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Eric Benhamou: The Saga Of Palm (Part 9)
SM: You were losing market position at this point. Did you ever consider selling to Apple? EB: There might have been an opportunity to do that before the iTune/iPod product division was too far along, but I do not think this became a real opportunity in the timeframe that would have interested us. Had we
Eric Benhamou: The Saga Of Palm (Part 7)
SM: I want to ask about some of these aspects. I think operationally you managed to turn the company around, but where was the marketing vision, the juice, coming from? Who was the visionary? EB: We still had Jeff, who had envisioned the Treo. It was his brainchild, just like the initial PalmPilot. He was
Big Picture, All I Got
By Richard Laermer, Guest Author The salon where I get my “hair cut” in Soho has been doing a terrific job for years. But they have branched out to the point of no return and now the owners got a whole line of products he’s hawking. Whatever. But now, when I call, instead of “push
Web 3.0 & Online Movies (Part 5)
M&A and VC Activity In April 2007, Comcast acquired online movie ticket destination Fandango for $200 million. Fandango is a fast growing site with about 5 million unique monthly visitors. Founded in 2000 by seven of the top 10 largest U.S. theater chains, Fandango services movie ticketing for more than 15, 000 screens. Recently, Blockbuster
Web 3.0 & Online Movies (Part 1)
Overview Watching movies, reading reviews and downloading movies on the Internet are fast becoming a craze in the US and other developed countries. The recent years have seen a consistent surge in downloading movies and buying of DVDs over the Internet. According to NPD there has been a 39% increase in subscription rentals of TV
Online Music & Web 3.0 (Part 5)
M&A and VC activity In May 2007, CBS Corp. acquired Last.fm, a UK-based music community site that allows fans with similar tastes to connect, for $280 Million, in a bid to attract young audiences. Napster acquired AOL Music’s subscription service for $15 million in cash in January 2007. The acquisition gave Napster 350,000 subscribers of
Online Music & Web 3.0 (Part 3)
Business Model Music sites primarily earn revenues from subscriptions, music downloads, advertisements and the different products sold through its sites. Most music sites are allowing downloads at approximately 99 cents per song and analysts say it is not enough to cover the costs. Currently most of the music sites are losing money. Napster (NAPS) and
iPhone’s Component Ecosystem: Synthesis
Over the last few weeks, we have reviewed the iPhone’s Component Vendors. Here is a recap of the articles: iPhone’s Inside Beneficiaries provides an overview of the various players. We covered Samsung, one of the top component providers, who also has the manufacturing and design capabilities to become the iPhone’s major competitor in the future.
