Sam Zell’s Blunder

AT the heels of his $13 Billion acquisition of Tribune, Sam Zell put his big foot in the mouth by saying: “If all of the newspapers in America did not allow Google to steal their content, how profitable would Google be?” Zell said during the question period after his speech. “Not very.” The statement shows

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Iger’s Arrowheads Pointing Right

The Walt Disney Company is a diversified entertainment company with a $70 Billion+ market cap and a stock that has been performing consistently well for amost 4 years. It operates in four major business segments – Studio Entertainment, Parks and Resorts, Consumer Products and Media Networks. The Studio Entertainment segment produces, acquires and distributes live-action,

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Top Newspaper Sites

For those of you following my Newspaper industry coverage, here’s an interesting set of statistics:

TheFind: A+ on Vertical Search

I have been speaking with Siva Kumar, founder CEO of TheFind.com, a next generation online shopping engine focused on the Lifestyle segment. Acc. to Siva, TheFind.com is a discovery shopping search engine optimized for lifestyle products such as clothing & accessories, home & garden, sports & outdoor, kids & family, and health & beauty. [Context]

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TheFind: LifeStyle Shopping (Part 5)

[Part 4] TheFind launched relatively recently, and has gained very good traction already. They are also generating some ad revenues at a $5-$10 CPM range via a partnership with Glam Media. Let’s hear more details from Siva. SM: What stage are you at now? SK: Our site has been open to consumers for the last

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Newspapers: Industry in Turmoil

Alan Murray writes in the Wall Street Journal: “Last weekend’s “Billionaires Bid for Tribune” headlines were enough to warm the hearts of us Dickensian scribes who still seek to make a living from impressions on wood pulp. Savvy Chicagoan Sam Zell sold much of his U.S. real-estate empire at the top of the market; could

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Comcast: Growth Through Convergence

Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator in the United States and one of the leading communications and entertainment companies in the world focusing on broadband communications and content. In this segment, we will evaluate how Comcast is leveraging the evolving convergence phenomenon in its growth strategy.

News Corp: Bewildered Pioneer

News Corporation is a $27 billion diversified media and entertainment company. The Company operates in eight business segments: Filmed Entertainment (Twentieth Century Fox), Television (Fox Television Stations), Cable Network Programming (Fox News Channel), Direct Broadcast Satellite Television (Sky Italia, BSkyB), Magazines (The Weekly Standard) and Inserts, Newspapers (The Sun, New York Post), Book Publishing (HarperCollins),

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