War of the media moguls: Is Comcast"s Brian Roberts outflanking Disney"s Bob Iger?

It’s Brian vs. Bob, with Rupert in the middle. The Comcast-Fox-Disney deal watch is in full swing, with much of the attention focused on the three media moguls — Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, Disney CEO Bob Iger and 21st Century Fox Chairman Rupert Mur.....»»

CEOs Brian Roberts and Bob Iger are officially battling for Fox's assets......»»

Comcast is dropping its pursuit of Twenty-First Century Fox media assets, leaving them to Disney for $71 billion. Instead boss Brian Roberts is aiming for pay-TV group Sky. Jen Saba explains how the four-way battle may end......»»

If theme parks remain closed for the entirety of the second quarter, Comcast is looking at an EBITDA loss of $500 million......»»

Steve Burke, long a close lieutenant of Comcast Chief Executive Brian Roberts, has shaped NBCUniversal into a media juggernaut. Some believ.....»»

Comcast is giving its Xfinity Flex streaming devices to all its broadband customers for free, CEO Brian Roberts said while speaking at an investors conference Wednesday morning. It’ll likely be welcome news for the Philadelphia-based media giant's co.....»»

Comcast’s Brian Roberts will sell his 33% of the Walt Disney-controlled video-streaming service to the Mouse House, but only in five years’ time. It’s one more way Roberts may profit from his long-running jousting with counterpart Bob Iger......»»

The telco giant's initial success with WarnerMedia could make it a worthy rival to some of the content-rich media moguls......»»

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts is determined to bulk up his company - and that might mean scooping up much of Rupert Murdoch's media empire. "This is very personal for Brian," said his longtime lieutenant Steve Burke......»»

Brian Roberts, desperate to beat Disney to 21st Century Fox, is on the verge of maxing out Comcast's credit cards......»»

The Walt Disney Company likely won’t back down after Comcast made a larger, all-cash offer of $65 billion for most of 21st Century Fox’s film and television assets, according to a media analyst......»»

It certainly doesn’t sound like Bob Iger is ready to put Sky on a platter and hand it to Comcast. In Disney’s most recent earnings call, the CEO, fresh off his victory in beating Philadelphia’s hometown media giant in a battle for prized Fo.....»»

At separate public events last week, Comcast’s CEO Brian Roberts and the head of NBCUniversal’s film division, Jeff Shell, weighed in on the media giant’s business as it enters the final battleground days in its fight for Sky – with the compan.....»»

Comcast expects Disney will let go of its 39 percent stake, giving CEO Brian Roberts complete ownership of the TV distributor and owner of content, including Premier League rights, according to people familiar with the matter......»»

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Comcast Corp. CEO Brian Roberts and other top executives will donate their salaries to COVID-19 relief efforts, Roberts said in an email to the company's nearly 200,000 employees worldwide. He also said the company is committing $500 million to contin.....»»

Comcast Corp. CEO Brian Roberts, his wife Aileen and their family are donating $5 million for the Philadelphia public school system to buy laptops so students can start being taught remotely during the coronavirus pandemic. Unlike more affluent sch.....»»

Shares of Walt Disney fell Wednesday after the media giant's surprise move to replace top boss Bob Iger raised questions on Wall Street if his successor Bob Chapek had sufficient experience in the entertainment business......»»

Walt Disney Co. stunned the media world Tuesday when Bob Iger handed the keys to the Magic Kingdom to a longtime lieutenant, Bob Chapek. .....»»