The contest for control of Vivendi Universal's entertainment empire shifted into high gear Monday, with the French conglomerate drawing bids from four media companies and investment groups.

A contingent of Vivendi Universal brass, including chief operating officer Jean-Bernand Levy and chief financial officer Jacques Espinasse, head to Los Angeles today to meet with Viv U ...

Today, Jean-Marie Messier -- the trans-Atlantic chairman of Vivendi Universal, a sprawling global conglomerate -- is to face down 6,000 shareholders at a gathering that will begin at 5 p.m. Paris ...

Vivendi Universal topper Jean-Marie Messier and USA Networks chief Barry Diller were all smiles Monday as they spoke loftily of synergies and benefits from their $10.3 billion plan to bring most ...

NBC Universal will be 80 percent owned by General Electric Co.'s NBC and 20 percent owned by shareholders of Vivendi Universal SA, the French conglomerate that was nearly bankrupted by its former ...

Vivendi Universal’s dire balance sheet isn’t the only driving force behind the company’s apparent desire to sell, or spin off, its U.S. entertainment businesses.Most company observers think ...

Vivendi, the French conglomerate that owns Hollywood movie studio Universal Pictures and record company Universal Music Group, wrote off a further €18.4 billion ($20.2 billion) in goodwill ...

Vivendi lit up the industry rumor mill by announcing that it will look for a strategic partner, or possibly two, to sell up to 50% of the Universal Music Group, igniting a firestorm of speculation ...

Although Vivendi Universal continues its yearlong financial slide, Universal Pictures has seven films starting production in the early fall--a hefty outlay of expenses for any studio, much less ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Vivendi Universal reported Thursday a 2004 profit -- its first in four years -- on revenue growth from Universal Music Group, ...