MCN Newswire: Dow Down, Day 6; Trump Tweets, Ailes Speaks; Cablevision, CBS Re-Up
Top Stories - August 26, 2015
Dow Falls 205 Points After Early Rally Cable stocks managed to hold their own Tuesday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average, following an early rally that saw the index rise by as much as 441 points, fell again for the sixth straight trading day. more
RELATED: Media Stocks Bounce Back as Market Opens Higher Media stocks bounced back in early trading Tuesday, showing good gains as the Dow Jones Industrial Average reversed field and turned sharply higher, gaining 2% after Monday's huge drop. more
Ailes Fires Back at Trump Over Twitter Tirade Fox News chairman/CEO Roger Ailes took aim at Donald Trump Tuesday after the GOP presidential candidate tweeted insults about Fox News Channel anchor Megyn Kelly Monday night. more
RELATED: Trump Continues Twitter Tirade Against FNC's Kelly GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump met Megyn Kelly's return from vacation to the anchor seat of The Kelly File Monday night with a series of three tweets insulting her performance and calling the show "a waste of an hour." more
Cablevision, CBS Sign Content Pact Cablevision Systems and CBS said they have agreed to a broad-based, multi-year content carriage agreement that covers retransmission consent for CBS-owned stations and continued carriage of Showtime, CBS Sports Network and Smithsonian Channel; and makes Cablevision the first pay TV provider to announce plans to distribute CBS All Access and Showtime streaming services to broadband customers. more