If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on T-MOBILE releasing the G1, GOOGLE’s (NASD: GOOG) first Android phone. APPLE’s(NASD: AAPL) 3G iPhone has now outsold its predecessor. Despite 3G issues and a class action lawsuit looming, Apple has managed to sell 6 million 3G Continue Reading →
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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. According to manager Larry Rudolph, BRITNEY SPEARS will not perform at the MTV Video Music Awards. However, the former pop sensation will most likely be in attendance. Britney’s last performance on the famed award show was heralded as one of Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Read Shelly’s commentary on APPLE’s (NASD: AAPL) recent woes and the future of its brand on the blog. Watch Shelly’s commentary on NBC’s (NYSE: GE) failure to successfully monetize online video. NBCOlympics.com received over 1.2 billion hits, and 72 million Continue Reading →
The first quarter of 2008 was the most successful in Apple’s history. The company boasted revenue of $9.6 billion and a net profit of $1.58 billion, compared to revenue of $7.1 billion and a net profit of $1 billion in the third quarter of 2007. But its second quarter results were down ($7.51 billion in Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on the potential VERIZON (NYSE: VZ), GOOGLE (NASD: GOOG) search deal and how its could affect local media outlets. HARBINGER CAPITAL has nearly doubled its stake in CABLEVISION (NYSE: CVC). The hedge fund, who recently became Cablevision’s Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. MICROSOFT (NASD: MSFT) will enlist JERRY SEINFELD for a new advertising campaign. The campaign seeks to divert attention from the popular “Mac vs. PC” commercials and universal panning of Windows Vista. Microsoft will spend $300 million on the campaign, which Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on NBC (NYSE: GE) scoring 200 million Olympic viewers and ESPN (NYSE: DIS) trying to acquire future Olympic coverage. EBAY (NAS: EBAY) will announce that it will cut its upfront listing fees by as much as 75%. Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Watch Shelly’s commentary on PANDORA’s lifespan and how the record industry will ultimately kill webcasting with high royalty rates. ELECTRONIC ARTS (NASD: ERTS) will not extend its bid to acquire TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE (NASD: TTWO) for the sixth time. After learning Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Read Shelly’s commentary “How Technology Is Costing Companies Millions . . . Maybe Billions” on the blog. Watch Shelly’s commentary on NBC’s (NYSE: GE) Olympic numbers for Broadband and Mobile. BUSINESS WEEK (NYSE: MHP) is set to bring topic pages Continue Reading →
It’s 11:45am on a sunny summer day in New York. In just a few minutes, promises will be broken, years of trust will be betrayed and a high-value customer and millions of dollars will be lost. This is the story of a very expensive customer loyalty program that worked flawlessly for two decades only to Continue Reading →