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  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The House of Representatives defeated the bill to delay the DTV transition. For now the transition will still happen on February 17th, 2009. However, an amended bill could be reintroduced as early as next week. The RIAA may be teaming Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Amazon is expected to roll out a new version of the Kindle next month. Jeff Bezos will unveil the second version of the e-book gadget at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York on February 9th. Currently, there is Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Looking for the best ways to follow the Inauguration at work? Hulu will offer a live stream of the Inauguration of President Barack Obama, while both CNN and C-Span will offer streams on their websites. Facebook will also log updates Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Google is urging clients not to give up on digital ads during the recession. In a conference today in London, Google VP Nikesh Arora will note that “We are making a very explicit pitch to clients about using the internet Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Yesterday the Dow Jones closed at 8519, near its five year low. The story did not make the front page of the New York Times nor the evening news. Forget Joe the Plumber, where is Joe the Businessman? Amazon’s 3Q Continue Reading →

Here’s a knee-slapper: “What did Comcast just say to its broadband customers?” Answer: “250GB of data per month ought to be enough bandwidth for anyone!” Get it? Sorry, it’s an inside joke. In response to getting busted by the FCC for illegally throttling consumer Internet traffic, Comcast put a 250GB per billing cycle cap on Continue Reading →

  If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Despite agreeing to terms, Congress failed to pass the government bailout for the financial sector, which led to the worst-single day drop in Wall Street history. The 777.68 point skid was the largest percentage drop since 9/11 and hammered media Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards and how the television industry sounds desperate. SANDISK is set to release SlotMusic. SANDISK, who is working with all four major recorded music labels, will sell music and special extras Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. LINKEDIN will launch the LinkedIn Audience Network today. Using LinkedIn’s profile-based targeting technology the LinkedIn Audience Network helps marketers efficiently reach specific audiences of influential and affluent professionals across hundreds of high quality brand-name publishers. ELECTRONIC ARTS (NASD: ERTS) has Continue Reading →

                   If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on APPLE executives paying $14 million in stock options fines and how the shareholder suit keeps the money in Cupertino. AMAZON struck a deal to electronically publish biographies of Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama for the Kindle. Continue Reading →