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Newsweek Magazine to Go Online Only?

During a conference call today to discuss IACInteractiveCorp’s (NASDAQ: IACI) second-quarter earnings, the company’s chairman was asked whether the company would continue to publish a hard-copy edition of Newsweek magazine, a publication that IAC…

Paul Ausick · 14 years ago

Media Digest (7/25/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) blames poor earnings on slow sales in anticipation of the iPhone 5 and a sluggish economy. (Reuters) The Federal Reserve searches for new ways to help the sagging economy. (Reuters) Peugeot…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Manchester United IPO Looks Just Like Facebook IPO

OK, so how about those dual-class share structure IPOs!  There is another hot IPO coming to market.  This one has literally hundreds of millions of fans, will be a billion-dollar-plus IPO, is extremely followed by…

Jon C. Ogg · 14 years ago

DeVry Death Spiral: How the Analysts Got It So Wrong

DeVry, Inc. (NYSE: DV) is topping the leaderboard today, but in the wrong direction.  It is the top loser on the New York Stock Exchange.  The secondary education provider issued a rather ghastly earnings…

Jon C. Ogg · 14 years ago

Cisco Clinches Deal for NDS

The European Commission this morning gave its approval to the $5 billion acquisition of NDS Group Ltd. by Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO). The deal was announced in March. NDS, formerly owned by private…

Paul Ausick · 14 years ago

Ben Bernanke Speaks… On Education

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is set to deliver a recorded video at 8:45 AM EST this morning to the Children’s Defense Fund National Conference  in Cincinnati, Ohio.  It seems highly unlikely that the…

Jon C. Ogg · 14 years ago

Media Digest (7/24/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) may buy a unit of United Technologies (NYSE: UTX). (Reuters) More factories move to the United States as China’s manufacturing costs rise. (Reuters) The CEOs of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

“Dark Knight Rises” Pulls $160.9 Million

Based on data released by the Warner Bros division of Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), the third installment of the Batman series, “The Dark Knight Rises” brought in $160.9 million over its first weekend. This…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Media Digest (7/23/2112) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will shrink the connector for the iPhone 5. (Reuters) Greece presses for billions of euros in budget cuts before aid payments. (WSJ) Eastman Kodak loses several patent disputes, which puts the…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

DirecTV and Viacom Settle Program Dispute

DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) and Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA) announced they have settled a battle over the fees DirecTV is paid to carry the channels. The firms announced: DIRECTV has reached a new long-term agreement with Viacom to…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Media Digest (7/20/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Eurozone officials set final terms for a bailout of Spain’s banks. (Reuters) Marissa Mayer will receive as much as $70 million to head Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). (Reuters) Banks hit by the Libor investigation may offer a…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Barnes & Noble Promise — Still Empty Handed

Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) is not the next Borders, as some analysts like to say. It has much larger sales, much smaller financial obligations and a major e-commerce presence. But what seemed to be…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Media Digest (7/19/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

A new consumer agency fines Capital One (NYSE: COF) $210 million for aggressive marketing activity.(Reuters) New IMF policies will examine whether individual national economies might hurt global growth. (Reuters) IBM (NYSE: IBM) raises its earnings…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Media Digest (7/18/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) profits fall slightly. (Reuters) Intel’s (NASDAQ: INTC) forecast implies PC sales will be weak. (Reuters) The head of the holding company for British Air and Iberia says an AMR merger with…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago