As Jeff Bewkes whittles away at the Time Warner empire, it’s become clear that the company will have unraveled the two great megamergers that created its current shape.

A new court ruling in New York said that the so-called network DVR, which records programs on a faraway computer rather than on the device itself, does not violate copyright law.

Time Warner said the nomination of Jonathan Miller, the former chairman and chief executive of its AOL Internet unit, violated a non-compete agreement entered with Mr. Miller.

Aviv Nevo took a modest inheritance and parlayed it into a fortune by investing in media and Internet companies.

Aviv Nevo has become the media industry’s Zelig, often referred to among his media friends as “the international man of mystery.”

Amid all the maneuvering over the fate of Yahoo, Time Warner is again exploring whether it can persuade either Microsoft or Yahoo to buy its AOL unit.

Joseph A. Ripp, the man who revealed financial troubles at AOL in 2001, is among several former AOL executives facing a civil lawsuit alleging financial fraud.

M. Night Shyamalan’s career illustrates one of the paradoxes of Hollywood: the industry loves the myth of the auteur — until faced with the realities of the box office.

M. Night Shyamalan’s career illustrates one of the paradoxes of Hollywood: the industry loves the myth of the auteur — until faced with the realities of the box office.

The resiliency of cable in the Internet age is remarkable considering that prices have risen 77 percent since 1996.