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Media Digest (2/24/2012) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Steve Wynn pushes major shareholder Kazuo Okada off the board of Wynn Macau. (Reuters) AIG (NYSE: AIG) makes a large profit on portfolio gains. (Reuters) Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) legal fight with Proview International moves to…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

Media Digest (2/23/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

A panel suggests that Vivus diet drug Qnexa be approved by the FDA. (Reuters) Japan may cut crude oil imports from Iran by 20%. (Reuters) Poor results cause shares of Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) to drop…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

Comcast Streaming Media — More and More and More VOD

Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) announced that it will offer a new streaming service to current TV and internet subscribers. The service, called Xfinity Streampix, will have a library of 75,000 television shows and movies. It may…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

Media Digest (2/22/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

President Obama may propose a new corporate tax rate. (Reuters) The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will examine overdraft fees. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will hold its annual meeting with the company in the best…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

Media Digest (2/21/2012) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Europe reaches a deal to bail out Greece, but not all details are set. (Reuters) Japan and the U.S. agree on how much Japan will take in cuts to its import of Iranian oil. (Reuters)…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

Media Digest (2/20/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN) accused large  business partner Kazuo Okada of fraud and bought out his position (Reuters) Ministers in the EU will make a final determination on Greece today (Reuters) Japan’s huge trade deficit is…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

Media Digest (2/17/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Foreclosure abuses likely occurred across the U.S. (Reuters) Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone loses market share in China, based on Gartner data. (Reuters) Improved odds of a Greek bailout lift markets. (Reuters) The U.S. Consumer…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

Media Digest (2/16/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Moody’s may cut Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and UBS (NYSE: UBS) as the global euro crisis spreads. (Reuters) Officials in Japan arrest former Olympus executives. (Reuters) Congress reaches a deal on payroll tax extensions. (Reuters)…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

Reality Setting in on Zynga (ZNGA, SOCL, ATVI, ERTS, COOL)

ZyngaZynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is getting shelled after the social gaming company’s first earnings report as a public company.  This sell-off is actually one that is deserved.  We also wonder just how much the…

Jon C. Ogg · 15 years ago

Media Digest (2/15/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, Bloomberg

China offers financial support to the fund that will be used for bailouts of the eurozone’s weakest economies. (MarketWatch) Greece is in the midst of what may be one of the deepest recessions on record. (Reuters)…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

Media Digest (2/14/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) gets approval from the European Commission and the U.S. to buy Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI). (Reuters) Boeing (NYSE: BA) signs a $22.4 billion deal with Lion Air. (Reuters) Moody’s says it…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

Trouble for Online News Sites

One of the challenges traditional news media face is that advertising has begun to move online. As its turns out, the news media does not do much better on the internet than in the old world…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

Media Digest (2/13/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Greece’s parliament passes austerity measures as people riot. (Reuters) President Obama’s new budget plan will be based in part on taxation of the rich. (Reuters) Olympus forecasts a $412 million loss. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ:…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

The Digital Omnivore vs. the Couch Potato

The most frightening observation of the new and remarkably comprehensive Comscore “U.S. Digital in Focus: 2012” report is the rise of the “digital omnivore.” These multidevice consumers roam the streets, their homes, retail establishments,…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago

Media Digest (2/10/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT

The U.S. and state attorneys general reach a $25 billion settlement with five banks over mortgage abuses. (Reuters) The Hong Kong division of Alibaba may go private as part of a refinancing and a…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 15 years ago