UK cable telco Virgin Media’s average customer take climbed to a record £47.51 ($76.61) per month in Q4 - but that could boom when it launches TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) and if it finally gets its quad-play strategy ticking.
Michele Bachmann Refuses To Say Whether President Obama Is A Citizen On GMA
In an interview Thursday morning on ABC's Good Morning America, Rep. Michele Bachmann talked about her interest in the White House, how she'd handle the Middle East as president, and even Lady Gaga. What she wouldn't say, however, was whether the president was a Christian and a citizen. "That's not for me to state," Bachmann...
Borders Begins a New Chapter…11
Borders Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and said it plans to close about 30% of its stores in coming weeks.
The Newsonomics of Apple/Press+/Google’s pay-for-all
We could call this week a paid content free-for-all, but that's self-contradictory. So let's call it a pay-for-all, a fray of still-developing schemes that are certain to keep morphing as both competition and publishers' heads spin ever more quickly. It's a head-banging adventure to figure out what's unfolded just this week. Apple offered a proclamation...
Sarah Palin To Answer Questions In Front Of Mainstream Media
WOODBURY, N.Y. — Forget Twitter and Facebook, Sarah Palin is answering questions in front of the mainstream media. The Arizona shooting, President Obama's performance, a...
Andy Plesser: Wall Street is Bullish on (Its) Online Video Programming and Thomson Reuters is Delivering a Global Audience
WASHINGTON - Many top financial institutions are producing original video programming in-house, from 90-second equity analyst reports to market analysis and extended discussions. Scores of...
Stephen Colbert Rips Rupert Murdoch, Rips Off Arianna Huffington
The News Corp. CEO has "the upper body strength of a cricket" and a tablet newspaper overly obsessed with very old dogs, he said. Plus! Meet the "Colbuffington Re-Post".
Oprah’s Chicago Replacements Announced
Oprah, meet your replacements. The hottest Chicago talent search in years has come down to two winners: Ryan Chiaverini (above left), the weekend sports anchor...
