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Monday, October 31, 2011 - 10:39am
Three Scary Mistakes Investors and Corporate Execs Make
Even the most brilliant minds in finance can make terrible mistakes. And when they do, the results are usually as bad as a lame summer blockbuster that ultimately flopped. 3. They Don't Know When to Quit Is there anyone left that believes that MF Global (NYSE: MF) will make a comeback? It's not...
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Friday, October 28, 2011 - 2:46pm
Hulu's Latest Deal is One Vampire Fans Can Really Sink Their Teeth Into
Fans of The Vampire Diaries and other CW shows will soon have a reliable source for next-day video streams. In a Hulu blog post penned by Andy Forssell, SVP of Content and Distribution, the growing video site has announced that it has struck a five-year deal with The CW. Formed after UPN and The...
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 8:45am
YouTube to Finally Receive Original, High-Quality, Non-User-Generated Content?
After a mountain of speculation, the Wall Street Journal is providing us with MORE speculation! Last March, word started to spread that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) was looking for Hollywood talent to bring fresh and original (and presumably scripted) content to YouTube. The news quickly died down after...
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Fox Business Network's Liz Claman Talks Jobs On ABC's "This Week"
Monday, August 22, 2011 - 5:43pm
This morning in an appearance on ABC's "This Week" FOX Business Network's Liz Claman discussed President Obama's upcoming job's speech and what solutions might help improve the economy. Claman said American's are looking for a national project to put people back to work, "people are saying where...
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Friday, July 1, 2011 - 1:58pm
Why the World Will End if Google Buys Hulu
R.E.M. once sang about this moment. “It's the end of the world as we know it,” Michael Stipe sang loudly. He repeated those words a few hundred times, just be certain that we got the message. Today, we're getting that message loud and clear. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) wants to take Hulu off the hands...
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Monday, March 28, 2011 - 12:44pm
Google-Eyed For Hollywood (GOOG)
It seems that YouTube users' homegrown shtick is no longer enough for Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). According to the Financial Times, the company is prepared to pay “cash advances against future advertising revenues in return for lending their name to these channels and overseeing the content.” That's an...
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Stephen Clark Teases WDIV's Tweeting Skills
Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 4:15pm
“Pay no attention to that big red/white 4 in your stream,” WXYZ anchorman Stephen Clark (@sclarkwxyz) tweeted this morning. “They don't understand twitter. They'll learn.” Clark is a Michigan anchorman for the Detroit-area ABC affiliate. The “big red/white 4” he refers to belongs to WDIV, the...
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How To Trade The Oscars...For Superior Entertainment
Monday, February 28, 2011 - 9:38am
I'm no stock market expert. I couldn't tell you how to bank on the financial success of Columbia's (NYSE: SNE) The Social Network or the critical acclaim of The King's Speech. But I can still tell you how to trade the Oscars…for superior entertainment. That's right, folks – if you're sick of award...
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DirectTV Biggest Beneficiary of Any Retransmission Rules (DTV)
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 10:16amEarlier this month the FCC said it will propose new rules governing negotiations between television broadcasters and cable providers for the carriage of their channels. The FCC is looking to prevent circumstances that outcome of broadcast channels being pulled from cable providers which, in turn,...
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Fox Goes To #1 With NFL Broadcast, Goldman Sachs Reports
Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 9:03amBenefiting from a 50-minute NFL overrun on Sunday evening, Fox (NASDAQ: NWS) launched into first place in Week 8 with a 2.8 rating, up from 2.2 the prior week, Goldman Sachs reports. The NFL overrun posted a 6.3 rating, making it the #2 show of the week. Glee delivered a 4.6 rating, matching its...
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