Jeffrey Logsdon
Jeffrey Logsdon
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I think cost-cutting is an element of Fox thinking, if you listened to Rupert Murdoch's last few diatribes to Wall Street, ... The cost/rating benefits equation didn't make it onerous to let him go 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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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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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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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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There are just under 4 million shares short right now, so there's some pain out there for somebody.
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There is a big part of the prime demographic that key 18- to 49-year-old market that is hungry to sample this model. Not everyone can do appointment viewing when ABC decides to put a hit program on. So the convenience factor is becoming a driving force in the filmed entertainment business right now. This is going to get Disney a great sample of what people want, and if they're willing to pay for it.
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There is a big part of the prime demographic ù that key 18- to 49-year-old market ù that is hungry to sample this model. Not everyone can do appointment viewing when ABC decides to put a hit program on. So the convenience factor is becoming a driving force in the filmed entertainment business right now. This is going to get Disney a great sample of what people want, and if they're willing to pay for it.
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That is just not true of Dick Parsons.
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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 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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It remains a daunting challenge to unseat the incumbents. It's challenging to make any kind of prediction at this point.