Jeffrey Logsdon
Jeffrey Logsdon
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Management makes a very impressive presentation of taking this company and building what is arguably the last pure-play franchise in the filmed entertainment business. Certainly the chairman of the firm has a history of turning companies around, and there's no reason to think he won't do that here too.
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The biggest criticism against Disney is that it hasn't used strategic acquisitions to leverage franchises,
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It's really a make-or-break situation. You get a good initial flow through your advertising effort and ... you know you capture a significant amount of business early.
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There's a glut of sports programming out there. It's all going after male viewers age 18 to 49. To reach other demographics, you have to spread your buys around.
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There's no second guessing how valuable he (Jobs) is. Putting him in a new context ups his ability to influence things.
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This a lot different than a personality vendetta against Michael Eisner.
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The music division is now going to be doubled in size. They're going to be the leading music company in the world.
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Monday Night Football is a television institution, if not a cultural institution, ... It's not unlike '60 Minutes' trying to go to '60 Minutes II.' It never really captured the audience.
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Because ratings were down in a high-single digit level, concerns are about the up-front advertising market, which may be soft, perhaps more for ABC than others. I think analysts have gotten nervous.
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MTV's constituency is probably more accustomed to outlandish behavior than the prime demographic for a Super Bowl audience. Wall Street would look at that (the controversy and any fine) more as a one-time event, not as a change in underlying earnings power.
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It remains a daunting challenge to unseat the incumbents. It's challenging to make any kind of prediction at this point.
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It may be as new generations of moviegoers come along that this is the absolute best way for studios to capture additional dollars from these highly visible, highly successful products.
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This is a very tempting offer, and seeing how Mirage's management owns less than 20 percent of the company's stock, they are going to have to give it serious consideration, ... If they say 'We're not for sale,' that doesn't limit MGM's ability to do a tender offer.
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That is just not true of Dick Parsons.