Internet display advertising had what may have been the worst quarter in its history. In the first 90 days of this year, by most measures, the cost-per-thousand that large websites charged advertisers…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are the top pre-market upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street this Thursday morning: BCE (BCE) Started as Overweight at Thomas Weisel. Google (GOOG) Raised to Buy at Canaccord.…
Barry Diller, who has been in the media industry as long as almost any man alive, said the online display advertising at his company, IACI (IACI), might be down as much as…
John Malone and Barry Diller had their full round of the boxing match last year. But now it seems another fight may be under way. Liberty Media Corp. has been unloading shares…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades and cautious calls we have seen this Thursday morning: Accenture (ACN) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Adobe Systems (ADBE) Cut to Neutral…
Today marks the break-up for IAC/Interactive, which trades asunder the IACI and IACID tickers after the August 11, 2008 record date. IAC/Interactive is going to begin trading on a post-split basis to…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Nissan says it will start exporting cars from it China joint venture. Reuters reports that Micorosft (MSFT) will enlist Seinfeld for its new ad campaign. Reuters reports that the…
The ongoing Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) merger saga with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) or its potential sidebar deal with Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and the fight with Carl Icahn has been covered about…
According to Reuters, M&A activity is down sharply. Reuters writes that Anheuser-Busch (BUD) turned down an offer from InBeve. Reuters reports that Yahoo! (YHOO) has realigned its senion management Reuters reports that…
According to Reuters, a proposal from the SEC would cut the role of credit rating agencies. Reuters writes that United (UAUA) will lay-off 950 pilots. Reuters reports that GM (GM) will cut…
Nielsen Online has a report out for MAY 2008 data on the top U.S. SEARCH PROVIDERS. As a reminder, this is "US SEARCH" rather than global search. But it shows that Google…
No one needs to be reminded that IAC/Interactive (IACI) is breaking itself into five pieces to improve "shareholder value". The fight between Barry Diller and John Malone over whether the move was…
According to Reuters, profits fell at Barclays (BCS) due to large write-offs. Reuters writes that Carl Icahn has decide to begin a proxy fight against Yahoo! (YHOO) Reuters reports that Sony (SNE)…
According to Reuters, lenders and Clear Channel (CCU) have reached an agreement for an LBO of the company. Reuters writes that Carl Icahn may mount a proxy fight for control of Yahoo!…
IAC/InteractiveCorp. (NASDAQ: IACI) and Liberty Media Corporation (NASDAQ: LINTA) (NASDAQ: LCAPA) (NASDAQ: LMDIA) have settled their disputes, and it looks like Barry Diller Came out on top of John Malone. We covered…
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