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  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Despite agreeing to terms, Congress failed to pass the government bailout for the financial sector, which led to the worst-single day drop in Wall Street history. The 777.68 point skid was the largest percentage drop since 9/11 and hammered media Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on the biggest banking buyout in United States history. AT&T is switching its satellite-television provider to DIRECTV. Despite signing a one-month extension with the DISH NETWORK last week, AT&T will ditch the struggling provider. Analysts believe that Continue Reading →

The Hollywood Reporter asks: “What makes the Emmy’s Unique?” Seth MacFarlane, answers: “I think what makes the Emmy’s special is that no one watches them anymore.” The AP asked, “Are the TV writers still on strike?” USA Today: “It was hideously awful from start to harried finish, dragged down by five amateurish reality anchors who Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on the premiere of NBC’s Knight Rider and how managing for margins makes for terrible television. Plus, today’s consulting question comes from Heidi R., an account exec from Bethpage, NY. Heidi asks, “When is free WiFi coming Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on the Daily Show’s increased ratings and why viewers are turning to comedy in a time of despair. Plus, Betsy K., a video editor in Houston, TX asks, “Why did T-Mobile drop the restrictions from its G1 Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on GOOGLE’s G1 and T-MOBILE’s 1GB of data cap. Plus, Paulette B., a UX designer from Syracuse, NY asks, “Is the new G-phone really an iPhone killer?” ABC scored its highest opening night rating since 1999 with Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on GOOGLE and T-MOBILE unveiling the first Android enabled phone and whether or not consumers will understand the value proposition. MTV Networks has acquired social networking platform FLUX, which allows users to share and interact with content Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards and how the television industry sounds desperate. SANDISK is set to release SlotMusic. SANDISK, who is working with all four major recorded music labels, will sell music and special extras Continue Reading →

  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 KATIE COURIC going on the road with McCain and Palin and how it could be the GOP’s way of punishing NBC. This week’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL game between the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles drew the Continue Reading →