versailleAOL Time Warner Inc. – A Bad Idea from the Start? 1. What are the opportunities and threats facing AOLTW (PESTEL analysis)? Pestel analysis: | LOCAL | NATIONAL | GLOBAL | POLITICAL | | The antitrust law is rising. | The government wants to have a more powerful control to avoid monopoly. | ECONOMIC | For AOL it was the top of the internet boom. | The economy start to be hard and slow‚ as show the problem that warner is facing. | AOLTW will take the explode of the internet
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The management teams were motivated by a desire to maintain corporate growth and increase shareholder value. Time felt that growth in the magazine business was limited and that video was the media of the future. Warner’s cable operations would combine easily with Time’s. Additionally‚ Warner had a leadership position in film‚ records‚ home video and TV programming. Time felt that Warner would provide additional distribution channels for its video productions. This integration would increase the
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considering buying Time Warner in July. It is the owner of Fox‚ Rupert Murdoch’s‚ boldest bids. Murdoch “proposed an $80 million dollar takeover which would be the biggest one in history” (Merced). Time Warner‚ owns HBO‚ which in itself is valued at around $80 million‚ therefore‚ Fox did not calculate the other aspects of Time Warner; Warner declined the bid. Fox obtains a lot of different media sectors; this essay will explore the holdings and risk factors of Fox and Time Warner. Also‚ it will assess
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Americans watched TV. More than fifty years later‚ Time Warner Cable‚ as the 2nd largest multiple service provider‚ owns and manages advanced‚ well-clustered cable systems in the United States. Today‚ Time Warner Cable offers cutting edge digital technology‚ a rich range of home entertainment and information choices for the whole family to enjoy‚ and superior service that demonstrates customer satisfaction is our number one priority. Time Warner Cable has a long history of leadership within the industry
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Case Summary The merger of AOL-Time Warner hit rock bottom in January 2003‚ when the Company posted a loss of $98.7 billion for 2002‚ the largest corporate loss in US history. Being an employee of the company‚ TJ (we) have to give fact-based answers to Memos‚ which are assigned to us. In 2000‚ AOL purchased Time Warner for $164 billion‚ resulting in formation of AOL Time Warner. FCC‚ Federal Trade Commission and European Commission approved the deal a year later. AOL owned 55% of the new company
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competitor in the industry‚ Time Warner. Disney’s net income was $4.427 billion in 2008 compared to Time Warner’s net loss of $14.648 billion (T‚ 62). We see the greatest disparity in net income between the two companies between 2008 and 2009 as the net income for Disney decreased by 25.3% to $3.307 billion in 2009‚ while Time Warner’s net income increased by 582% to $2.468 billion (T‚ 62). If we were to solely examine the percentage increase in net income for each company‚ Time Warner would clearly be the
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A decade ago‚ America has witnessed its biggest merger of their history when AOL and Time Warner merged for an all stock deal with a combine value of $ 350 billion which also created the world’s largest media and Communication Company‚ but today I want to re-examine this ill-fated deal and try to explore what went wrong. In an initial statement about this merger and probabilities of new company it was stated that this merger will lead to a speedy development and growth for all its businesses. It
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lapses in ethics and coporate social responsibility in the AOL Time Warner situation were actually‚ quite obvious. Blatent‚ obvious‚ and in my opinion‚ even obscene. Although my knowledge of the actual facts surrounding the merger of AOL and Time Warner is
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1 Time Warner Ctr. | New York‚ New York | 10019-016 | United States 1 Time Warner Ctr. | New York‚ New York | 10019-016 | United States Time Warner‚ Inc. Reggie Gossett Time Warner‚ Inc. Reggie Gossett 08 Fall 08 Fall Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 Remote Environment 2 Operating Environment 3 The Company 3 Corporate Strategy 4 SWOT Analysis 5 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis 8 Strategic Business Units 9 Strategic Control 9 Financial Analysis 10
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AOL Time Warner On December 14‚ 2000‚ the Federal Trade Commission approved the planned merger of AOL and Time Warner after both companies pledged to "protect consumer choice" both now and in the future. The AOL Time Warner merger was approved by the Federal Communications Commission on January 11‚ 2001‚ and is the biggest merger in corporate history‚ then estimated at a total market value of $350 billion. The merger created a powerhouse’ of new and traditional media. AOL Time Warner has led
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