Friday, 02 October 2009
Maybe it has something to do with working for CBS
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Grumpy Old Men? Dept.
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CBS News employee[1] Charged In Letterman Extortion Plot
Top Ten Reasons to Accept that Job Offer From David Letterman (HT: IP)
Top Ten Reasons to Accept that Job Offer From David Letterman (HT: IP)
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[1] No, not THAT one!
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Another shoe drops on net neutrality
The Wall Street Journal:
While I’m not aware if Comcast has signed on to AT&T’s “content providers are freeloaders†campaign, the resulting company’s vertical integration puts the owner of the pipe in competition with others who have to use it. This should not only concern any content providers outside of some future Comcast-NBC umbrella, but also Comcast’s 15 million high-speed internet customers.
The key question remaining in any such merger would be whether a content-heavier Comcast would be able to find synergies that have so far eluded Time Warner and CBS-Viacom. Another is whether Comcast might try to push its customers toward its own offerings by “adjusting†its quality of service.
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The Wall Street Journal:
Talks to merge Comcast Corp.’s cable networks and General Electric Co.’s NBC Universal are the latest sign of a big shift in television...In addition to the NBC broadcast network and the Universal Pictures studio, NBC Universal also owns or shares ownership in six cable networks and the online video site Hulu.com. (Comcast already owns cable nets E!, Golf Channel, Style, and TV One.)
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Comcast’s 50-year-old Chief Executive Brian Roberts has long coveted a union witha a content provider... Five years ago, Comcast shareholders panned his $50 billion bid to acquire Walt Disney, which was ultimately abandoned...
While I’m not aware if Comcast has signed on to AT&T’s “content providers are freeloaders†campaign, the resulting company’s vertical integration puts the owner of the pipe in competition with others who have to use it. This should not only concern any content providers outside of some future Comcast-NBC umbrella, but also Comcast’s 15 million high-speed internet customers.
The key question remaining in any such merger would be whether a content-heavier Comcast would be able to find synergies that have so far eluded Time Warner and CBS-Viacom. Another is whether Comcast might try to push its customers toward its own offerings by “adjusting†its quality of service.
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Thursday, 01 October 2009
Sites linked - September 2009
A busy end-of-the-month slowed me down, so 48 posts had to do for September. (I had hoped for at least 50). 48 is still up 10 from August, although 11 behind last year’s pre-election 59.
August’s 38 remains the y-t-d low. Who knows what October will bring?
The September linklist will appear (below the break) shortly...
A busy end-of-the-month slowed me down, so 48 posts had to do for September. (I had hoped for at least 50). 48 is still up 10 from August, although 11 behind last year’s pre-election 59.
August’s 38 remains the y-t-d low. Who knows what October will bring?
The September linklist will appear (below the break) shortly...
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