Comments on: Cablevision to Investors: Sorry We Bought That (Really Expensive) Newspaper Last Year http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090210/cablevision-to-investors-sorry-we-bought-that-really-expensive-newspaper-last-year/ by Peter Kafka Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:52:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cablevision: Newsday Deal Wasn’t (Quite) As Bad As We Feared | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090210/cablevision-to-investors-sorry-we-bought-that-really-expensive-newspaper-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2706 Cablevision: Newsday Deal Wasn’t (Quite) As Bad As We Feared | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:04:06 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=4124#comment-2706 [...] of Newsday last summer wasn’t quite the disaster it had feared. That is, instead of taking a $450 million writedown on the $650 million purchase, the cable company is only writing off $402 million on the Long Island [...] [...] of Newsday last summer wasn’t quite the disaster it had feared. That is, instead of taking a $450 million writedown on the $650 million purchase, the cable company is only writing off $402 million on the Long Island [...]

]]> By: Viacom’s Fourth Quarter: Not A Disaster | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090210/cablevision-to-investors-sorry-we-bought-that-really-expensive-newspaper-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2389 Viacom’s Fourth Quarter: Not A Disaster | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:46:09 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=4124#comment-2389 [...] have to announce anything really big. (That sound you hear is the echo of News Corp. (NWSA) and Cablevision (CVC) investors slapping their heads, over and [...] [...] have to announce anything really big. (That sound you hear is the echo of News Corp. (NWSA) and Cablevision (CVC) investors slapping their heads, over and [...]

]]> By: Brandon Copple http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090210/cablevision-to-investors-sorry-we-bought-that-really-expensive-newspaper-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2369 Brandon Copple Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:52:30 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=4124#comment-2369 Yeah. He's much better at selling than buying. In addition to the Trib debacle, he overpaid for many of the EOP buildings. But he says the f-word a lot, so that's cool. Yeah. He’s much better at selling than buying. In addition to the Trib debacle, he overpaid for many of the EOP buildings.

But he says the f-word a lot, so that’s cool.

]]> By: Peter Kafka http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090210/cablevision-to-investors-sorry-we-bought-that-really-expensive-newspaper-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2368 Peter Kafka Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:28:30 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=4124#comment-2368 Hey Brandon. I would have said that. Except Sam tried his own hand at the catch-a-falling-knife stunt, and that didn't work out too well, either. Hey Brandon. I would have said that. Except Sam tried his own hand at the catch-a-falling-knife stunt, and that didn’t work out too well, either.

]]> By: Brandon Copple http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090210/cablevision-to-investors-sorry-we-bought-that-really-expensive-newspaper-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2366 Brandon Copple Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:18:05 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=4124#comment-2366 Combine your post with this - http://tinyurl.com/czsyn2 - and you get a lesson: Sam Zell flat-ass knows how to sell at the top. Put another way: don't ever buy anything from Sam Zell. (Tom Ricketts: Doh! http://tinyurl.com/dm48s9) Combine your post with this – http://tinyurl.com/czsyn2 – and you get a lesson: Sam Zell flat-ass knows how to sell at the top.

Put another way: don’t ever buy anything from Sam Zell. (Tom Ricketts: Doh! http://tinyurl.com/dm48s9)

]]> By: lncaNewsblog.info » Blog Archive http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090210/cablevision-to-investors-sorry-we-bought-that-really-expensive-newspaper-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2353 lncaNewsblog.info » Blog Archive Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:20:30 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=4124#comment-2353 [...] Press Cablevision writing down value of Newsday newspaper by as much as … Chicago Tribune Cablevision to Investors: Sorry We Bought That (Really Expensive … All Things D Blogs Newsday - Mediapost.com all 85 news [...] [...] Press Cablevision writing down value of Newsday newspaper by as much as … Chicago Tribune Cablevision to Investors: Sorry We Bought That (Really Expensive … All Things D Blogs Newsday - Mediapost.com all 85 news [...]

]]> By: Peter Kafka http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090210/cablevision-to-investors-sorry-we-bought-that-really-expensive-newspaper-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2343 Peter Kafka Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:11:11 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=4124#comment-2343 Don't forget AOL! Definitely a good time to take out your trash - no one seems to be looking. Don’t forget AOL! Definitely a good time to take out your trash – no one seems to be looking.

]]> By: Jonathan Marcus http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090210/cablevision-to-investors-sorry-we-bought-that-really-expensive-newspaper-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2341 Jonathan Marcus Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:29:44 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=4124#comment-2341 Writedowns are the new media cool. IAC's operating loss was also "impacted in Q4 2008 by a $15.0 million impairment charge related to the goodwill and intangible assets of Connected Ventures." Since IAC didnt acquire the whole kit and kaboodle, there isn't much tangible value left. Writedowns are the new media cool. IAC’s operating loss was also “impacted in Q4 2008 by a $15.0 million impairment charge related to the goodwill and intangible assets of Connected Ventures.” Since IAC didnt acquire the whole kit and kaboodle, there isn’t much tangible value left.

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