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Media Digest (2/2/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 2, 2012 at 4:10 am

Glencore and Xstrata are in merger talks. (Reuters) A federal mortgage deal with banks over mortgage fraud would give states enforcement power. (Reuters) Sony (NYSE: SNE) expects a $2.9 billion loss. ...
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Another Losing Runner in the Online Content Race

Posted: February 1, 2012 at 6:47 am

Many of the companies that have entered the online content business have stumbled. Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has a service. So does Walmart (NYSE: WMT). There are already several leaders, including ...
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Yahoo! and the Temptation to Merge with a Major Media Firm

Posted: January 25, 2012 at 6:37 am

Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) earnings were weak, which raised the matter of a business combination with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) or Aol (NYSE: AOL) again. A more suitable merger would be with ...
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AT&T Looking Again at Dish? (T, DISH, DTEGY, VZ, VOD, CMCSA, TWC, PCS, LEAP, S)

Posted: January 17, 2012 at 1:09 pm

Will AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) finally make an offer for Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) now that the merger with the T-Mobile USA unit of Deutsche Telekom AG (OTC: DTEGY) ...
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True Convergence: Taking Speech To TV (NUAN, AAPL, MSFT, CMCSA, TWC, T, DTV, DISH)

Posted: January 9, 2012 at 12:54 pm

Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) is getting a much less of a reception than you might expect following on news that it is taking its Dragon speech recognition to the ...
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Shame on Them… Proposing A Verizon Wireless & Vodafone Merger (VZ, VOD, CMCSA, TWC)

Posted: January 6, 2012 at 10:00 am

In early December, Verizon Wireless, a joint venture between Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone Group plc (NASDAQ: VOD), paid $3.6 billion for wireless spectrum licenses owned SpectrumCo LLC. ...
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Media Digest (1/5/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 5, 2012 at 6:33 am

Blackstone (NYSE: BX) will complete the capital raise for its $16 billion fund. (Reuters) The EU agrees to an embargo on Iranian oil. (Reuters) Citing defense cuts, Boeing (NYSE: BA) ...
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Verizon’s Spectrum Purchase Being Investigated (VZ, VOD, CMCSA, TWC, T, DTEGY, S)

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 9:07 am

Earlier this month Verizon Wireless, the joint venture between Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone plc (NASDAQ: VOD), paid $3.6 billion for spectrum licenses belonging to SpectrumCo LLC, a ...
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Best Ideas For 2012: Mostly Dividends & Value (BRK-A, CMCSA, FCX, MET, PG, STX, RDS.A, VOD, SNY, AAPL, GOOG, IBM)

Posted: December 13, 2011 at 12:59 pm

This last weekend brought the first waves of picks for 2012.  Barron's issued its "10 Favorite Stocks For 2012" and the stocks were just about all lower on Monday with ...
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Xbox Live Challenging Cable Supremacy? (MSFT, AAPL, GOOG, CMCSA, TWC, VZ, CVC, SSNLF, LOGI)

Posted: December 5, 2011 at 10:44 am

Tomorrow’s launch of an upgrade to Xbox Live from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is the latest shot in the battle for control of US TV sets. The Redmond giant isn’t ...
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Cablevision Remains Too Oversold and a Bargain (CVC, TWC, CMCSA, DTV, CHTR, MSG, AMCX)

Posted: November 16, 2011 at 8:11 am

Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) is still trading just above the $15.00 mark and its 52-week range is $14.18 to $38.08.  The long-term stock chart is a bit misleading because of ...
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Dish Network Stumbles (DISH, DTV, VZ, T, NFLX, AMZN, SATS, CMCSA)

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 9:16 am

Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) came close to meeting consensus estimates on earnings and revenues, and in this case, close may be good enough. The company lost 111,000 subscribers in ...
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Time Warner Leads Off Media Earnings (TWX, SNE, DIS, CBS, CMCSA, NFLX, AMZN)

Posted: November 2, 2011 at 9:30 am

Media producer Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) this morning posted adjusted EPS of $0.79 on $7.07 billion in revenues. Consensus estimates called for EPS of $0.76 on revenues of $6.97 ...
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Expected Price Gains for Network and Cable TV Operators (CBS, DIS, CMCSA, TWC, DISH, DTV, VIA, LSTZA, DISCA, CHTR)

Posted: October 31, 2011 at 2:12 pm

There are plenty of challenges facing the network and cable TV industry these day, not the least of which is the growth in streaming video. The well-known troubles of ...
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Top 12 Earnings and Economic Events This Coming Week (ADM, DNKN, PFE, GM, F, CMCSA, KFT, QCOM, WFM, AIG, EK, LNKD, SBUX, GMCR, ALU)

Posted: October 30, 2011 at 11:11 am

Earnings season is still running strong and the economic readings keep coming out as well. As we come to the end of October, there is going to be plenty of ...
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