Media

Are Pandora Shareholders Getting Enough in the Buyout?

Posted: September 24, 2018 at 8:35 am

Pandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) shares shot up early on Monday after it was announced that the company would be acquired by Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI). The transaction ...
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Tiger Woods Win Makes Massive Benefit to Sponsor

Posted: September 24, 2018 at 6:25 am

Tiger Woods won the last tournament of the golf season, the Tour Championship. He also nearly won the FedEx Cup prize of $10 million, which is based on the results ...
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6 Most Important Things in Business Today

Posted: September 24, 2018 at 4:57 am

Stock buybacks are among the reasons corporate earnings are so strong. According to The Wall Street Journal: Last December’s tax overhaul is boosting corporate profits in more ways than one. ...
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A Google Breakup Could Be Like Old AT&T

Posted: September 23, 2018 at 8:23 am

Could Google parent Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) be broken into pieces? Could Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) suffer a similar fate? A look back at the history of tech and telecom ...
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Can Google Results Be Trusted Anymore?

Posted: September 22, 2018 at 7:30 am

On the heels of accusations that the management of Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Google may have tilted some search results after the election of Donald Trump, and that the company ...
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Go Big or Go Home: Disney, Comcast Square Off in Auction for Sky

Posted: September 21, 2018 at 9:35 am

Sometime Saturday, we'll all know the answer. The question is: which media-giant is going to win a blind auction for U.K.-based Sky, a $36 billion communications and entertainment company that ...
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6 Most Important Things in Business Today

Posted: September 21, 2018 at 4:57 am

U.S. stocks hit all-time highs. According to The Wall Street Journal: The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 set new highs Thursday, kindling hopes among some investors that buoyant ...
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Auction Will Determine Whether Fox or Comcast Will Takeover Sky

Posted: September 20, 2018 at 6:08 am

The U.K. Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, which has the power to decide the fates of bids for companies based within its borders, has decided to let the two competing ...
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6 Most Important Things in Business Today

Posted: September 19, 2018 at 4:48 am

Increases in benefits outpaced wages last year. According to The Wall Street Journal: U.S. employers are boosting benefits—including bonuses and vacation time—at a faster pace than salaries, a move that ...
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6 Most Important Things in Business Today

Posted: September 18, 2018 at 5:01 am

President Trump put tariffs on another $200 billion of China imports. According to Reuters: China said on Tuesday it has no choice but to retaliate against new U.S. trade tariffs, ...
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MoviePass Wants Another Reverse Stock Split

Posted: September 17, 2018 at 3:18 pm

Stop me if you've heard this one before. The board of directors of Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc. (NASDAQ: HMNY), the controlling shareholding in movie subscription service MoviePass, has filed ...
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Is Debt the Reason Behind Netflix’s Flirtation With Advertising?

Posted: September 17, 2018 at 10:10 am

One of the hardest things for a digital service to accomplish is changing its monetization model. Switching from an advertising-free subscription service to a service that runs some advertising while ...
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6 Most Important Things in Business Today

Posted: September 17, 2018 at 5:05 am

Tesla Inc.'s (NASDAQ: TSLA) Elon Musk addressed logistics issues. According to Reuters: "Sorry, we've gone from production hell to delivery logistics hell, but this problem is far more tractable. We're ...
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Time Magazine Sold for $190 Million

Posted: September 17, 2018 at 4:46 am

The head of Salesforce.com Inc. (NYSE: CRM) bought Time magazine and related properties for $190 million. Meredith Corp (NYSE: MDP), which bought Time parent company Time Inc. in January 2018, ...
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Facebook Starts to Screen Images

Posted: September 14, 2018 at 6:55 am

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) recently has faced accusations that the social network was used to help influence the presidential election. It is also, according to many critics, a platform for ...
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