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Posts related to ‘Media’

Can New CEO Double Yahoo! Stock Price? Yes

Posted: July 17, 2012 at 6:29 am

Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) new CEO, Marissa Mayer, worked at Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). So did AOL (NYSE: AOL) CEO Tim Armstrong, who took up the reins there in 2009. Mayer may ...
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Mobile Reality Drives Facebook Shares Back Under $30

Posted: July 16, 2012 at 11:11 am

Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is suffering a psychological blow today.  The NASDAQ is down about 0.5% but Facebook's common stock is down now by almost 4% and under the $30.00 ...
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MSNBC.com Becomes NBCNews.com

Posted: July 16, 2012 at 9:51 am

NBC News, a division of Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA), has acquired total ownership of the company’s jointly owned MSNBC.com website from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT). Microsoft and NBC, formerly owned ...
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Confidence in TV News Drops Again — Gallup

Posted: July 11, 2012 at 7:15 am

As part of its annual survey of confidence in US institutions, Gallup reports the Americans’ confidence in TV news hit a new low this year. Just 21% of Americans say ...
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Microsoft Goes Into Huge Touch Display Market

Posted: July 9, 2012 at 1:21 pm

Large computer screens are not exactly new.  Still, it is amazing just how big some of these can get.  Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) once demonstrated a large tabletop touchscreen PC ...
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SIRIUS XM Moves Toward Being Recession Proof

Posted: July 9, 2012 at 8:49 am

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is supposed to be about as cyclical as a company can be.  It sells premium media when there is a free alternative in every ...
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Do Huge Display Ads Hurt Online Content Businesses?

Posted: July 9, 2012 at 6:00 am

The display advertising industry, shaken by the falling prices it can get for its online ads, has taken to showing full-page marketing messages at websites. These blot out all of the content on ...
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Call of Duty Online Video Game Heads to China

Posted: July 3, 2012 at 9:43 am

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) has done a better job of fending off all of the freemium games and cheap online games compared to other publishers.  Its World of Warcraft ...
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Microsoft Taking $6.2 Billion Charge, Lowers Online Services Growth Expectations

Posted: July 2, 2012 at 4:51 pm

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) disclosed that it will need to take a massive charge after the close on Monday. Before you hit the panic button here you really need to ...
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Reality Check: Online Ad Spending Is Not As Dead As You Have Been Told

Posted: June 29, 2012 at 10:34 am

If one company would be the judge, jury and executioner on online ad spending, it would be Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG).  The problem is that Google is now so spread ...
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Facebook’s New Analyst Ratings From… Everyone, Top to Bottom

Posted: June 27, 2012 at 7:58 am

Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) may have seen a jump in most recent short interest, but today marked the official end of the quiet period of 40 days from the IPO.  ...
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RIM Deathwatch: Maria Bartiromo Dumps BlackBerry for iPhone

Posted: June 22, 2012 at 5:54 pm

Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) just lost one of its biggest fans. If you have been watching CNBC for years, you know by now that many of the anchors ...
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Why Business Insider Matters

Posted: June 21, 2012 at 6:53 am

Business Insider’s barely controlled riot of sharp analysis on the economy, thinly sourced stories, extremely deep coverage of the tech and media industries, scandal and gossip, along with coverage of ...
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Social Media a “Must-have” for Companies (FB, LNKD, GOOG)

Posted: June 20, 2012 at 1:31 pm

New research from consulting firm InSites Consulting reveals a high level of social media usage in the US, much higher than in Europe. Some 80% of US companies use Facebook ...
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AutoTrader IPO Could Rekindle IPO Market (ATG, FB)

Posted: June 18, 2012 at 11:57 am

There has been very little activity in the initial public offering market of late.  Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is largely to blame, as was the "Sell in May and Go ...
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