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                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on the potential VERIZON (NYSE: VZ), GOOGLE (NASD: GOOG) search deal and how its could affect local media outlets. HARBINGER CAPITAL has nearly doubled its stake in CABLEVISION (NYSE: CVC). The hedge fund, who recently became Cablevision’s Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Read Shelly’s commentary “How Technology Is Costing Companies Millions . . . Maybe Billions” on the blog. Watch Shelly’s commentary on NBC’s (NYSE: GE) Olympic numbers for Broadband and Mobile. BUSINESS WEEK (NYSE: MHP) is set to bring topic pages Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on NBC’s (NYSE: GE) Olympic TAMI ratings and the future of mobile coverage. MGM (NYSE: MGM) CEO Harry Sloan wants to bring TOM CRUISE’s UNITED ARTISTS under the control of MGM’s Mary Parent. Sources close to Sloan 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 →

  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. Watch Shelly’s commentary on MICROSOFT’s (NASD: MSFT) decision to cut the price of the Xbox 360. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin ruled that COMCAST (NASD: CMCSA) illegally blocked specific file transfers earlier in the year. Martin wants Comcast to stop blocking Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on the SENATE approving the surveillance bill which gives teleco’s immunity for cooperating with federal wiretapping of their customers. COMCAST (NASD: CMCSA) will work with VONAGE (NYSE: VG) to ensure that Vonage’s VOIP runs smoothly over its Continue Reading →

Just a few weeks ago, the GAO joined the tragic chorus singing a parodos of unpreparedness. "Without a comprehensive plan that also addresses managing risks and mitigating against potential problems, tens of millions of consumers could be adversely affected and this important transition put needlessly in jeopardy," said Democratic Rep. Edward Markey, of Massachusetts, the Coryphaeus of this Modern Greek Tragedy. Continue Reading →