Google’s (GOOG) shares of the video market increased in November. Its share increased by two percentage points to 31.3% or almost 3 billion videos viewed, according to comScore. The news indicates how…
The No.2 man at Verizon (VZ) told an investing conference that the telecom company was not seeing any effect from the economic slowdown. Management from News Corp (NWS) made similar comments recently.…
Fox Business Network (NWS) posted embarrassing numbers when Nielsen reported the channel had only 6,300 viewers at any given time on weekdays. For a two month period beginning October 15, rival CNBC…
There has been a good deal of debate over whether WSJ.com, now a paid subscription website, will become free to all visitors. The nearly $80 million in subscription revenue would have to…
Douglas A. McIntyre Can you recall at the start of 2006 when Virgin Media, Inc. (NASDAQ:VMED) was deemed as in-play as a buyout candidate and then later in 2006 when it looked like a buyout…
No on watches Fox Business. Perhaps a few agoraphobics and people who are unemployed. According to The New York Times, the average number of people watching Fox Business on weekdays is 6,300.…
Apple (AAPL) has signed a deal with News Corp’s (NWS) to rent Fox studio movies on iTunes. Apple looks at it as something of a break-through. iTunes subscribers have been reluctant to…
According to Reuters, retailers offering the sharpest discounts got the lion’s share of this year’s holiday customers. CostCo (COST) and Wal-Mart (WMT) made the list. The Wall Street Journal writes that a…
If there has been a disappointing return of a tech and web giant it has been that of Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO). We aren’t calling for any new fresh management axes or anything like…
According to Reuters, Citigroup (C) will take $49 billion of SIVs onto its balance sheet. Reuters writes that Nissan and Chrysler may begin to partner in building new cars Reuters reports that…
No one is giving out figures on how well the new Fox Business channel is doing on cable. And, rival CNBC is not saying anything either. But, online Fox has made a…
This week we expect the pricing of the Calssmates.com (NASDAQ:CLAS) parent Classmates Media Corp. IPO and partial spin-off from United Online (NASDAQ:UNTD). We have noted recently and before that this Classmates.com is…
24/7 Wall St. has evaluated over 200 CEOs in order to select it CEO of the Year. Six finalists were chosen from the list. The measurements were based on company stock performance…
Macrovision (MSVN) says that it will raise $800 million as part of the financing for its buy-out of Gemstar-TV Guide (GMST). The market does not seem to like the debt or the…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, the former head of UnitedHealth gave up $400 million in stock options to settle chages with the SEC and the company. Reuters writes that the head of Rio Tinto…
