Verizon Instant Movie Failure
courtesy of Verizon WirelessOn the Redbox homepage, the DVD rental firm owned by Coinstar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) has begun to promote a streaming movie service it plans to launch with Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:…
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Newest first · Page 224Short Interest Against Social Media Players (FB, SVVC, GRPN, LNKD, RENN, SOCL, ZNGA)
ThinkstockThe Nasdaq and NYSE short interest for the end of November is out and it shows some serious changes in the social media sector. While Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) saw a huge drop in…
Overcoming the Newspaper Pay Wall Challenge
Courtesy of The Washington Post CompanyThe Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) apparently wants to follow the New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT), The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times into the business of…
Dish Network About to Score Big Win
ThinkstockThere are reports this afternoon that Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) will prevail in its application to offer mobile broadband service in part of its satellite broadcast spectrum. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chief Julius…
Priceline.com… The Harder They Fall
ThinkstockPriceline.com Incorporated (NASDAQ: PCLN) is finding out the lessons of life today… The more they rise the more they fall. Today’s drop is being tied to an analyst downgrade to Hold from Buy out…
Yahoo!, NBC Sports Link Up
ThinkstockLive sports programming commands the highest subscriber rates in the cable and satellite industry, and the competition for leverage in live sports programming is only going to get fiercer. Attracting more viewers is critical…
Will Bloomberg Buy the New York Times?
With its revenue still falling and its new CEO under fire from his term as head of the BBC, speculation can begin again about whether the family trust that owns The New York Times…
Zynga Going to Real Money Gambling from Virtual Farm Animals
courtesy of ZyngaZynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is trading higher (yes that can happen sometimes) on Thursday’s news that Zynga has filed for a Nevada gaming license. This would transform it from a virtual-social gaming company…
Fallout from the Netflix-Disney Deal
Yesterday’s announcement that Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) would get exclusive rights from The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) for studio films beginning in 2016 sent Netflix shares sharply higher in the afternoon. The blush…
Pandora Sinks on Forecasts
Pandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) reported third-quarter 2012 earnings after markets closed today. For the quarter, the Internet radio company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.05 on revenues of $120 million.…
Netflix Snags Disney
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) appear to be rekindling at least some of their prior relationship. Disney Studios has just announced a multi-year premium Pay TV window agreement…
Cable TV Costs Too Much (TWC, DISH, DTV, LMCA, DIS, NWS, NFLX)
The CEO of Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) today told an investor conference that programming is “just starting to cost too much,” and that his company will be taking a “hard look” at…
Zynga and Facebook Altering Their Close Relationship
Shareholders are going to get to find out about what it feels like to move back toward book value in shares of Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA). The company is very dependent on Facebook Inc.…
Analyst Expects Pandora Stock to Double, Even with Apple Risk Factored In
Canaccord Genuity is out with an interesting research report on the controversial stock of Pandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P). While the firm noted that the earnings season has not been kind to long-term Internet stories,…
News Sites and the Hell of the Post-Election World
The national election boosted the traffic of all the major online news sites to extraordinary levels. They may not reach these levels again until the 2016 election. As the most recent election has passed,…