Saturday, May 19, 2012 | New York City @ 11:06 AM

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James Erik Abels is TMM's anchor. He's covered media and digital media for Forbes and the FT's mergermarket newswire.

Spotlight: Without MGM, A Lion To Stalk Time Warner

Competition from Spyglass could lead to Internet originals

How are old moves like old cars? Their value drops as they age. So Spyglass Entertainment has a plan to freshen up MGM's old films. Make TV shows out of them and compete with Warner Brothers Television!

Also up: Time Warner just helped Disney land a better deal on cable.

-james

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