John Tinker News
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For Barnes & Noble Inc. founder Leonard Riggio to take his bookstores private, he may need to write a check for more than the entire company’s market value.
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Bud Mayo, the cinema executive who led small exhibitors into digital and 3-D, said he’s interested in buying Cablevision Systems Corp.’s Clearview theaters, which would quadruple his screens and plant a flag in New York.
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Starz, a rival to HBO and Showtime in the premium-cable channel market, rose 9.8 percent on its first day of trading after being broken off from Liberty Media Corp. in a spinoff.
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“Spartacus” and 55.1 million subscribers could be up for grabs at half the median valuation of television-industry takeovers as billionaire John Malone prepares to make premium channel Starz LLC a separate company.
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Carmike Cinemas Inc., after more than doubling in price this year, is still the cheapest theater chain in America for rivals looking to acquire more movie screens and boost earnings from popcorn and ticket sales.
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Barnes & Noble Inc., the largest U.S. bookstore chain, declined to the lowest price since April after posting fourth-quarter revenue that trailed analysts’ estimates.
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James Dolan is enjoying a triple success story as chairman of the Madison Square Garden Co., less than a year after being vilified by New York Knicks fans.
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Barnes & Noble Inc., the U.S. bookstore chain shifting to digital content, dropped the most since January after posting second-quarter revenue that missed analysts’ estimates.
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Jeremy Lin’s rise to fame has more than doubled ratings at MSG network, putting renewed pressure on parent Madison Square Garden Co. to strike a deal with Time Warner Cable Inc. in their dispute over carriage fees.
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Cablevision Systems Corp., the fifth- largest U.S. cable provider, slumped the most in more than 2 1/2 years in New York trading after reporting profit that missed analysts’ estimates amid subscriber defections.
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