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- The Accelerator Conundrum
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Will Buyout Save Tribune?
Tribune Company is a media and entertainment company engaged in publishing, interactive media and broadcasting. The Company is the only media organization with newspapers, television stations and websites in the nation’s top three markets and reaches out to approximately 80 percent of U.S. households. Tribune publishes 11 popular daily newspapers including Los Angeles Times, Chicago
NYT: Try Web 3.0
The New York Times Company, under pressure from investors because of its stagnant stock performance, announced Thursday that it would raise its quarterly dividend by 31 percent. [The New York Times Wall Street Journal Gawker] All the young graduates at top journalism schools have stars in their eyes when they think about working for New
DJ: Acquiring Online Businesses
Dow Jones & Company Inc. is a leading media Company engaged in providing global business and financial news across various media platforms that include newspapers, magazines, online content, radio and television. The Company aims to become the number one provider of high quality, easy accessible relevant business content. The Company has three operating segments Consumer
CZN: Rural Connectivity
We have been talking with Raj Reddy about education, and that led us to the subject of rural connectivity. This morning, we started talking with Maggie Wilderotter, CEO of Citizen Communications, a rural telecom company. Most likely, you have not heard about this company, so here is an overview.
Palm Changing Hands
Looks like Palm will change hands this week. The bidders are the usual suspects: Nokia and Motorola on the vendor side, and TPG and Silverlake on the Private Equity side. I was suprised that Dell isn’t bidding, and did some digging to see what’s going on, and found this: :: Here’s why, according to one
Cisco’s War Cry Against Microsoft
Last week’s acquisition of Webex by Networking giant Cisco is a clear war cry against Microsoft. What battlefield will this war be fought on? My take is, Collaboration will become the battlefield for these two titans’ epic battle. I have already written about this last week. Now, I want to add to the theme by
Will Gannett Pull It Off?
I wrote several pieces on the newspaper industry: Newspapers, Roll Up, Newspapers, Wake Up, and the Pro-Am Debate. Gannett (GCI) publishes 90 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
Cisco Acquires Webex, Beefs Collaboration
Cisco plans to buy WebEx for $3.2 billion in cash. Under the terms of the deal, expected to close in the fourth quarter, Cisco will purchase all outstanding shares of WebEx for $57 a share. WebEx shares closed at $46.20 Wednesday on Nasdaq, and last I checked, it was at $56.45. I love this deal.
