons media profile ted time turner
It's the end of a chapter in Time Warner's history. Ted Turner is one of the higher profile media icons we have in this industry.