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Content is king, streaming rules, and heavyweight media companies acted furiously over a remarkable two days to snap up talent and tech, torching alliances and furiously competing for cord-cutting, new-media consumers. In the past 48 hours: Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) lured David Letterman out...

Mark Millar, whose influence on Hollywood movies is likely vaster and more profitable than his print presence, is taking his prolific portfolio of content exclusively to Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX). The company said it was buying the Scotsman’s movie-spawning Millarworld comic book company...

It’s no secret that the first two “Thor” movies of Marvel Studios’ slate of shared-universe flicks left critics underwhelmed. Coming out of the San Diego Comic-Con, the third installment - the completely weird “Thor: Ragnarok” - has taken social media by storm....

It started with a group of guys who liked comic books and blew up into the biggest pop culture marketing opportunity of the year, filling all 11 acres of the San Diego Convention Center and sprawling outside into infinity and beyond. The 47th annual San Diego Comic-Con is being held while one of...

Hollywood can't stop marveling at the pure staying power of “Wonder Woman,” a movie that keeps exceeding expectations no matter how many challenges the box office keeps hurling at it. The film, which stars Gal Gadot and was directed by Patty Jenkins, has made $750 million worldwide...

Some people wouldn't be caught dead inside a comic book shop. If that describes you, Curtis Sullivan totally invites you into any one of his three. “How can you know you don’t like lobster if you never tried it?” he says, incredulity incarnate. “Don’t close doors....

“Wonder Woman” lassoed the box office for a second straight weekend, burying Tom Cruise’s “The Mummy” and belting another studio’s bid to build a billion-dollar world of interlocking franchises. The Gal Gadot-starring “Wonder Woman” - Time Warner...

It took a “Wonder Woman” not only to jump-start the summer box office, but end Time Warner Incs (NYSE: TWX)'s critically maligned skid as it tries to approximate the success of the rival Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise run by Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS). “Wonder Woman”...

Joss Whedon, the man who wrote and directed the blockbuster “The Avengers,” a movie that united Thor, Iron Man and Captain America and inspired the rest of Hollywood to create a shared universe of overlapping movie properties, is poised to do the same thing with the rival comic book...

If you use one of President Donald Trump’s favorite adjectives to describe one his least favorite news organizations, just punch in www.thefailingnewyorktimes.com and — voila! — you’re redirected to the American Civil Liberties Union’s website. Type www.hail-hydra.com...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS)’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” is set to hit big screens this weekend just in time for Free Comic Book Day on Saturday. FCBD is a day on which participating comic book stores give away certain comic books for free to their customers. Free Comic Books...

While most analysts, including those at RBC Capital Markets, maintain a bullish stance on Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS), their optimism isn’t proportionately distributed among investors. RBC analyzed divergent perspectives on Disney’s future in a Friday note highlighting four shareholder...

On Friday, the Trump Administration presented a budget for the Environmental Protection Agency that would cut climate protection programs by 70 percent, according to a Reuters report. The proposed funding of just $29 million amounts to about 8.9 pennies per American based on recent census estimates...

Sentiment for Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) shares has turned positive on management commentary of ESPN subscriber trends and a robust 2018 film slate, BMO Capital Markets’ Daniel Salmon said in a report. He downgraded the rating on the company from Market Perform to Underperform, while reducing...

Goldman Sachs analyst Drew Borst believes that despite the 9 percent outperformance over the past two months, Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) shares have 24 percent upside potential over the next 12 months, driven by accelerated EPS growth in FY 2018. Borst upgraded the rating on Disney's stock...