The Uneven Newspaper Recovery
The part of the new Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) report on newspaper circulation that got the most focus was that The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) and Wall Street Journal have largely offset…
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Courtesy of 20th Century FoxThe Star Wars franchise is back! The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is acquiring Lucasfilm Ltd. from George Lucas. The deal is a cash and stock transaction valued at a…
Smartphones and Tablets: And the Winner Is … (MSFT, SNE, AAPL, GOOG, CMCSA, T, VZ, DIS)
Trying to figure out the impact of tablets on a how a given person spends time connected to the rest of the world requires a lot of patience and a sharp eye for detail.…
Google, YouTube Dominate Online Video
courtesy of YouTubeVarious sites owned by Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), including YouTube, drew 150 million unique viewers in September, a huge number, but down from 157 million in July. Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) gained…
Random House, Penguin Now One Company
Two publishing giants have agreed to a merger that will create the world’s largest commercial publishing house. Random House — owned by Germany’s Bertelsmann A.G. — and Penguin — owned by the U.K.’s Pearson…
Comcast Struck Olympic Gold
Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) reported third-quarter 2012 results before markets opened this morning. The cable operator posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.46 on revenues of $16.5 billion. In the same period…
Storm Stories May Trigger Some Mild Panic
flickr / gsfcHurricane Sandy continues to move toward the East Coast, where it may combine with a front from the west, and has generated all sort of hyperbole. Hopefully, most of it is not…
A Very Bad Year for Monthly Magazines
With the shuttering of Newsweek’s print edition, the attention of the media world has turned to other magazines with such severe print problems that they also will have to move entirely online. MIN is out…
Apple & Labels Launch of Internet Radio Would Steamroll Pandora
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have finally rolled out the real death sentence of Pandora Media, Inc. (NYSE: P). Pandora shares have tanked in late afternoon trading ahead of Apple’s earnings. The reason for…
Random House, Penguin Talk Merger (PSO, AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, BKS)
Two of the world’s four largest publishing houses, Random House — owned by Germany’s Bertelsmann AG — and Penguin — owned by the U.K.’s Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO) — have been holding merger talks…
Web 1.0 Sites Still Dominate Internet
A look at the websites that have the largest audiences in America shows that Web 1.0 properties, launched in the 1990s before broadband was widely available, led the list by audience size. The sites…
Zynga Earnings Reaction Boosted by Buyback and Short Covering
ZyngaZynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is out with earnings after the close. While the report does not look that great, investors have sold this one off to infinity and any news that is not of…
Three Analyst Upgrades for Facebook So Far
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is surging Wednesday morning after the company’s earnings. While there is some real concern that its payments and fees revenue fell, the big hope here is that Facebook is about…
Change of Control Heats Up, Mel Karmazin Exits SIRIUS XM
Sirius XMMel Karmazin had already telegraphed that his days were likely numbered at SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI). That fight for control from Liberty Media Corporation (NASDAQ: LMCA) is likely coming to a…
Facebook Runs into Sequential Growth Issues in Payments
courtesy Facebook Inc.Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) managed to do something interesting today. While it has been a monumental disappointment that cost investors billions of dollars since its IPO, Facebook shares closed up on a…