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More Ad Forecasts Downgraded

Media stocks kept tumbling this week dropping to new recent lows yesterday in many cases after underperforming Tuesday's rally. Lehman's across the board downgrade of the big conglomerates got the…

Catching Up With Comcast

Comcast COO Stephen Burke spoke recently at an industry conference and had some interesting insights. I would have missed it if not for my subscription to SNL Kagan. Burke spoke…

Media On A Holiday Weekend

The media biz never rests. Even on a holiday weekend. NBC Universal is buying The Weather Channel for $3.5 billion from privately held Landmark Communications. With NBCU buried in General…

July 2008 Model Signals

There were no changes again this month to Northlake's Market Cap and Style models. The signals continue to flash mid cap and growth. As a result, I am maintaining client…

CETV Closes Ukraine

Yesterday, I noted that Zenith Optimedia raised its global ad forecast for 2008 due to strength in developing markets. Central and Eastern Europe was one of the regions with particularly…