News broke last week that Microsoft (MSFT) won't have a fresh operating system or a fresh update to Office for the Christmas selling season. On the other hand, all indications…
I read a post on Henry Blodgett's blog about two weeks ago alluding to the major layoffs at America Online (AOL). I do not know the writer, but I have…
Tribune (TRB) shares had a big pop last Tuesday after the company announced results of its dutch auction. There was no follow-through since then and the shares are trading just…
The Univision (UVN) auction came grinding to an end with announcement that the company would be sold for $36.50 per share or $12.3 billion. The private equity financed buyers will…
Newspapers companies presented to analysts last week in the annual mid-year review. I did not attend the meetings or listen in on any webcasts but I did review several summary…
On Monday morning, UBS Cable Analyst Aryeh Bourkoff hosted a conference call with Stephen Burch, CEO of NTL Incorporated (NTLI). I thought the call went well although the stock went…
The box office was up for fifth consecutive weekend, led by a solid second weekend for Cars and respectable openings for three new films: Nacho Libre, Fast and Furious Tokyo…
So far, the results of the upfront selling season for network TV advertising have been slow. The upfront occurs every May and June when the broadcast and cable networks introduce…
One of the theories behind breaking up Tribune (TRB) is that the broadcast television assets are worth a significant premium to the current valuation of TRB shares. Recent TV station…
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