Video Game Sales Hit Lowest Level Since 2006
August video games fell to their lowest level in four years. The belief that sales had begun to recover, based on numbers from late spring and early summer, has proved to be wrong. U.S.…
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WSJ: The CEO of Nokia (NYSE: NOK) left the company. Reuters: BP plc (NYSE: BP) will delay Q3 results as it accounts for costs of the oil spill. Reuters: The SEC has begun a…
Media Digest (9/9/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: The Blue Chip Indicators cut their growth forecasts again. Reuters: Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) was fined 20 million pounds by UK authorities. Reuters: New Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) technology will speed up web…
Media Digest 9/8/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Japan’s plan to intervene in yen trading has not moved the currency lower. Reuters: Oil dropped as investor moved away from risk Reuters: Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) sued to keep Mark Hurd from joining…
Broadcast Network News Fades To Black
ABC News President David Westin, who has served as the head of the Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DIS) for 13 years, is calling it a career at the end of the year. Finding a replacement…
Media Digest 9/7/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg: Hurd Joins Oracle
Reuters: Mark Hurd, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), joined Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) as co-president. Reuters: The Justice Department is looking into the Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) deal to buy ITA Software. Reuters: Barclays…
Media Digest (9/6/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Jobs data continues to push global equities up. Reuters: Daimler will increase its dividend Reuters: Nokia (NYSE: NOK) will release a new line of smartphones Reuters: Craigslist will block access to some adult…
Media Digest (9/3/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomerg
Reuters: China has approached a Canadian fund about a rival bid for Potash (NYSE: POT) Reuters: The cost of Gulf clean-up hit $8 billion. Reuters: China said that its $2.45 trillion currency holdings was…
Media Digest 9/2/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: GM’s IPO road show will begin in November. Reuters: Costco’s (NASDAQ: COST) August sales rose 7%. Reuters: Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iTV is the latest effort to make a web-connected living room. Reuters: …
The Race For Online TV Will Have Few Winners
The race to sell TV and films on internet connections to the home and wireless connections to the smartphone has grown more fierce. In just the last day it has been rumored that Amazon.com…
Media Digest 9/1/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
WSJ: Burger King (NYSE: BKC) is considering a private equity buyout. Reuters: China’s manufacturing sector grew. Reuters: China may probe the BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) buyout offer for Potash (NYSE: POT). Reuters: Amazon.com (NASDAQ:…
Hollywood Box Office Summer Receipts Move To 1997 Lows
Hollywood.com Box-Office reports that movie receipts will hit lows this summer that will fall as far as the 1997 level. Attendance is expected to move down to 552 million. “The movies just didn’t excite…
Media Digest (8/31/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) is expected to stop bidding for 3Par (NYSE: PAR). Reuters: BHP Billiton ((NYSE: BHP) says it will not divest Potash (NYSE: POT) divisions. Reuters: Consumer spending rose slightly last month.…
Movie Download Competition, Getting Even Tighter (NFLX, CSTR, GOOG, AAPL, AMZN, WMT, TWC, CMCSA, GE, NWS.A, DIS)
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has almost certainly led to the downfall of the Blockbuster empire. Then Netflix (and Blockbuster) had to face competition from Coinstar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) over the Redbox video rentals at…
Media Digest (8/30/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: The Bank of Japan eased policy to fight a rise in the yen. Reuters: Obama said the economy is not growing fast enough. Reuters: Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) will buy Infineon’s mobile unit for…