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                   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. Watch Shelly’s commentary on VERIZON’s (NYSE: VZ) slowed FiOS growth and how it may be a reflection of the struggling economy. AT&T (NYSE: T) has banned subscribers from using file sharing programs on their mobile devices. Subscribers caught using P2P 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. Watch Shelly’s commentary on AMAZON’s (NASD: AMZN) boost in revenue and how the numbers don’t exactly reflect the company’s performance. MICROSOFT (NASD: MSFT) is expanding its search ads deal with FACEBOOK. Under the new deal, Microsoft will provide web search Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on GOOGLE (NASD: GOOG) launching Knol and the culture of Mountain View. The NEW YORK TIMES (NYSE: NYT) reported a net income of $21.1 million for the second quarter, down from $118.4 million from the second quarter Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on YAHOO’s (NASD: YHOO)slumping stock price and its future with Carl Icahn. TechCrunch is reporting that GOOGLE (NASD: GOOG) is once again in negotiations to buy DIGG. Google will reportedly pay roughly $200 million for the social Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on TIVO (NASD: TIVO) and AMAZON (NASD: AMZN) teaming for “product purchase” and how this type of transactional schema is a parlor trick. YAHOO (NASD: YHOO) and CARL ICAHN have struck a deal that will give Icahn Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Read Shelly’s blog for an in depth commentary on the television industry managing for margins. WARNER BROS. (NYSE: TWX) Batman: The Dark Knight ruled the box office this weekend, taking in a record $155.3 million dollars. The Dark Knight bested Continue Reading →

In case you haven’t noticed, the business of broadcast television is in trouble. Ratings have been trending down year over year for more than 30 years and there’s no end in sight. Most pundits blame this audience fragmentation on outside forces like the proliferation of cable channels, DVDs, video gaming, DVR’s and most recently online Continue Reading →