Media
DVDs Are Dying, and There's Worse News Ahead for Hollywood
7:30AM 2/09/2012
DVDs -- and even their more modern Blu-ray siblings -- are gradually fading to black, as VHS and LaserDisc did before them. Movie studios have seen this coming for some time. Problem is, it's part of a bigger trend they may not be able to overcome.
Verizon-Redbox Deal Adds to Online Video Choices
12:22PM 2/07/2012
Technology, Media, Netflix, Sony, Apple, Wal-Mart Stores, Verizon, Comcast, Amazon.com
Verizon and Coinstar are joining forces in a new Internet streaming video venture built around Redbox's DVD-rental kiosks. Details are sketchy so far, but it will bundle streaming and DVDs, and it'll probably cost less than dominant player Netflix's service.
The 8 Brands That Wasted the Most Money on Super Bowl Ads
1:00PM 2/06/2012
Investing, Media, Ford Motor Co, Coca-Cola Company, Pepsico, Time Warner, Anheuser-Busch InBev, General Motors
Between 2002 and 2011, companies spent a whopping $2.5 billion on Super Bowl advertising; this year, a 30-second commercial cost an average of $3.5 million. But what do you get for all that cash. In the case of these eight major advertisers, not as much as they'd hoped.
Ferris Bueller Rides Again ... in a Honda CR-V
2:50PM 1/31/2012
Ferris Bueller used to desire the 1961 Ferrari 250GT California -- but we all have to grow up sometime. On Super Bowl Sunday, Matthew Broderick will play hookey in a new Honda CR-V: It is so choice. If you have the means, he highly recommends picking one up.
Do Super Bowl Ads Score for Their Companies' Stocks?
1:15PM 1/31/2012
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool
Investing, Media, Coca-Cola Company, Pepsico, salesforce.com, Apple, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Yahoo, Best Buy
The Patriots and Giants will interrupt the entertainment to run some football plays, but everyone knows the Super Bowl is all about the commercials, and at $3.5 million for 30 seconds, sponsors must think they'll get their money's worth. But will their shareholders feel the same way?
Colbert's Super PAC Has Raised Over $1 Million
12:30PM 1/31/2012
Stephen Colbert's "super" PAC has raised a staggering $1 million. Political action committees were required to submit their financial reports to the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday. Colbert disclosed that as of Monday, his Americans for a Better Tomorrow PAC has raised more than $1.02 million.
Is Amazon About to Repeat Netflix's Big Mistake?
3:00PM 1/26/2012
Amazon.com may be gearing up to start charging for the unlimited video streaming service it now includes free with Amazon Prime. Sound familiar? Of course it does -- just rewind a few months to a summer that Netflix would certainly prefer to forget.
5 Things You Need to Know About Netflix Right Now
2:31PM 1/26/2012
Netflix impressed skeptical investors with better-than-expected results on Wednesday night. If you want to know why the stock rallied on the news but you don't want to get your hands dirty by scouring the report, here are your answers.
The Perils of Social Media Connectivity: You Just Can't Quit
7:30AM 1/21/2012
Hyper-connection means missing an email, text, Tweet or status update -- or a moment of the Kardashians. But is that a good thing? Are we too connected? And if the answer is yes, is it even possible to back away from the smartphones and social media and go back to our old-fashioned ways?
Many industries complain that new government regulations are bad for business; now, we're hearing it from the adult film biz. A proposed L.A. city regulation to require porn actors to use condoms has adult film makers threatening to leave Tinseltown -- and to take the lion's share of an $8 billion-a-year industry with them.
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