Cramer’s Speculative Tech Pick 1: Tekelec (TKLC)
Tekelec (NASDAQ: TKLC) just took a “PR Boost” after Jim Cramer named this stock as a speculative technology stock winner for this week on CNBC’s MAD MONEY. He said this was his first of…
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Newest first · Page 332DIRECTV & Liberty Media: Complicating An Enigma (DTV, LINTA, LINTB, LMDIA, LMDIB, LCAPA, LCAPB)
DIRECTV Group, Inc. (NYSE: DTV) has announced that it is going to combine with Liberty Entertainment, Inc., and then the company will be split off from Liberty Media. This supposedly puts the control of…
The Sun Sets On BusinessWeek, Forbes, And Fortune
The May 11 issue of Fortune Magazine is a perfect demonstration of what the three largest business magazines have done for decades. Its cover story, “How Bernie Did It’ is the culmination of a…
Print Advertising At The Washington Post Down 33%, Kaplan Sales Bolster Top Line
The Washington Post (WPO) turned in earnings that showed just how important it is that the company owns the Kaplan education business. That results at Kaplan helped offset a 33% advertising revenue decline at…
Amazon (AMZN) Kindle Users Are Old, Feeble
Someone at technology news site, Cnet, came up with the clever idea of running a poll to learn the age of people who use Amazon’s miracle book reader, the Kindle. Seven hundred people responded,…
Public Companies To Benefit From DigitalGlobe IPO (DGI, MS, OZM, ORB)
DigitalGlobe, Inc. may be the next high tech initial public offering, and it looks like several public companies will stand to benefit from it. This is a high-resolution satellite image operation that will trade…
As Hulu Picks Up Steam, Disney (DIS) Climbs On Board (GOOG)(NWS)(GE)
Hulu, the large premium video site owned by GE’s (GE) NBC Universal, News Corp. and Providence Equity Partners, is growing faster than most analysts expected. According to comScore, Hulu had more than 380 million videos…
Media Slowdown Catches Up With Time Warner (TWX)
The advertising recession caught up with Time Warner (TWX) in the first quarter. Revenues declined 7% from 2008 to $6.9 billion, due mainly to decreases at the AOL, Publishing and Filmed Entertainment segments, offset…
Eleven Of Twenty-Five Largest US Newpapers Lost More Than 10% Of Circulation
At one point, three or four years ago, for a major metropolitan newspaper to lose 4% or 5% of it daily circulation would have been considered bad news. For the six month period ending…
Media Digest 4/28/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, a new generation of netbooks may reshape the PC industry. Reuters reports that concerns about swine flu have spread across the globe causing health alerts. Reuters reports that John Thain says…
Media Digest 4/24/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, tech giants reported reasonable earnings for last quarter because of cost cutting and a resilience in a bad economy. Reuters reports that Chrysler is still working on a deal with Fiat…
Media Digest 4/23/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, a bill to restrict credit card charges cleared a key committee in Congress. Reuters reports that Ken Lewis of Bank of America (BAC) says his firm what urged by the Treasury…
The End Of “New Media” (YHOO)(NYT)(GOOG)
Both Yahoo! (YHOO) and The New York Times Company (NYT) reported earnings for the first quarter and there was noticeable synchronicity between them. Yahoo!’s revenue dropped 13% to $1.58 billion and net fell nearly…
Media Digest 4/22/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, Yahoo!’s (YHOO) profit dropped 80% and it will cut 5% of staff. Reuters reports that Chrysler bondholders offered to swap some debt for equity. Reuters reports that Geithner says most banks…
Yahoo! (YHOO) Sneaks By The Hangman, A Little Slip In Q2 Could Push Firm To Only Break Even
Yahoo! (YHOO) did not do well in the first quarter, but it did not do as badly as feared. EPS for the period were $.08, which is what the market expected. The portal company…