Over the weekend, U.S. Sen. Joe Biden, who pulled out of the 2008 race for the Democrat’s presidential slot when voters gave him the cold shoulder, moved back in as…

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-- Katie Couric anchoring *CBS* web specials: Katie Couric will anchor live web exclusives from the 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions, scheduled to air right after the primetime coverage…

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CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS), the don’t-call-us-CNET (NSDQ: CNET), has reported some Comscore (NSDQ: SCOR) numbers on its first month under the CBS brand after the integration of CBS Interactive and…

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After having listened to several of these so far this quarter, conference call intros are getting pretty predictable: The economy is weak, but business is holding up, and don’t forget…

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Shelby Bonnie’s CNET (NSDQ: CNET) chapter officially closed for good earlier this year, as the company he led for six years was sold to CBS (NYSE: CBS). Now he is…

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While others deal with the integration of CNET (NSDQ: CNET) Networks into CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS), CBS CEO Leslie Moonves has to keep selling the strategy and the acquisition to…

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Now that the merger is complete, it’s time for CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS) to get onto the business of “changing the world,” in the words of newly named division President…

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CBS (NYSE: CBS) has announced a reorg of its interactive unit, after completing the big acquisition deal of CNET: the newly expanded and integrated CBS Interactive division will have Quincy…

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CNET (NSDQ: CNET), in the process of being bought by CBS (NYSE: CBS), has launched a new logo for the company, without its vertical pipe, and has also redesigned its…

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No surprise: CNET (NSDQ: CNET) shareholders are tendering their shares over to CBS (NYSE: CBS). Approximately 78 percent of CNET shares have been tendered, CBS said in a statement this…

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Not that it was in doubt, but Jana is done with its CNET (NSDQ: CNET) proxy fight. The company said in a filing that in light of the CBS (NYSE:…

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CNET (NSDQ: CNET) Networks, in the process of being bought by CBS Corp (NYSE: CBS). is buying Beijing-based 55BBS, a lifestyle and shopping website, for an undisclosed sum. This comes…

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During this Q&A ad EconAds a few weeks ago, our founder, publisher and editor Rafat Ali interviewed Jo Ann Ross, president of network sales, CBS (NYSE: CBS) about the state…

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A couple of developments on the legal front from companies dealing with possible transactions… -- Take-Two: The video game maker facing a hostile threat from Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) disclosed…

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You’re reading it here first… Former CNET (NSDQ: CNET) UK MD Tom Bureau, who quit in June 2007 after leading a relocation project to add a new video focus, will…

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When it comes to all the tropes the broadcast networks continue to cling to, the national evening news shows are arguably the most in need of drastic change. As the…

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Not that this was going to be an issue, but the CBS’ (NYSE: CBS) buyout of CNET (NSDQ: CNET) Networks is moving along, and more significantly, no other bidders have…

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It wasn’t quite Mad Money on the roof of the Soho House, where Jim Cramer talked economics with a gaggle of press and internet folk this morning. But perhaps that…

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Stepping away from busy upfront negotiations, a sleep-deprived Jo Ann Ross, President, Network Sales, CBS (NYSE: CBS) talked with ContentNext Media publisher and editor Rafat Ali at the EconAds Seminar…

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James Surowiecki, the influential financial journalist for the New Yorker, has done a simplistic yet interesting deconstruction of the corporate M&A mania, using the CBS-CNET (NSDQ: CNET) deal as an…

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This weekend we reported that a private equity firm was in discussions to take a minority stake in CNET Networks (NSDQ: CNET). Now we have confirmed through sources that the…

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In another filing late Friday by CNET (NSDQ: CNET) Networks (separate from this one), some more details emerge on its acquisition negotiations with CBS Corp (NYSE: CBS). Though no other…

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It all started with a call from Leslie Moonves. CNET (NSDQ: CNET) and CBS (NYSE: CBS) filed with the SEC this slow Friday afternoon, and the filing describes the full…

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The Viacom (NYSE: VIA) booth is usually a swirl of activity at The Cable Show and this year was no exception—Dora The Explorer posing for photos, the Nick animators doing…

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As noted this morning, CNET (NSDQ: CNET) is holding an all-hands meeting this afternoon (1:30 ET), a chance for CEO Neil Ashe and CBS (NYSE: CBS) CEO Leslie Moonves to…

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