digits: Pay TV Loses Subscribers

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Description:  The subscription television industry suffered a drop in total subscribers in the second quarter. Meanwhile, more online TV viewing options abound. Dow Jones Newswires’ Nat Worden joins Simon Constable and Spencer Ante on Digits to discuss. Source:  Marketwatch.com – video report Date: 08/24/2010 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/digits-pay-tv-loses-subscribers/3B9C3648-A3D8-4A53-937A-CDF2F564C568 Questions for discussion:  Do you think the trend away… Read more »

USA Today to Remake Itself to Stress Digital Operations

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Description:  The history of USA Today is full of firsts for the newspaper business: the first general-interest national paper of its kind, the first to use color widely in charts and photographs and once first in the number of copies printed each day. Source: NYTimes.com   Date: 08/27/2010 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/28/business/media/28paper.html?ref=business Questions for discussion: Do you… Read more »

Intel, After McAfee Deal, May Find Mobile Security a Hard Sell

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Description:  Intel Corp. Chief Executive Officer Paul Otellini, with the $7.68 billion acquisition of security software maker McAfee Inc., is betting that customers will pay to guard against attacks that have yet to materialize. Source: Bloomberg.com   Date: 08/20/2010 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-20/intel-s-otellini-after-mcafee-deal-may-find-mobile-security-a-hard-sell.html Questions for discussion: Do you think this was a wise decision by Intel? Do… Read more »

digits: Oracle Takes Sweeping Shot at Google

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 Description:  Oracle Corp. has sued Google Inc. for patent and copyright infringement, on grounds that Google’s Android OS violates Java copyrights. The suit has sent shockwaves throughout Silicon Valley. WSJ’s Don Clark explains the possible implications of the suit to Simon Constable and Jennifer Valentino-DeVries. Also: are more TV shows and movies coming to the… Read more »

AOL Chief: Display ads not dead

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Description:  Chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong says display advertising will still be dominant, albeit different, in the coming years. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report   Date: 07/23/2010 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/fortune/2010/07/23/f_bst_aol_armstrong_display.fortune/ Questions for discussion:  Summarize the comments made by Tim Armstrong about the future of AOL, online content, and advertising. Do you agree with his opinions? How… Read more »

Amazon shares fall after earnings disappoint

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Description: Online retail giant ramps up investments, sees continued spending Source:  Marketwatch.com Date: 07/23/2010 Link:  http://www.marketwatch.com/story/amazon-falls-after-earnings-disappoint-2010-07-23?siteid=nwtwk   Questions for discussion: Summarize the financial conditions of Amazon? Would you be concerned as an investor or as a financial manager in the firm? What would you advise management?

Online, We Pay With Our Time Spent Searching

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Description:  THE Internet is a Soviet bread line. Remember those lines? Back when commissars commanded the Soviet Union’s economy like Knute commanding the tides, people would wait for hours in long queues for free bread. Although the bread was free, people paid for it with their time. Source: NYTimes.com   Date: 07/09/2010 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/business/11every.html?ref=business Questions… Read more »

D8 Video: Steve Case in Full Session

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Description:  Steve Case and Kara Swisher meet again onstage at the D8 Conference. What has the Revolution CEO been up to on the 25h Anniversary of American Online? Source: Marketwatch.com – video report   Date: 07/02/2010 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/d8-video-steve-case-in-full-session/2B7724EE-756E-4975-893A-BBA244AFD4B3  Questions for discussion:  Summarize the history of AOL and the development of the Internet. What surprises you… Read more »

Google victorious in Viacom’s YouTube lawsuit

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Description: A federal judge has ruled in favor of Google Inc. in the company’s courtroom battle with Viacom Inc. over alleged copyright violations on Google’s YouTube video service. Source:  Marketwatch.com Date: 06/23/2010 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/google-victorious-in-viacoms-youtube-lawsuit-2010-06-23?siteid=nwtwk   Questions for discussion: What are the arguments that support YouTube’s legal position? Do you think YouTube will change the way… Read more »

In Price War, E-Readers Go Below $200

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Description:  A price war is brewing in the growing market for electronic reading devices. Source: NYTimes.com   Date: 06/21/2010 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/22/technology/22reader.html?src=busln Questions for discussion: Do you agree with the analysis of this report? Is there a market for a single-application device? Who are the customers in this market? What price would be appropriate for the… Read more »