All of the media companies are interested in the Internet. They have to go where the advertiser dollars are going. |
He's trying to increase his leverage on Time Warner, trying to force them to do something a little more drastic than they appear willing to do. |
I don't see any great plan to actually enhance the value of Time Warner in the long term. |
I saw it as a very upbeat report. There is no fundamental reason for investors to be selling. |
It might be part of a broader gaming strategy. Maybe his next acquisition will be some sort of video-game company. |
It would resolve a sticking point of who owns the copyright of pictures going forward, and that might still be somewhat of a sticky issue. |
Mr. Parsons has laid out a very good strategy. The film unit created the upside surprise. It's really a motion picture story in the quarter. |
The good news is that Mr. Icahn will go away. |
This is a situation that both sides would be satisfied with. |
We are seeing good strength overseas, particularly in Europe, which had been a weak spot for McDonald's. |
We were very encouraged to see profit up at AOL, even though revenue was down. |