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The Walt Disney Company (DIS) - Christopher Marangi at Gabelli & Company

The threats could become reality with Disney, said Chris Marangi, an analyst with Gabelli & Co. "This battle is not going to go away," Marangi said. 

The Walt Disney Company (DIS) - Christopher Marangi at Gabelli & Company

The two struck a deal the day after their contract expired, preventing viewers from losing access to sporting events such as the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day. The threats could become reality with Disney, said Chris Marangi, an analyst with Gabelli & Co in Rye, New York. "This battle is not going to go away," Marangi said. "Pay TV providers are looking at this and saying to themselves: ‘Why should I buy the cow, when I can get the milk for free?'". With assistance from Andrew Fixmer in Los Angeles 

Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) - Heiko Ihle at Gabelli & Company

As a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Online, you will be able to: Setup and manage your portfolio Personalize your own news page Receive and manage newsletters .NEW YORK (Dow Jones) Industrial machinery stocks slipped Thursday, with Caterpillar Inc (CAT) among the worst performers in the sector and the Dow Jones Industrial Average, as investors again fled the cyclical stocks tied closest to the economy's performance. With the Dow dropping a sharp 155 points to 10219 in recent action, Caterpillar was near the lead of the declines, with every one of the 30 components in the red. The industrial machinery giant, which is often among the biggest percent changers in the index whether up or down, fell 2.3% to $55.62 in recent trading. Gabelli analyst Heiko Ihle said ..Copyright 2009 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. 

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc (LYV) - Brett Harriss at Gabelli & Company

The result lifts food and merchandise sales while slicing into the markup of scalpers who profit from tickets initially priced too low in the $44 billion worldwide concert market "The idea is to shift the economic value from the brokers, who get the difference between the face value and the resale value, to the primary market where it can go to the artists, promoters and venue operators," said Brett Harriss, an analyst with Gabelli & Co in Rye, New York, which owns the shares Concerts are increasingly important for the music industry 

Sirius XM Radio Inc. (SIRI) - Brett Harriss at Gabelli & Company

He also would face the Federal Communications Commission restrictions that drove him from terrestrial radio in the first place "It's definitely more than a 50% chance that he stays," says Brett Harriss, an analyst with Gabelli & Co, which owns shares in Sirius "He is not going anywhere" The talk of Stern replacing Simon Cowell on American Idol is speculation masterfully fueled by Stern himself, who said he would take the job he won't be offered for $100 million Gossip columnists are falling for it hook, line and sinker 

Cablevision Systems Corporation (CVC) - Christopher Marangi at Gabelli & Company

Paying off some debt, allocating a special dividend, or buying back shares are all options that would benefit investors, he said Cablevision gained 96 cents, or 38 percent, to $2611 at 4 pm in New York Stock Exchange composite trading The stock rose 11 percent this year before today The company's capital expenditures are falling and it has reliable subscription revenue from homes in the wealthier New York metropolitan area, Chris Marangi, a Gabelli & Co analyst in Rye, New York, said 

NBC Universal, Inc. - Christopher Marangi at Gabelli & Company

ANALYST TAKE: Chris Marangi, an analyst at Gabelli & Co, said he's looking for an update on the regulatory review of the NBC Universal deal as well as more financial details about the deal itself 

General Electric Company (GE) - Christopher Marangi at Gabelli & Company

ANALYST TAKE: Chris Marangi, an analyst at Gabelli & Co, said he's looking for an update on the regulatory review of the NBC Universal deal as well as more financial details about the deal itself 

Liberty Media Corporation - Christopher Marangi at Gabelli & Company

Liberty Media portrays the investment as simply an endorsement of a business combination that united Live Nation, the world's largest concert promoter, with Ticketmaster, the dominant seller of tickets and a leading artist management company The merger closed late Monday after the companies agreed to concessions required by the Justice Department and 17 state attorneys general to protect competition in the market for ticket sales "Liberty has proven themselves to be savvy media investors, and they see an opportunity here," said Christopher Marangi, an analyst with researcher Gabelli & Co Others see a classic example of Malone's deft financial maneuvering in the tender offer