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Washington Post’s Hidden Jewel

Posted on Wednesday, Mar 28th

The Washington Post Company is a diversified media and education company that publishes newspapers and magazines, and provides electronic information services and educational and career services. The Company publishes popular newspapers including The Washington Post, and magazines (principally Newsweek). The Company owns Kaplan, Inc., a leading provider of educational and career services both in the

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Reed Hastings Joins Microsoft Board

Posted on Tuesday, Mar 27th

Reed Hastings, founder and CEO of Netflix, and a renowned serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley is joining Microsoft’s Board. It’s a superb move for Microsoft to bring on board a through-and-through decent and no-bullshit smart guy like Reed on, not to mention the fact that the battle for the consumers’ living room is in full

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Will Buyout Save Tribune?

Posted on Tuesday, Mar 27th

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

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NYT: Try Web 3.0

Posted on Friday, Mar 23rd

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

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DJ: Acquiring Online Businesses

Posted on Friday, Mar 23rd

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

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CZN: Rural Connectivity

Posted on Thursday, Mar 22nd

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

Posted on Tuesday, Mar 20th

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

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Cisco’s War Cry Against Microsoft

Posted on Tuesday, Mar 20th

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

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