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  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on the latest in U.S. ad spending and how the numbers don’t tell the full truth. EBAY is selling off STUMBLEUPON. eBay, which acquired StumbleUpon for $75 million in May of 2007, has hired Deutsche Bank to Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on how the consolidation and collapse of financial institutions is bound to hurt the Advertising business. SANDISK has rejected SAMSUNG’s offer of $5.8 billion. The cash deal was rejected on the basis that it “undervalues” SanDisk and Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on AMERICAN AIRLINES (NYSE: AMR) decision not to censor Wi-Fi usage and in-flight internet access. NBC (NYSE: GE) has already sold 80% of its Super Bowl 2009 ad spots. The Peacock, which took over the Super Bowl Continue Reading →

The first quarter of 2008 was the most successful in Apple’s history. The company boasted revenue of $9.6 billion and a net profit of $1.58 billion, compared to revenue of $7.1 billion and a net profit of $1 billion in the third quarter of 2007. But its second quarter results were down ($7.51 billion in Continue Reading →

Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska is facing a seven-count indictment accusing him of accepting more than $250,000 in unreported gifts. The Washington Post reported that many Alaskans "greeted the news of Stevens's indictment on corruption charges as if they were condemned to a pauper's death, fearful that they will no longer be able to depend on the largess of "Uncle Ted." Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on TiVO’s (NASD: TIVO) data which says 57% of users are watching time shifted television and 66% of viewers are skipping commercials. YAHOO (NASD: YHOO) will hold its annual stock holder meeting today. The meeting, which was Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on Alaskan Senator Ted Steven’s indictment and his famous Internet tubes speech. Page Six is reporting that NBC’s (NYSE: GE) summer ratings are so bad, co-chairman Ben Silverman’s could be out of a job if his Fall Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Read Shelly’s commentary on AMAZON’s transition from online retailer to technology company. Watch Shelly’s commentary on APPLE’s MobileMe service, which has been plagued by bugs since launching two weeks ago. NBC and the NFL are expected to announce that they Continue Reading →

The headlines read “Amazon Earnings Double” as news of amazon.com’s quarterly earnings hit the web. This is not true, by the way. The numbers include a one-time boost from the sale of their European DVD rental company … oops. Amazon’s North American sales remained strong growing 35% year over year. As for high fuel costs Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Read Shelly’s commentary on personal storage clouds, “Clouds and Pirates: Darknets Rising” on the blog. IN BEV (INTB.BR) and ANHEUSER-BUSCH (NYSE: BUD) have agreed to a $52 billion merger. The deal will form the multi-national Anheuser-Busch InBev, which would’ve combined Continue Reading →