Mediagazer: Hulu Sale Attracts Plenty Of Bidders, But For What, Exactly? (Jeff Bercovici/Forbes)

8:25 PM ET, July 9, 2013

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Guggenheim Exit Leaves Hulu a Pay-TV Pawn — Three bidders remain: DirecTV, AT&T, Time Warner Cable — The pay-TV biz is going to get its hands on Hulu. — With Guggenheim Digital Media and KKR opting out of the hunt for Hulu, as CNBC reported Tuesday, that leaves three bidders …

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Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

Hulu Sale Attracts Plenty Of Bidders, But For What, Exactly? — Most of what you need to know about the soon-to-conclude negotiations to sell Hulu can be summarized in two numbers: $2 billion and $1 billion. — The first is how much Hulu's owners — Disney, News Corp . and Comcast …

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Wall Street Journal:
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