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Who Wants to Buy Hulu? Yahoo!, Time Warner, AT&T?

Posted: June 6, 2013 at 9:20 am

Streaming video service Hulu is owned by a consortium that includes Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) and Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA). This is not the first ...
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Hulu Will Never Be the Next Big Thing

Posted: March 6, 2013 at 10:17 am

by Jon Friedman Once upon a time, Hulu had a golden opportunity to transform our viewing habits, the television industry and the Internet. Now, you're more likely to associate Hulu ...
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Can Streaming Save the Video Kiosk?

Posted: February 8, 2013 at 10:55 am

When Coinstar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) reported earnings last night, the owner of the Redbox DVD-rental machines beat earnings estimates by 27%, but net income was down by the same amount ...
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Hulu Video Streaming Service Revenues Up 65% in 2012

Posted: December 17, 2012 at 2:42 pm

Hulu, the streaming video company jointly owned by The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWS), expects revenues of $695 million in 2012, ...
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Hulu is No Longer for Sale (NWS, DIS, CMCSA, YHOO, GOOG, DISH, AMZN, NFLX, AAPL)

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 11:17 am

Streaming video provider Hulu LLC has been taken off the auction block by owners News Corp. (NYSE: NWS), Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA), among others. Rumored ...
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Media Digest (8/25/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes

Posted: August 25, 2011 at 6:15 am

Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and will be chairman. Tim Cook to take over as CEO. (Reuters) Gold falls sharply and may be hurt by CME ...
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Media Digest (4/5/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 5, 2011 at 4:04 am

Republicans plan to cut $6 trillion from the budget over the next decade (Reuters) Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) may be investigated by the FTC (Bloomberg) The FAA will begin inspection of ...
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The New Generation Of American Monopolies

Posted: March 22, 2011 at 4:53 am

A monopoly is either what the government says it is or what a dominant company’s competitors claim. The government’s opinion is the only one that counts, however, as Sprint will ...
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New and Old Products Close In On Hulu

Posted: February 23, 2011 at 6:11 am

Hulu's management may not have admitted it already, but the company is about to be irreparably damaged by new initiatives to stream premium content  to the home. The first ...
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Blockbuster Begins To Auction Assets Not Worth Buying

Posted: February 21, 2011 at 5:28 pm

The auction of Blockbuster's assets began today with what the company termed a "stalking horse" bid. It was set at what might be a considered a low price--$290 million. The ...
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Media Digest 2/3/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 3, 2011 at 4:18 am

A judge said BP plc (NASDAQ: BP) $20 billion fund head Ken Feinberg is not independent of the oil company. (Reuters) Record snow will hurt retail sales. (Reuters) Poor weather ...
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Media Digest 1.27.2011 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 27, 2011 at 4:10 am

Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) earnings will be hurt by slowing PC sales .(Reuters) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac want to cut the dividend on their preferred shares. The money goes to ...
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More Than 172 Million Watch Video Online With Little Promise For Profit

Posted: January 22, 2011 at 1:56 pm

Online research firm comScore reports that more than 172 million Americans watched video online last month. Industry experts are not certain whether any of the largest providers of these videos ...
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The Promise Of Online Video Still Unfulfilled

Posted: November 16, 2010 at 5:57 am

The day on which the promise of online video is fulfilled has still not come. New comScore data shows that YouTube, which has still not found a business model, dominated ...
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Yahoo! Layoff Rumors: Is The Old Internet Dying? No More Than Anything Else

Posted: November 12, 2010 at 5:38 am

There is a rumor that Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) will layoff 20% of its workforce or 20% of the workforce in one of its divisions. Neither may be true. Yahoo! has ...
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