News Corp’s Fox To Offer Free Shows On Apple iTunes
Not to one to be out-flanked by NBC (GE) or ABC (DIS), News Corp’s (NWS) Fox unit will offer some of its most popular shows free on Apple (AAPL) iTunes. According to the LA…
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Recent comments from Comcast (CMCSA)t about the emerging strength of high speed fiber products being sold by Verizon (VZ) and AT&T (T) has pushed the shares of the largest US cable company down. According…
Media Digest 9/20/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Nasdaq (NDAQ) and Borse Dubai will team up and buy the Swedish OMX. Reuters writes that Sony (SNE) will delay the launch of its Home online community of PS3, another set-back…
Cramer Says The Rally Has Just Begun (T, DSL, FED)
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said it isn’t too late to get in after the post-FOMC rally seen over the last two days. He thinks this is like the 1990 cuts…
McClatchy Numbers Cave
Large newspaper chain McClatchy (MNI), which doubled down on the industry by purchasing Knight-Ridder, had a disaster of an August. The company reported that consolidated advertising revenues in August 2007 decreased 9.2% and total…
Satellite Radio Takes A Key Downgrade (SIRI, XMSR)
This morning, both Sirius Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) and XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:XMSR) are trading lower. It appears that a key analyst that had been a defender of the keep has decided to cut bait. …
Media Digest 9/19/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Google (GOOG) will begin to test a new interactive ad service that will allow marketers to measure user respone on creative unites using video and images. The Wall Street Journal writes…
Cramer Calls It Open Buying Season
On tonight’s MAD MONEY, Jim Cramer said he was taking away his "they know nothing!" button from his rant about the FOMC. Now Cramer is saying the Fed has finally acted and now they…
For HALO 3, GameStop Aims To Out-Dork All Dorks (GME, MSFT, BBY)
We have covered the launch of HALO 3 for Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Xbox 360 as one of the musts for gamers, and even covered how this would impact other gaming companies. This will be a…
WSJ.com For Free
Rupert Murdoch, head of News Corp (NWS) said it again today. He is leaning hard toward making the online edition of The Wall Street Journal free, according to CNN Money. Depending on which measurement…
Media Digest 9/18/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Nokia (NOK) said the the ITC has begin an investigation into Qualcomm (QCOM) trade practives and patent infringements. Reuters writes that Boeing (BA) is estimating that China will need $340 billion…
Cramer’s Israeli Satellite TV Play (RRST)
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer discussed a company that he thinks would be immune from the dependence of the FOMC and Bernanke. The company is Israel-based and it is doing satellite…
Media Digest 9/17/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, GM (GM) and the UAW have broken off talks and will resume them late Monday. Reuters writes that Nokia (NOK) said on Monday it had agreed to buy privately held U.S.…
The Stock Blog Wars Heat Up
For over a year, the two largest financial and stock market blogs have been Israel-based Seeking Alpha, which is partially owned by Benchmark Capital, and BloggingStocks, owned by Time-Warner’s (TWX) AOL. Based on most…
News Corp Looks To Ugly Negotiations With Apple
The president of News Corp (NWS) put it this way, according to Reuters: "I assume it will be prickly and dicey and contentious like all negotiations are and like all negotiations should be." Those…