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As Internet Video Activity Grows, the Search for Profit Continues

Posted: April 20, 2012 at 6:42 am

Online data research firm Comscore reports that the viewership of video online continues to rise rapidly. Video Metrix service showing that 181 million U.S. Internet users watched nearly 37 billion online content ...
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The Empires of Apple Media

Posted: April 19, 2012 at 6:27 am

Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock occasionally rises above $600 a share and its market cap above $600 billion. Its sales almost certainly will pass $100 billion this year, based on extraordinary revenue ...
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Beyond Howard Stern … Liberty Wants Control of SiriusXM (LMCA, SIRI, LINTA, LBTYA)

Posted: April 18, 2012 at 7:01 am

Liberty Media Corporation (NASDAQ: LMCA) sure appears to want to take control of SiriusXM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) without really taking full control. If you have not been keeping up with ...
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THQ’s ‘Less-Bad’ Guidance, Huge Short Interest To Be Wild Card (THQI)

Posted: April 18, 2012 at 6:38 am

THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) is no longer one of the top video game publishers that affects the entire video game sector, but due to stronger Saints Row sales of more ...
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SIRIUS vs. Stern… Another Round of Another Fight (SIRI)

Posted: April 17, 2012 at 11:46 am

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) appears to have won at least one argument in the efforts of and around Howard Stern. Today's news may just feel like another round ...
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AOL Adopting TV Model for Online Video Ads (AOL, GOOG, YHOO, MSFT, CMCSA, NWS, DIS, TWX)

Posted: April 17, 2012 at 10:29 am

AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) will soon make advertisers an offer it hopes they can’t refuse. The company will give advertisers the opportunity to buy online advertising using the same model ...
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Coinstar’s Higher Guidance Raises Focus On Netflix (CSTR, NFLX)

Posted: April 12, 2012 at 4:40 pm

Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) is raising its first quarter and annual earnings and revenue guidance.  The news is going to be particularly important for Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) because of ...
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Google Clouds Good Earnings With New Class of Stock & Split (GOOG)

Posted: April 12, 2012 at 4:25 pm

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) may find itself having to explain the situation better after reporting what appears to be higher than expected earnings.  The company is proposing a new class of stock ...
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Former NFL Competitor USFL Raising $30 Million To Relaunch In 2013 (WWE)

Posted: April 12, 2012 at 3:56 pm

Do you remember the old United States Football League, or the USFL?  It's back, or it least it is trying to be brought back to life.  This is the league ...
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360-Degree Google Earnings Preview (GOOG, MSFT, YHOO)

Posted: April 12, 2012 at 11:33 am

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is set to report earnings after the close of trading on Thursday and this is likely to set the tone for many internet operations.  In late-morning ...
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Bracing For Weak Video Game Data Again (GME, ATVI, EA, TTWO, ZNGA)

Posted: April 11, 2012 at 3:00 pm

GameStop Corporation (NYSE: GME) may be down today because of a Needham & Co. research downgrade where the video game retailer was cut to "Hold."  There is another interesting call ...
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Apple Targeted by DOJ Over eBooks (AAPL, BKS)

Posted: April 11, 2012 at 10:07 am

Few details are out, but the Department of Justice is going to be making an announcement today that it is filing a lawsuit against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and book ...
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Huge Options Trade in SIRIUS XM Mutes M&A Hope (SIRI)

Posted: April 10, 2012 at 11:20 am

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) has such a low share price that it has often been called a bit of a call option rather than a normal stock.  It ...
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Record-Setting March Warm Weather… Climate Change or Global Warming?

Posted: April 9, 2012 at 1:55 pm

Did you notice how there were no cold fronts worth noting at all in March in many parts of the country?  March of 2012 appears to have been the warmest ...
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Facebook Acquires Instagram… A $1 Billion Waste??? (SFLY)

Posted: April 9, 2012 at 1:18 pm

Facebook is paying $1 billion to acquire Instagram in cash and stock and in a deal which should close in the next 30-days.  The deal is likely to come right before ...
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