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The mountains are as gorgeous as ever, the deal climate not so much as boutique investment bank Allen & Co. prepares to host its annual Sun Valley retreat. After guests arrive on Tuesday, official activities get under way Wednesday. The annual ritual of media-mogul whitewater rafting and shop talk is a 40-year…

Barry Diller Thursday slammed burgeoning efforts by streaming services to supply films to their platforms, saying “the definition of movie is in such transition it doesn't mean anything anymore." He made the remarks to NPR on the sidelines of the Allen & Co. mogul retreat in Sun Valley, Idaho. “These streaming…

ViacomCBS chair Shari Redstone in a pink cardigan and black backpack, NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell in short sleeves, Discovery chief executive David Zaslav in dark shades and a signature vest and Comcast CEO Brian Roberts pulling up in a car – these are of some of the first shots of media moguls arriving in Sun Valley…

Netflix has “won the game” as far as streaming, according to media mogul Barry Diller, but among its soon-to-launch rivals, he said Disney has “the best chance” to apply pressure. Diller made the comments during a CNBC interview Wednesday in Sun Valley, ID, where he’s attending Allen & Co.’s annual retreat. (See full…

EXCLUSIVE: While talk of direct-to-consumer streaming and the M&A climate is in the air at Allen & Co.’s annual retreat in Sun Valley, the actual day-by-day agenda includes sessions reaching far beyond the media racket. Cybersecurity, foreign affairs, education, Brexit and the human brain will all be explored in the…

A cross-section of front-rank executives from the media and tech sectors has gathered in Sun Valley, ID, for Allen & Co.’s annual conference. This year’s edition of the event, held each July since 1983, gets underway on Tuesday. It is unfolding in the wake of several pivotal mergers and with questions swirling about…

As media and tech prime movers gather in Sun Valley, Idaho, for this week’s annual Allen & Co. retreat, one of the biggest deals in an already surging M&A marketplace may well hit a whole new level during the conference. Comcast has been planning for three weeks now to respond to Disney’s aggressive $71.3 billion bid…

It was one of the best-received panels of the week at Herb Allen’s Sun Valley retreat: Immunology and therapy and the advances that could potentially be made to save lives and reverse damage in the human body. Immunotherapy already been used to an extent to fight cancer and was a noted scientific breakthrough back in…

Another day at Sun Valley and another round a panel discussions, with attention this year paid on this country’s growing opioid epidemic — i.e. overdoses and prescription drug dependency driven by over-prescriptions of drugs such as pain meds. The crisis is growing at an alarming rate in this country and now is the…

The second day of talks and panels drew high praise from those attending Herb Allen’s Sun Valley retreat in Idaho — and yes there were sightings of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner who, as one mogul said, “were trying to keep a low profile.” Ummm, kinda hard to do these days. Nike founder and now chairman emeritus Phil…

After last night’s networking dinner, the moguls of media, finance and tech industries piled into a panel discussion this morning to listen to a talk with two hedge fund managers about the economy in what was the first day of investment banker Allen & Co.'s annual retreat in Sun Valley, ID. The multi-day event will…