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Weakness Emerges in AOL Earnings Report

Posted: May 8, 2013 at 7:45 am

AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The online media and brand company posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.32 on revenues of ...
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Walt Disney Earnings Driving New All-Time Highs for Stockholders

Posted: May 7, 2013 at 4:35 pm

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) has released its first-quarter earnings report. Earnings rose by 32% to $0.83 per share from $0.63 in the prior-year quarter. Outside of items it ...
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EA Making Star Wars Games for Years to Come!

Posted: May 6, 2013 at 4:55 pm

Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) has a better friend from an old friend in the world of video games and brands. News has broken that the Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) ...
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Yum! Wastes Shareholder Money on Kentucky Derby

Posted: May 5, 2013 at 7:47 pm

Every shareholder of Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) should have gotten a seat at the Kentucky Derby, or at least a spot next to the event's red carpet. Yum! Brands ...
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Shareholders Can’t Afford Retirement, as Martha Stewart Seeks Fountain of Youth

Posted: May 5, 2013 at 7:22 pm

Martha Stewart recently flogged her book, "Living the Good Long Life: A Practical Guide to Caring for Yourself and Others," in the pages of USA Today. Between tips on longevity, ...
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Dish Network Ready to Go All-In for Sprint

Posted: May 3, 2013 at 10:35 am

When Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) put in its bid of $25.5 billion for Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S), there could be little question that the satellite TV provider was ...
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Twitter Takes First Step Toward IPO?

Posted: May 3, 2013 at 6:50 am

Twitter has added an investment banker to its staff. This has prompted speculation that the company may begin the process for an initial public offering. Of course, investors could be ...
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YouTube Promotes Audience Size, but Sales Are Wanting

Posted: May 2, 2013 at 6:30 am

The Wall Street Journal reports that the management of Google Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) giant video site -- YouTube -- has started to promote its audience size. What management does not say is ...
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J.C. Penney “Comeback” Commercial Will Not Work

Posted: May 2, 2013 at 6:11 am

J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) has decided to waste money on a television commercial that asks customers to "come back." Why? "We heard you." Put another way, J.C. Penney has ...
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New Call of Duty: Ghosts Video Game for Holidays Met By Lame Intro

Posted: May 1, 2013 at 2:00 pm

Video games are going to get their chance to prove once again that the boxed video game era of $59.95 releases is not dead. Freemium games have had their day, maybe, and now ...
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Jefferies Top Stock Picks for Tech, Media, Telecom Ahead of TMT Conference

Posted: May 1, 2013 at 7:55 am

Wall Street firms have a tradition of hosting conferences to highlight market sectors in which they specialize in research coverage. Next week, May 7 through May 9, Jefferies will host ...
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Can Twitter Outlive The New York Times?

Posted: May 1, 2013 at 6:49 am

Technology executive Peter Thiel told the Milken Institute Global Conference that Twitter likely will outlive The New York Times. His theory is based on the wide use of Twitter and the ...
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Change at the Top in Daily Newspaper Circulation Wars

Posted: April 30, 2013 at 12:00 pm

As of last September, the daily newspaper with the highest average circulation was The Wall Street Journal, with a combined print and digital circulation of 2.29 million. USA Today claimed ...
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Martha Stewart Earnings Go to Hell, New CEO Needed

Posted: April 30, 2013 at 9:35 am

The first-quarter results for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (NYSE: MSO) could not have been worse. The company desperately needs a new chief executive to take both the firm and ...
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Sinclair Broadcasting Begins Secondary Offering

Posted: April 29, 2013 at 8:25 am

Television broadcasting company Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (NASDAQ: SBGI) today commenced an underwritten secondary offering of 14 million shares of class A stock. Joint book-runners for the offering are Wells ...
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