courtesy of Time WarnerThe Hispanic population in the United States is growing much faster than the formerly dominant white, non-Latin one. That may have been a threat to traditional media outlets. However, it turns…
ThinkstockCybercrime’s cost to the U.S. economy is immense, at least by the standards of other expenses to gross domestic product (GDP). But the amount may be small enough that the final effects are very…
ThinkstockThe dispute over the fees that CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) charges Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) will come to a conclusion of some sort this Wednesday. One outcome floated by the cable operator…
ThinkstockGannett Co. Inc. (NYSE: GCI) reported second-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The media company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.58 on revenues of $1.3 billion. In the same…
Brian Solis, via Wikimedia CommonsNo less a person than Biz Stone, a founder of Twitter, suggested that one of the ways to revive faltering Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is to offer an advertising-free version…
Wikimedia CommonsNike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) was just about the only sponsor to stay with Tiger Woods after his career meltdown in late 2009. He has proved that the sponsors who left him should want to…
via Wikimedia CommonsInvestors were upset that Yahoo! Inc.’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) quarterly results showed a sharp drop in display advertising revenue. And, based on its forecasts, that will not get any better soon. The Yahoo!…
ThinkstockSales of J.K. Rowling’s new crime novel are up 507,000% according to the BBC. The book, titled “The Cuckoo’s Calling,” was written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) shows the “The…
TwitterRegularly, marketers debate whether advertising on social media can be a hazard. Ads on Twitter and Facebook can be mocked by members. Despite the chance for exposure to what may be millions of people,…
courtesy of the Walt Disney Co.Hulu will not be sold. The online video website was put on the market by its owners, 21st-Century Fox, NBCUniversal and Walt Disney Co, (NYSE: DIS). Rumors claim there…
ThinkstockThe fate of Hulu and the online media content has been up for grabs and many firms were reportedly interested in buying the asset. The problem is that the bidding was a very long process…
TwitterOne of the tactics Twitter has adopted to increase its ad revenue is to put sponsored tweets among the normal tweets in people’s Twitter feeds. The tactic has backfired to a great extent, as…
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ThinkstockYume Inc. has filed to come public via an initial public offering (IPO). No terms have been set other than that the original filing is for up to $65 million in common stock. Citigroup and…
ThinkstockZynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) has enjoyed a sudden new interest from traders on news that Don Mattrick has been hired away from the Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) Interactive unit. The stock enjoyed a gain of…