February 5, 2010
With the introduction of the iPad, Apple's (AAPL) status as a cultural icon reached new heights. Based on an unscientific survey of newspapers archived by The Newseum,...
February 2, 2010
Wal-Mart is boxing out Redbox. Wal-Mart (WMT), the world's largest retailer, has imposed strict limits on the number of DVDs any one customer can buy at a time, making...
January 27, 2010
Apple's (AAPL) new iPad, a lightweight device that browses the Web and delivers media, may serve as an alternative to netbooks and pose a threat to PC makers. While ...
January 27, 2010
The unveiling of Apple's (AAPL) new tablet computer on Jan. 27 has sparked hopes the device will improve the fortunes of companies supplying content for the device. ...
January 22, 2010
Let the tussle over Howard Stern begin. Just weeks into the last year of his contract with Sirius XM Radio (SIRI), the shock jock kicked off speculation about where ...
January 21, 2010
I've listened to The Howard Stern Show on Sirius XM Radio (SIRI) for years. Howard Stern knows how to deliver an entertaining and interesting radio show. But I never ...
January 20, 2010
NBC Universal tried some new tricks to promote its new action thriller The Wolfman. The studio placed audio ads on Internet radio service Pandora, ran small banner ads...
January 7, 2010
By Mariko Yasu and Joseph Galante (Bloomberg) Sony Corp. (SNE) will start selling 3-D televisions and Blu-ray disc players this summer, part of a plan by Chief...
January 5, 2010
The fight over retransmission fees between Fox (AAPL) and Time Warner Cable (TWC) last week highlights an increasingly contentious relationship between the big four ...
December 31, 2009
There's not much I will miss about this decade. And to think it all began with such promise. At the dawn of the new millennium, optimism abounded. The U.S. economy was...
December 30, 2009
Consumers are falling fast for 3D entertainment. For proof, consider the success of Avatar, an otherworldly adventure film full of three-dimensional imagery that in ...
December 22, 2009
When music went digital, it caused a significant problem for home listeners: how to free the songs stored on your computer's hard drive so they're easily heard in your...
December 16, 2009
With little fanfare, cable giant Comcast (CMCSA) announced on Dec. 9 that it was launching a sports online streaming service. It may be yet another piece in the ...
December 15, 2009
TiVo is hurting. That's the gist of a story from Multichannel News about the fate of TiVo, which lost 314,000 subscribers last quarter. All in all, the DVR maker is ...
December 10, 2009
It makes sense that Vevo, the music video site that was launched as a joint venture by Universal Music and Sony Music, is trying to cast itself as MTV meets Hulu. An ...
November 25, 2009
Michelle Evans wanted to buy a Kindle electronic book reader for her boyfriend, but was having trouble fitting the item into her budget. Then Amazon (AMZN) cut the ...
November 20, 2009
Imeem's expected fire sale to MySpace shows that the plight of ad-supported streaming music services is worsening. News Corp.'s (NWS) social networking site MySpace is...
November 18, 2009
Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony need a new game plan. Amid growing evidence old marketing strategies aren't working and concerns by some analysts that holiday sales may ...
November 15, 2009
Speculation arose this past week that News Corp.-owned MySpace Music (NWS) is considering moving to a paid model, since the cost of free streaming is making its ...
November 10, 2009
At home, Peter VanRysdam rocks out to Guitar Hero on Microsoft's (MSFT) Xbox 360. But while he's on break at work, the 31-year-old marketing executive from ...
November 5, 2009
Good news at Sirius XM (SIRI) was tempered by a hard dose of reality on Nov. 5. Sure, the top satellite-radio provider added subscribers, increased revenue, and ...
November 3, 2009
Wise Foods wanted to make its Cheez Doodle brand appealing to a broader market. The snack food is typically purchased by parents for kids, but Wise Foods set about ...
October 25, 2009
By Aoife M. McEvoy San Francisco - Have you ever heard of the dual-purpose cow? As the name suggests, it gives you both beef and milk. But some folks argue that a ...
October 20, 2009
While revenue from time-shifted TV distribution can account for only part of a monetization strategy, the economics of television are changing for the cheaper. This ...
October 15, 2009
Despite a release date in May, when many consumers were still cutting back on big-ticket purchases, Samsung's new line of televisions has been a big hit. With a ...