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Streaming Music Service Spotify In Line for $100 Million in Venture Funding (SNE, C, AAPL, AMZN, WMG, SIRI)

Posted: February 22, 2011 at 9:44 am

The leading online music streaming service in Europe, Spotify, is reportedly in line to get an injection of $100 million in venture funding as it seeks to launch its service ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (2/11/2011) Smaller iPhone, Facebook Private Sale

Posted: February 11, 2011 at 8:34 am

Updated throughout the day. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is at work on a smaller version of the iPhone (WSJ) Facebook is considering a $1 billion sale of shares by employees (WSJ) ...
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The Unusual Suspects for the Week Ahead (BRK-A, BRK-B, CLDA, GOOG, HUGH, MOS, NVDA, PBY, CRM, SWKS, SBIB, WMG, WWE)

Posted: January 23, 2011 at 12:20 pm

There are many new characters in this week's installment of "The Unusual Suspects" for the week ahead.  We have tracked news and added color on each where applicable.  The cast ...
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Warner Music for Sale But Buyers Could Be Scarce (WMG, VIVEF, SNE, KKR, C, AAPL, AMZN)

Posted: January 21, 2011 at 10:12 am

The recorded music business, currently floating on a sea of red, does not appear to be a solid investment, but that's not keeping some industry giants from trying either to ...
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Todays’ Best Market Rumors (1/21/2011) Apple iPhone, Lenovo M&A

Posted: January 21, 2011 at 8:00 am

Updated throughout the day. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) plans to change the security of hardware on the iPhone 4 (Reuters) Lenovo and NEC may merge PC operations (Reuters) Hughes Communications is ...
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Media Digest (1/21/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 21, 2011 at 4:39 am

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) substantially changed its board. Four directors left and several, including former Ebay (NASDAQ: EBAY) CEO Meg Whitman, were added (Reuters) Paul Volcker will leave his post as ...
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Warner Music Out of Tune

Posted: November 17, 2010 at 10:22 am

The recorded music business has been getting beaten up for the last decade or so, starting with the original release of Napster in the late 1990s. Music industry executives decided ...
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Media Digest 9/30/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 30, 2009 at 4:04 am

Reuters:   China celebrated 60 years of communist rule as a capitalist economy. Reuters:   The IMF cut global debt write-offs to $3.4 trillion. Reuters:   CIT (CIT) is close to a deal ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (9/29/2009) (AMD)(GOOG)(AMGN)

Posted: September 29, 2009 at 9:13 am

Updated throughout the day. Update:  Xerox (XRX) may find that IBM (IBM) or HP (HPQ) outbid it for ACS (ACS)  (Barron's) Update:  Apple (AAPL) may be working on a touchscreen ...
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Media Digest 2/6/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 6, 2009 at 4:06 am

According to Reuters, Democrats say that the Senate will pass the stimulus bill today.Reuters reports that Moody's cut Toyota's (TM) rating for the first time in 10 years.Reuters writes that ...
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Will Warner Music Go Hard After Death Row? (WMG)

Posted: January 14, 2009 at 12:01 pm

Being a record label, or now a music label, is not what it once was.  Not even close.  Just ask Death Row Records and former owner Suge Knight.  In an ...
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The Music Business Is Doomed, Even If Digital Sales Keep Improving (AAPL)(WMG)

Posted: January 1, 2009 at 6:06 am

Over the last few years, the reporting of revenue from commercial music sales has been a "good news, bad news" deal. Digital downloads of albums and songs keep rising. CD ...
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Media Digest 12/22/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 22, 2008 at 3:47 am

According to Reuters, Japan's recession deepened as its exports fell sharply.Reuters reports that Ireland will spend $7.7 billion to bailout its largest banks.Reuters reports that Toyota (TM) will report its ...
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Media Digest 11/27/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 27, 2008 at 6:26 am

According to Reuters, markets in Asia and Europe ross about 2%Reuters reports that the downturn in the Chinese economy deepened.Reuters reports that BHP Billiton (BHP) was gloomy about its prospects ...
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Apple (AAPL) iTunes And The Sherman Antitrust Act

Posted: August 28, 2008 at 5:04 am

"Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is declared to be ...
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