The drop in magazine advertising pages is continuing as the first quarter ends, and it looks like Q2 will not be better. According to MIN, which tracks advertising pages for major US…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, the US will woo private capital to get buyers for bank toxic assets. Reuters reports that US shoppers are likely to remain frugal. Reuters reports that US car dealers…
American management began to do what it could to make office environments more pleasant sometime after the bad economic patch in 2001 and 2002. At some companies such as Wal-Mart (WMT) workers…
A large part of the money that was made by banks and investment banks from 2004 through most of 2007 was made from mergers and acquisitions. When the credit markets fell apart,…
According to Reuters, a price battle among goods makers is beginning. Reuters reports that payments to AIG (AIG) employees is causing rage among people already concerned about the bailout. Reuters reports that…
According to Reuters, investors in GE (GE) are still worried that the stock will not recover to its highs of last year. Reuters reports that Madoff pleaded guilty of 11 charges of…
Facebook may not make any money, now or in the future. It may only be worth 10% of its maximum valuation of $15 billion. But, in spite of all that it is…
Internet display advertising is being challenged by the recession. Traditional media is not the only business being hurt as marketers curtail spending to save money. Barry Diller recently said that the display…
Billionaire and activist investor Carl Icahn has made some large changes to his portfolio holdings. He and Icahn Capital, L.P. have not been immune to the market sell-off as you have seen…
According to Reuters, Congress is ready to pass the stimulus package. Reuters reports that Chinalco is putting $17.5 billion into Rio TInto (RTP). Reuters reports that Wall St. CEOs were attacked by…
Up until very recently, perhaps as recently as six months ago, the prevailing wisdom among analysts who covered the media industry was that “content is king.” It is an inexact way of…
According to Reuters, Congress and The White House are working on the final stimulus package. Reuters reports that Wall St CEOs will defend their use of bailout money before Congress. Reuters reports…
AOL’s plan to capture a large part of the online ad market is to organize a number of brands, some of which don’t have the AOL name, into a new umbrella that the…
Douglas A. McIntyre 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…
These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive calls we have seen on Wall Street this Friday morning: Accuray (ARAY) Raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray. AstraZeneca (AZN) Raised…
