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- The Accelerator Conundrum
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Web 3.0 & NYT (Part 5)
Conclusion NYT is working on organizing its online business on the basis of key verticals, which will allow it to extend its popular classifieds sections like auto, jobs, real estate, travel, and entertainment, increase user engagement and aid in monetization of the sites. The partnership with Monster to build its online recruitment product offering is
Web 3.0 & Gannett (Part 2)
Vertical Strategy Gannett in partnership with Belo Corporation, The McClatchy Company, Tribune Company and The Washington Post Company owns Classified Ventures. Classified Ventures’ objective is to collectively capitalize on the revenue growth in the online classified advertising categories of automotive, apartments, and real estate. Gannett’s various positions in the verticals are sometimes held by the
Web 3.0 & Gannett (Part 1)
Introduction Gannett (GCI) publishes 85 daily newspapers, nearly 1,000 non-daily publications and 23 television stations in the US. In the UK, Gannett publishes 17 daily newspapers and around 300 non-daily publications. Gannett’s popular newspaper USA TODAY with a circulation of 7.3 million is the US’s largest-selling newspaper. USA WEEKEND is a weekly newspaper with a
Nvidia Riding the Graphics Boom
Nvidia’s (NASDAQ: NVDA) recent 3:2 stock-split on 9/10 must have helped, but the stock’s rally, this week, has more to do with Nvidia’s robust showing in the Q2/07 results. Net earning of $172.73 million ($0.43 a share) on a revenue of $935.3 million is almost double that of $86.7 million ($0.22 a share) in Q2/06
Web 3.0 & IAC (Part 2)
Vertical Strategy IAC is present in some of the most promising verticals like Dating & Matchmaking, and Real Estate among others. The Company is looking at expanding its verticals both through organic and M&A means. We will discuss the Company’s offerings in the different verticals in the following paragraphs. Dating & Matchmaking Match.com is the
Web 3.0 & IAC (Part 1)
Introduction IAC (Nasdaq: IACI) is an interactive conglomerate operating more than 60 diversified brands in sectors being transformed by the Internet, online and offline. The Company’s business can be classified into five segments: * Retailing (HSN, Cornerstone Brands, Shoebuy.com) * Membership & Subscriptions (Interval International, Match.com, Entertainment Publications) * Transactions (Ticketmaster, LendingTree, RealEstate.com, ServiceMagic) *
Eric Benhamou: The Saga Of Palm (Part 3)
After a year of relative stability, Palm faced the market crash concurrently with a failed product launch. The combination of stock market problems and operational failure created a bad situation which was compounded by a lack of innovation in product development. SM: Did the stock price sustain for a bit? The market started going bonkers
Intel’s Multi-core Future
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is the world’s largest semiconductor company. It shot into limelight riding the famous “Intel Inside” marketing and branding campaign in 1990. Today, with an employee strength of 90,300 Intel currently ranks 62nd in the Fortune 500 list on the back of FY/06 revenues of $35.38 billion. This is however down from its
