ThinkstockThousands of websites “live blogged” the election’s progress, or it may have been tens of thousands. Hundreds offered original live TV from their own modest studios, which covered the same details of the election as larger…
thinkstockNews Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) reported first fiscal quarter 2013 earnings after markets closed today. For the quarter, the media giant posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.43 on revenues of $8.14 billion.…
thinkstockCablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC) reported third-quarter 2012 results this morning. The New York City cable provider posted a net loss of $0.01 per share on revenues of $1.69 billion. In the same period…
ThinkstockTime Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) reported third-quarter 2012 earnings this morning. The cable system operator posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.41 on revenues of $5.36 billion. In the same period a…
thinkstockNew research from 451 Research’s ChangeWave service shows that the Instant Video offering from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) continues to gain share among consumers. Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) still dominates the market for “alternative…
ThinkstockThe Active Network, Inc. (NYSE: ACTV) is a company that we wondered if it really needed to be public. The company offers software for event management and online registrations, but many Americans may know…
Courtesy of The Washington Post CompanyShares of the Washington Post Co. (NYSE: WPO) are up in early trading after the company reported that it swung to a profit on strong revenue growth from its…
ThinkstockMartha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (NYSE: MSO) shuttered two of its small magazines ahead of earnings. It needed to close more, and probably included in that list is the firm’s flagship, Martha Stewart Living.…
ThinkstockLinkedIn Corp. (NYSE: LNKD) is rising after its earnings report. The social network for professionals (i.e., the network that isn’t for burning idle time), showed that its revenue for the third quarter was up…
courtesy of Sirius XM RadioSirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) had already raised its subscriber growth and it has already announced that Mel Karmazin will be stepping aside in early 2013. Now the satellite…
ThinkstockThe Financial Times will freeze hiring and sharply cut travel costs. As the medium that sits at the top of the business journalism chain, it should be more immune from the economic cycle than…
thinkstockFounders of major companies are sometimes pushed out by their boards. It is quite another thing for an outsider to do the same. Netflix Inc.’s (NASDAQ: NFLX) Reed Hastings has lost much of his…
Carl Icahn is going after Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX). A 13D filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission shows that Carl Icahn, via investment entities under him, has taken a stake of 9.98% in total…
Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) could have seen its shares crushed on a lockup expiration, but the stock is holding up marginally well when you consider the entire situation. The social networking giant had a…
thinkstockSome popular websites knocked offline by hurricane damage to the facilities they use to host their content have still not recovered. The popular gossip site Gawker is among them. Other sites hurt by the…