Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
There are too many companies in the business of streaming or downloading premium video over the internet. Sony (NYSE: SNE) announced that it will begin to stream major league baseball games into markets…
Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) climbed another rung on the ladder of its recovery. The run of ever-spectacular results at Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) continues.The results of the two companies met at the crossroads of the new…
These are the top analyst upgrades and downgrades seen this Wednesday morning from Wall Street research calls: AGA Medical Holdings (NASDAQ: AGAM) Started as Outperform at Baird. Align Technology (NASDAQ: ALGN) Reiterated…
Reuters:Â Â Oil dropped as the dollar strengthened. Reuters:Â Â Samsung posted record profits. Reuters:Â Â Greece wants to amend its aid deal with Europe and not use IMF. Reuters:Â Â The US Transportation Department will…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 75 million visitors a month, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have…
The VCR was supposed to ruin box office demand. Then Blockbuster (BBI) was the spoiler. Then came DVDs and high-def DVDs. That spawned NetFlix (NFLX) and kiosk operations like Redbox. What DVDs could not…
Blockbuster (BBI), the world’s largest movie rental chain, has all sorts of problems. It is nearly insolvent. Its model of renting DVDs from stores has been largely bypassed by online operations such as…
These are ten of the top research calls we have seen in the form of upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street analysts this Wednesday morning: Akamai Technologies Inc. (NYSE: AKAM) Raised…
The New York Times reports that Walmart (WMT) has bought video on demand hardware and software company Vudu. The firm’s service is built into set-top boxes and Blu-ray devices. The paper reports that Vudu recently “announced…
Deciding who wins and who loses in movie rentals has proven to be a difficult task other than stating the obvious…. Online distribution and delivery distribution have major benefits over being a…
The key to a media business model is the size of the market and the demographic of the consumer. eMarketer is forecasting the number of monthly Internet users in the US will…
These are some of the top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning: Dish Networks (NASDAQ: DISH) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan. DirecTV (NYSE:…
These are this Thursday’s top day trader and active trader alerts. We have a link over to VSInvestor.com for each story with more details and analysis: Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) is…
These are this Thursday’s top 10 analyst calls for upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research: Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC) Raised to Overweight at Barclays Capital. Alliant Techsystems Inc. (NYSE:…
