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“That’s why I say I, like every American I’m speaking with, we’re ill about this position that we have been put in where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately what the bail-out does is help those who are concerned about the healthcare reform that is needed to help shore up our 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 →

With the recent collapse of three of five major American financial institutions, a war going into its sixth year, an election that is far from predictable and a housing crisis that has thousands struggling to pay their mortgages, it’s no surprise that Americans are worried about the future. To make matters worse, the rising cost Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on AMAZON (NASD: AMZN) launching VIDEO ON DEMAND and whether or not it will compete with APPLE’s (NASD: AAPL) iTunes store. TIVO (NASD: TIVO) and DIRECTV (NASD: DTV) have struck a new partnership. The deal will enable Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. According to manager Larry Rudolph, BRITNEY SPEARS will not perform at the MTV Video Music Awards. However, the former pop sensation will most likely be in attendance. Britney’s last performance on the famed award show was heralded as one of Continue Reading →

                   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. Watch Shelly’s commentary on T-MOBILE becoming the first to offer a phone withGOOGLE’s (NASD: GOOG) Android software and how it will affect mobile communication. APPLE (NASD: AAPL) is working on a software repair that will help fix the 3G iPhone’s 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 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 →

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 →