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Five Star Stock Watch: Netflix, Inc.
Thursday, March 27, 2014 - 3:59pm | 818In addition to all of the biotech companies, some of the familiar Nasdaq stocks have also been getting hammered as of late -- even the highflying, big guys like Google, Facebook and Amazon. One in particular worth watching is Netflix. The stock almost tripled last year, so when the profit...
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Rumor: Google to Announce Set-top Box Early in 2014
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 12:16pm | 568According to The Information (subscription required), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) plans to come out with a set-top box called Nexus TV sometime in the first half of 2014. The new device, Geekwire said, would compete with Apple's Apple TV, Microsoft's Xbox One, and Amazon's rumored-but-so-far-delayed...
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Katie Couric's Jump to the Internet: A Game-Changer for Content Producers?
Monday, November 25, 2013 - 2:20pm | 593Word of Katie Couric's jump from television to online has the entertainment and digital industries abuzz with speculation. Does her hiring as a "Global Anchor" on Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) signal the latest seismic shift in how consumers are getting their video content, or is it just a way for the...
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ESPN Flexes Muscle In Cable Bundle Debate
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 - 10:22am | 634The debate over whether cable and satellite companies should offer TV channels via bundles (as they do now) versus a la carte options has a big player – Disney (NYSE: DIS) owned ESPN, the self-proclaimed “Worldwide Leader in Sports.” According to The New York Times, last year ESPN produced 35,...