ThinkstockThe journey to any gambling and entertainment mecca is an experience that even non-gamblers often want to put in their travel bucket list. Located off the Chinese coast on the South China Sea, the…
ThinkstockThis might be one of those times that’s it difficult to tell the players even with a scorecard. The battle for control of the living room is about to be joined in earnest as…
courtesy of Netflix Inc.If Wall St. got way too bullish and then way too bearish on one stock, it would be Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX). Analysts and investors chased it all the way up,…
ThinkstockIt is very frequent that companies get a boost from a novel series or from a movie series. It can be huge business. It can also be a sword that cuts two ways, and that is…
ThinkstockManufacturers including Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE), Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, Panasonic Corp. (NYSE: PC) and Sharp shipped more than 232 million TVs in 2012. But that is 6% fewer than the 249 million units…
courtesy of YouTubeGoogle Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube management bragged about reaching the one billion active user level. But it said little about its revenue contribution to the search company, because it makes almost none. In the…
Thinkstockby Jon Friedman It didn’t take long for Time Warner’s stockholders to see the wisdom of the company’s decision earlier this month to spin off the Time Inc. publishing unit. In fact, they could…
courtesy of NvidiaElectronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) is going to see if a new chief executive officer will get its growth fortunes back on track. The video game giant has now confirmed that CEO John…
thinkstockWe’ve been following for some time now the jockeying for position that has been going on in the entertainment industry. The past weekend brought a new offer from Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), another…
thinkstockVerizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) wants to turn the model for payment to creators of premium content on its head. Its proposal is to pay based on the audience that shows and movies produce.…
ThinkstockFor a while there it looked like satellite TV operator DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) might end up writing a rather large check to Vivendi to pay for the French media company’s Brazilian unit, GVT. But…
courtesy NintendoResearch firm NPD has released its monthly data for video game sales. The industry continues to face consumer preferences for using tablets and smartphones instead of consoles as platforms. And the number of…
courtesy GameStop Corp.With the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., still on the minds of many Americans, President Barack Obama recently outlined a $10 million plan to study the effects of violent media on our…
thinkstockby Jon Friedman Fox Sports 1, News Corp.’s new 24-hour television network, doesn’t have to topple ESPN to be a success. There is enough room in the global sports-TV world to accommodate both media-industry…
The battle over whether J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) or Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M) will win the right to market merchandise from Martha Steward Living Omnimedia (NYSE: MSO) is a sideshow. Martha Stewart, the…