By the end of the year, Time Warner Cable (TWC), will be a stand alone entity after being spun off from Time Warner Inc. (TWX).   TWC is a publicly traded company as it currently stands, 84% owned by its parent, Time Warner Inc.    The carve-out occured early in 2007, trading between $36-43, but has plummeted down into the $20’s since.

The Media sector contains a wide range of business models, some very attractive to the Magic Formula, and some very unattractive. In this article I examine each of the sub-sectors, separating the wheat from the chaff, and explain what to look for in a good MFI Media company.

A dozen out-of-favor stocks that could rebound this year according to Barron's.

If Google doesn't go to $1,000 it could go the other way...

Short post from 24/7 Wall St. following Google's third quarter results: "Google's stock may go to $500. It may even hit $600...But, then there is what happens after that."

Yikes! Google just spent $1.65 billion for YouTube. I agree with the author of this story that this was a risky move. I guess Google viewed their Google Video product as a failure and decided to throw some serious money at the problem to maintain their online property lead.

Douglas McIntyre isn't impressed by the films Warner Bros. has put out recently - and he's not alone. Time Warner (TWX) has had several high-profile flops this year including "Lady in the Water", "The Ant Bully", and "Poseidon". Even the $198.5 million put up by "Superman Returns" was ultimately a failure, because of the high cost of that film.