Will MurdochMoney.com Go After Yahoo! (YHOO) Finance?
There has been a great deal of discussion about the WSJ Online becoming a free website, supported by advertising. A move of this kind is likely to hurt companies like The New York Times…
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Google (GOOG) will begin to allow advertisers on its AdSense network to use selected YouTube videos in their marketing messages. This is a big jump from the simple little text ads that do so…
Media Digest 10/9/2007 Reuters, WSJ. NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Sallie Mae (SLM) sued the buyers who walked away from a deal to buy the company. Reuters writes that Yahoo! (YHOO) will buy 10% of Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce company, when…
XM (XMSR) Prepares For Life Without Sirius (SIRI)
The rent-a-temp CEO of XM Satellite (XMSR) does not sound like a man running a company about to be merged into Sirius (SIRI)."This is a business that has never made money, and we have…
Cramer’s Next Internet Stock Gapper (VCLK, OPWV, GOOG, MSFT, YHOO)
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer reviewed ValueClick (NASDAQ:VCLK) as the next potential advertising company that could see a huge gain. After Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) bought DoubleClick and after aQuantive was bought for…
Media Digest 10/8/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Morgan Stanley (MS) plans to start a wealth management business in India. Reuters writes that Alan Greenspan said that US economic growth is slowing. Reuters writes that SAP (SAP) is buying…
Xinhua Finance Media Sees The China Boost (XFML)
Chinese stocks this week have gone bonkers, in most cases to the point that goes beyond sensible. When stocks rise exponentially and with a major wave you always have to back over the reasoning…
Microsoft’s Gift: A Bungie Spin-Off (MSFT, ERTS, TTWO, ATVI, THQI)
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is giving investors and the public a gift today. The company has announced that Bungie Studios, the creators of Halo 3 and the Halo franchise, is going on the path to becoming…
Cablevision (CVC): Big Shareholder May Block Buy-Out
Uber fund manager Mario Gabelli owns a big piece of Cablevision (CVC) which is being taken private by the founding Dolan family. The problem is that Gabelli thinks the $36.26 price being proposed is…
Media Digest 10/5/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, RIM (RIMM) posted strong earnings and added it 10 millionth subscriber. Reuters writes that Wal-Mart (WMT) is already getting ready for holiday price wars by beginning to drop prices. The Wall…
Media Digest 10/5/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, RIM (RIMM) posted strong earnings and added it 10 millionth subscriber. Reuters writes that Wal-Mart (WMT) is already getting ready for holiday price wars by beginning to drop prices. The Wall…
Forget $300 Million Already…Halo 3 Will See $500 Million Very Soon (MSFT, GME, ERTS, TTWO)
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has generated over $300 million in sales from Halo 3 titles in the first week alone, with $59.95 of that being from me. There were more than 1.7 million copies pre-ordered, which…
Sirius (SIRI) Say Justice Dept Wants More Info
According to Bloomberg, The Justice Department has asked Sirius (SIRI) for more information related to its merger with XM Satellite Radio (XMSR) "They continue to ask for information," Karmazin said of the Justice Department.…
Is TechCrunch Worth $100 Million?
There has been a great deal written about the 24/7 Wall St. piece on the value of big blogs. While we put a value of $100 million on Huffington Post, we did not offer…
Media Digest 10/4/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, the four largest players in global financial markets have grown at a breakneck pace in the last six years, and the assets they manage are expected to double to $20.7 trillion…