If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Yahoo’s stock rose sharply yesterday after rumors that Microsoft was once again interested purchasing it. Yahoo’s stock was up over 20%, bring it to $12.99. However, a spokesperson from Redmond said “Our position hasn’t changed. Microsoft has no interest in Continue Reading →
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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Last night Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson was interviewed by Larry Kudlow. When Kudlow posed some of the big questions on every American’s mind, including “Why did you switch the strategy of the rescue plan?” Paulson sidestepped the question Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Britney Spears new song “Womanizer” debuted at number 1 on iTunes. The video, which features Britney nude in a sauna, in a nightie, as a naughty secretary, a tattooed waitress and a near-topless chauffeur, debuted on ABC’s 20/20 and has Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The Dow Jones had its largest one day gain ever, up 936 points to 9387.61. The Dow went up as investors learned of the governments plan to invest $250 billion in nine of the country’s top banks. Shares of Apple Continue Reading →
Here’s what’s supposed to happen. The digital transition takes place, new 4G networks spring up all over, tons of VC money is aimed at advanced advertising and personal media consumption devices, audiences fragment into unbelievably small markets, but technological advances in metrics and accountability take the art of marketing to new quantitative levels, by 2020 Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA retained its place at the top of the Box Office this week. The Disney comedy took in roughly $17.5 million dollars, besting the Leonardo DiCaprio-Russell Crowe war film Body of Lies. SOUTH PARK had its best fall Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The Dow Jones took another dive yesterday, falling 678.91 points to 8579. Media companies are hurting, as Viacom and News Corp each hit 5 five year lows yesterday. The tech sector is also hurting, with Google closing yesterday at 328 Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. IBM reports that its third quarter net income is up 20% over this time last year. International Business Machine’s took in $2.8 billion in the third quarter, proving that its market of large corporations and government agencies is intact while Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The Dow Jones had another rough day yesterday, closing at 9447. The Dow is down over 800 points in the past two days. Let’s hope that bargain hunters swoop in and start buying. YOUTUBE has added a “click to buy” Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Yesterday the Dow Jones fell under 10000, the lowest its hit since 2003. While the Dow was down as much as 800 points, it ended only down 370. A tough day for stocks, specifically tech stocks like GOOGLE (down 4%, Continue Reading →