How to Buy Shares in Media Companies

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Tip 1 - U.S. cable TV companies' shares crushed after Disney disappoints

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by Karin Quirk | permalink

Nagging investor concerns over viewers cutting the cord on cable television and moving online turned into a rout in the sector's shares on Wednesday after Walt Disney Co <DIS.N> reported a dip
Tags: US,USA,MEDIA,United States,Performance / Results / Earnings,Broadcasting (TRBC),United Kingdom,Europe,Company News,Science,Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Government Borrowing Requirement,Media / Publishing (Legacy),Hotels and Entertainment Services (TRBC),Media and Publishing (TRBC),Major News,Corporate Events,Internet / World Wide Web,Western Europe,Entertainment Production (TRBC),IT Services and Consulting (TRBC)

For further reading: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/05/us-usa-media-idUSKCN0QA2BS20150805 ^[1]

Tip 2 - 45 Media Companies Where Investors Are Flying Second Class

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by Aparna Hareesh | permalink

For the vast majority of publicly traded U.S. firms, stockholders have voting power that is proportionate to their financial risk. But media companies are often different. Numerous media companies are “controlled” or
Tags: Business,Investing,Media Entertainment,Media & Entertainment,dual class,Evercore Partners,Facebook,Groupon,LinkedIn,multi-class stock,super-voting stock

For further reading: http://www.forbes.com/sites/avaseave/2013/10/21/45-media-companies-where-investors-are-flying-second-class/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - “Share a Coke” campaign offers 3 lessons for news media companies

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by Gerben Derksen | permalink

When Coke added names to its product in Australia, the company sold more than 250 million bottles and cans in the country of less than 23 million people. As the campaign continues around the world, what can media companies learn from this stroke of marketing genius?
Tags: coca-cola, coke, project connect, share a coke, branding, audience, marketing

For further reading: http://www.inma.org/blogs/marketing/post.cfm/share-a-coke-campaign-offers-3-lessons-for-news-media-companies ^[3]

Tip 4 - Unplug From Media Stocks? Maybe Not

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by Allan Valmonte | permalink

Summer swoon in media stocks is seen by some portfolio managers as a time to buy shares of companies they expect to weather the industry’s tumult.
Tags: cable tv,cord-cutting,disney,investing,media stocks,s&p 500,time warner,viacom,Time Warner,TWX,Discovery Communications,DISCK,DISCA,Netflix,NFLX,Walt Disney,DIS,Omnicom Group,OMC,Facebook,FB,Viacom,VIA,VIAb,Robert McIver,Tony Scherrer,Matthew Peron,Yana Barton,Sass%2C%20Ari,ownership changes,acquisitions,mergers,shareholdings,corporate actions,corporate,industrial news,equity markets,commodity,financial market news,broadcasting,television broadcasting,interactive television,cable broadcasting,media,entertainment

For further reading: http://www.wsj.com/articles/unplug-from-media-stocks-maybe-not-1439754295 ^[4]