Income up 313% at Amazon in Q3

The online retailer attributed its success in part to international media sales, such as DVDs, which grew 36% to $2.09 billion in the third quarter, compared to $1.54 billion last year. Amazon also was pleased with its electronics and general merchandise sales, which accounted for $1.

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PS3 a drag on Sony, but income rises

OCT. 25 | Despite tallying significant slowdown in its gaming revenue, Sony still posted mostly healthy overall earnings in its recently completed fiscal 2007 second quarter. For the three-month period ended Sept. 30, Sony recorded 73.7 billion yen ($641 million) in net income.

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News Corp. income up 1.2% in fiscal Q2

FEB. 4 | News Corp.’s fiscal second-quarter earnings rose 1.2% as more TV advertising revenue from primetime and sports programming offset a profit decline for its filmed entertainment unit.

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TV on DVD helps lift Disney fiscal Q4

NOV. 8 | Sales of hot TV DVD releases of ABC series Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy and Lost helped net income for The Walt Disney Co. surged 12% in the company’s fiscal 2007 fourth quarter.

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DVD sales drop 9% in Disney's fiscal Q1

FEB. 5 | Walt Disney Co.’s fiscal first-quarter earnings fell 27% from a year earlier, including DVD sales that were 9% lower than the comparable prior year period. Home entertainment titles such as Ratatouille (pictured) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End failed to match the success of

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News Corp. income up 24% in fiscal Q4

AUG. 8 | Although News Corp.’s filmed entertainment operating income was cut nearly in half during its just ended fiscal fourth quarter, the company turned in upbeat quarterly and full-year fiscal earnings. For the three months ended June 30, News Corp.

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Net income drops in Navarre fiscal Q3

FEB. 6 | Despite strengthening PC software and videogame operations, Navarre Corp. reported some slowdown in its fiscal 2008 third quarter.

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Weak video slate drags Disney earnings

AUG. 1 | A weak home video slate dragged down operating income in Walt Disney Co.’s studio entertainment division during the latest quarter, the studio reported Wednesday.

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PS3 pulls Sony into wider fiscal Q4 loss

MAY 16 | Racking up significant operating income losses due to expensive PlayStation 3 production, Sony posted mixed fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year earnings. For the three months ended March 31, Sony recorded a net loss of 67.6 billion yen ($563 million). That is widened from the 66.

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DVD down for News Corp.'s Q3

News Corp. rang up $820 million in net income for the three months ended March 31. That’s more than double its results for the prior year’s comparable period. Revenue grew about 3% to $6.2 billion.

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