CG: Revisiting the Major Changes at Viacom and Cabela’s
Industry Focus
The Motley Fool
4.6 • 854 Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2017
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
In the past year, we have discussed the management shake-up at Viacom, as well as the $5.5 billion merger between Cabela’s and Bass Pro Shops. Both companies have hit roadblocks with their plans -- here is what you need to know.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Industry Focus, the podcast it dives into a different sector of the stock market every day. |
| 0:06.4 | I'm your host, Vincent Shen and it is Tuesday, April 11th. |
| 0:10.0 | Joining me this week via Skype is Mr. Daniel Klein. Hey Dan, thanks for joining us. |
| 0:14.0 | Hey Vince, thanks for having me. Wish I was there. |
| 0:17.2 | Yeah, yeah, you will be in town, I believe, next week. |
| 0:21.3 | But... I believe you're going to be out of town so I'm I think I'm doing a show with Sarah |
| 0:26.2 | Priestley yes so that will be out in a couple weeks it'll be interesting to have Sarah in the |
| 0:31.2 | host seat but for today fools for this episode to have |
| 0:35.0 | Sara in the host seat. But for today, Fools for this episode, Dan and I will be revisiting a few companies in transition I would describe that we have covered previously on the show before we dive into a question from one of your |
| 0:44.6 | fellow listeners? |
| 0:45.8 | So our first company in question is Viacom and their Paramount Pictures Division. |
| 0:51.2 | So Dan, have you had a chance to make it to theaters yet to see |
| 0:55.2 | Ghost in the Shell? I have not seen Ghost in the Shell though I actually want to. |
| 1:00.0 | But this is one of those movies that just the second you start to get the kind of negative |
| 1:06.4 | publicity they got, unless the film is excellent, which reviews suggest it is not, you're in real trouble. |
| 1:13.0 | Yeah, absolutely. |
| 1:14.0 | So Ghost in the Shell is Paramount Pictures' biggest release of 2017 so far, |
| 1:18.0 | and the box office performance, at least domestically, |
| 1:21.0 | has been disappointing to say the least, and with the production budget estimated at well over at least |
| 1:23.0 | with the production budget estimated at well over a hundred million dollars |
| 1:26.0 | you know the film was largely over shadow during its opening weekend |
| 1:30.0 | by more family friendly titles including Beed in the Beast which is well on its way to I think a billion |
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