Three Reasons for WWE Investor Smackdown
World Wrestling Entertainment investors are getting a true smackdown. A Barron's bash over the weekend was felt despite the company releasing its growth figures on Monday.
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ThinkstockThe Rubicon Project Inc.(NYSE: RUBI) sold 6.77 million shares in an initial public offering (IPO) Wednesday morning. The stock went out at $15 a share, the low end of the expected range, and had…
Companies Left in a Lurch as Tiger Woods Out of Masters
It's just not CBS Sports that is a loser if Tiger Woods does not play in the Masters Golf Tournament, though without him ratings will be merely pedestrian. Also losing out are Woods's sponsors.
Comcast and Time Warner Cable Merger Faces Stock Shock Dilemma
ThinkstockComcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) is set to get even larger in cable if it is able to get the deal done with Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC). It has been nearly two months…
Why 700% Mobile Video Growth Is Just the Start
thinkstockAnyone who was skeptical that video would thrive on the small screens of smartphones and the only slightly larger screens of tablets had better sit down. The share of time that people spent watching…
The Star Wars Franchise Value Set to Surge Under Disney
With more and more plans coming to light for the next Star Wars feature film, Disney is about to show just what a steal it made in its acquisition of the franchise.
CBS Outdoor IPO Arrives, CBS Arbitrage Ends
Wikimedia CommonsCBS Outdoor Americas Inc. (NYSE: CBSO), what has been the outdoor advertising subsidiary of CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) is now its own company — more or less. The company priced its initial public…
Would a Dish and DirecTV Merger Be a Monopoly Today?
ThinkstockShares of DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) and Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) are both gaining on a Bloomberg TV report that Dish’s Charlie Ergen has approached DirecTV about a possible merger. While this is the…
The Six Largest Websites in America
Despite the rise of online properties such as Twitter, Pinterest and BuzzFeed, the sites that dominate the list of those most visited by Americans are the portals and search site Google.
Why Apple Should Just Buy Netflix
courtesy of NetflixNetflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) investors felt some real pressure on Monday after reports have come out that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has held talks with Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: AAPL) over a new…
58.com Punishes Investors With Secondary Offering
When 58.com launched its initial public offering last October, shares rose by 50% on the first day of trading and have continued to rise pretty much ever since. That means only one thing these…
Mobile Ad Spending Soars 75%
ThinkstockSpending on mobile advertising worldwide more than doubled in 2013 to $17.96 billion and 2014 growth is reckoned at 75% to a global total of $31.5 billion. The 2014 total represents about 25% of…
Companies That Love March Madness the Most
ThinkstockMarch Madness has arrived for you college basketball fans. What is different about March Madness, versus the Daytona 500, the Indy 500, the Super Bowl, and other key sporting events, is that March Madness…
Annual Video Subscriber Totals Fall for the First Time Ever
ThinkstockBy the end of 2013, the 13 largest pay TV providers had lost 105,000 video subscribers for the year. That marks the first year that pay TV posted an annual loss according to media…
No Cable TV? No NCAA Final Four
ThinkstockIf you do not have a pay TV subscription, do not count on watching most of the NCAA basketball tournament that gets underway Tuesday night. You will be unable to watch any of Tuesday…