thinkstockToday’s announcement that Gannett Company Inc. (NYSE: GCI) would pay $1.5 billion in cash and assume more than $700 million debt to acquire Belo Corp. (NYSE: BLC) comes about two months after Sinclair Broadcast…
ThinkstockMedia firm Gannett Company Inc. (NYSE: GCI) this morning signed a definitive merger agreement with TV station owner Belo Corp. (NYSE: BLC) to acquire all the outstanding shares of Belo for $13.75 per share…
Brian Solis, via Wikimedia CommonsMark Zuckerberg might have had a tough time at the first annual Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) shareholder meeting this week, but he is learning to do the greatest business move…
ThinkstockLive music concert promoter Live Nation Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: LYV) today announced that it has prevailed in a dispute with Germany-based ticketing software firm CTS Eventim AG. Shares of Live Nation were halted briefly…
MicrosoftThe fight over whether the new Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox One video game console or the Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) PS4 is the better product came less than minutes after each was introduced.…
courtesy of Google Inc.It is official news now that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has decided to acquire Waze to enhance and maintain its dominant position with Google Maps. The news was confirmed on the official…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Yesterday’s announcement by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) that its next version of the iOS operating system would include a streaming music service called iTunes Radio is perhaps a better indicator of…
MicrosoftIn the fight for market share in the game console business, the key ingredient to success may be what it costs to make and market Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox One and Sony Corp.’s…
courtesy of Pandora MediaPandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) is, or was, at risk of being crushed by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) over the previously rumored and now announced iTunes Radio service. Pandora is said…
ThinkstockThe measure of what is dangerous depends on to whom and by what. “Most dangerous” is, by definition, a meaningless term, unless put in very specific context. These things are true of the new…
ThinkstockApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has reportedly signed a deal with Sony Music Entertainment, a division of Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE), clearing the way for the Cupertino company to announce its expected internet radio service…
thinkstockConfirming a report from last night, set-top box maker TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO) said this morning that the company has settled patent litigation with Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), Time…
ThinkstockGoogle Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) can do nearly everything from search to maps that show people where they are, to providing the world’s most popular operating system. It now claims it has the key to…
thinkstockAlmost every large tech company with email, search and app capacity denied reports in The Washington Post and the Guardian that claimed the U.S. government tracked the activities of citizens as a way to…
thinkstockStreaming video service Hulu is owned by a consortium that includes Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) and Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA). This is not the first time that the co-owners…