GLG News by Media Experts in GLG Member Programs

This article summarizes some of the issues in the competition between MS & Google in search.  It hints at some possibilities for breakout in search technology. The commentary here names some possibilities for improvements in search technology.

Analyst David Miller for Caris & Co. tells Bloomberg that Disney might sell its ten television stations to exit the distribution business.  Such a move would be a huge change for the traditional network powers.

No surprises here as newspapers continue to lose relevance amongst readers and advertisers. The Internet will be the biggest winner as has been forecasted for a while now

Angola's weakness in its fixed-line infrastructure provides an opportunity for mobile phones. As seen in other African countries, such as the D.R. Congo, there are economic elite, diplomatic, NGO, and resource industry consumers willing to pay high rates for reliable telecommmunications today. In addition...

The recorded music industry is transitioning from a single product model (music retail) to a diversified service model (licensing, broadcasting, marketing, on-demand services). Bertelsmann sold its stake because it's a traditional, horizontally-integrated media company. Sony bought it because it's a...

Article summarizes the latest Veronis Suhler Stevenson report which predicts that TV advertising will surpass newspapers in 2008, but in just three years the Internet will be in first place.

Article suggests there is limited if any future for satellite radio.  The FCC's decision to let the companies merge suggests otherwise.

* There will be 11 3-D titles released to cinemas in 2009.  * Exhibitors have a choice of 3-D technologies, all of which are acceptable to studios, but each has a different business model. * 3-D is the driver for the adoption of digital cinema technology.

National broadband policy is necessary to the success of broadband servicess. Google's Vint Cerf takes the position that user's ISP contracts should define their service, not the network management policy of the carrier. If a customer pays for 6MBps throughput, that customer should receive that amount...

The decline in music sales is due in large to the adjustment in the format which it is being sold. There was little to no preparation for this on the side of major labels, but the indies were hungry like the wolf. The music industry now has to look for new ways to reclaim their profits, and this...