It was the worst of times (for the world). It was still a pretty good time (for CEO pay).
Ten top media and entertainment CEOs earned a combined $350 million last year, buoyed by hefty stock and option grants during the worst economic disruption since the Great Depression.
Members of compensation committees on boards…
In Charter, writer-director Amanda Kernell chronicles a divorce between Alice (Ane Dahl Torp) and her husband but it’s not as cut and dry as you might think — especially with kids involved. As Sweden’s official Oscar submission for International Feature, it unpacks the complexities of divorce with thoughtfulness and…
NBCUniversal and Charter Communications have inked a multi-year distribution deal for NBCU's full portfolio that includes an extended free trial for Peacock Premium for Spectrum's broadband and video subscribers.
The companies didn’t specify the length of the free trial. Charter will also distribute the Peacock app…
The nation’s second largest cable operator Charter Communications said Monday it’s selling $1.5 billion in debt and could use the fresh cash to repay existing debt and fund share buybacks.
It expects to close the offering of senior unsecured notes due in 2031 on July 9.
The company sold $3 billion in senior notes in…
Charter CEO Tom Rutledge sports makes up more than half of the wholesale price of its cable bundle and while the company would like customers to be made whole while sports is dark, “Now we have a structure where its all bundled together and tied together contractually and we have very little control over it.”
“We…
After an increasingly fractious carriage dispute went past the contract deadline, 33 Tribune Broadcasting TV stations in 24 markets have gone dark on CharterSpectrum cable systems, affecting some 6 million viewers. (See the full list of affiliates below.)
The companies on Monday extended the New Year’s Eve deadline…
Tribune Media and Charter’s Spectrum cable systems have agreed to extend the deadline for their carriage contract to 5 PM ET Wednesday, averting a blackout of 33 local TV stations that would have taken effect at 12:01 AM ET tonight.
The ongoing dispute has affected some 6 million Charter subscribers, with programming…
While the major stock market indices recovered early losses amid jitters over the U.S. pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal, media companies had a rough trading day, especially those with exposure to the traditional pay-TV bundle.
Dish Network was by far the biggest laggard. Its shares tanked 12% to end at $29.81…
As the third week of the Department of Justice-AT&T antitrust trial wound to a close, Time Warner stock posted an eighth straight day of gains, rising half a percentage point to finish the day at $96.39.
Many investors appear to have an optimistic takeaway from the trial thus far, pushing Time Warner stock to its…
After several weeks of talks of a deal, Charter Communications has rejected a possible merger with Sprint, The Wall St. Journalreported Sunday. The merger would have created a new entity controlled by SoftBank, Sprint’s owner.
Charter said that it would stay with existing wireless reseller agreement with Verizon…
Updated: The Wall Street Journal had the media and telecom worlds buzzing tonight with a report  that Sprint Corp proposed a full merger with Charter Communications,
But don’t get too excited yet. Charter’s not interested in the plan to create a new public company controlled by Sprint’s owner, Japan’s SoftBank…
