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Newspapers are facing more declines in readership and advertising.  Online gains are not making up the losses.  Costs are too high.  And continued cost-cutting makes newspapers less appealing for readers and advertisers.

Yahoo is in a good and a bad position.  The good position is that they have multiple suitors already -- Microsoft, News Corp, and Google (in a way) -- and might get more, driving up the offer price.  The bad news is that they've already seen AOL go down the road of a failed merger with Time...

AT&T doesn't make a cent off of an unlocked Apple iPhone, but Apple makes a hefty profit.  Plus, they get distribution to untapped markets and can still claim that they tried to prevent it.  Apple is on a roll and will continue through the next iPhone release (provided it is not a bad...

Google's domain tasting policy makes sense, but, predictably, it addresses a very small concern.  Click fraud and a complete lack of transparency are more vital, though this lack of transparency also vaulted Google over Yahoo, AOL, and Microsoft.  In the vein of openness (OpenSocial, Android,...

Garmin's Nuviphone entrant shows that the incumbent manufacturers and carriers are continuing to lose their stature, in the wake of the Apple's iPhone.  However, Garmin has neither the brand power nor the expertise to pull off an iPhone.  We won't be able to predict success until we have much...

News Corp has decided to dismantle, not demolish, wsj.com’s paid subscription wall. Weakness at the print Journal may be the real reason for the change of plans. At $1 a year, Barron’s is also facing some serious “paid” subscription challenges.

Manufacturers, carriers, and analysts completely underestimated the willingness of consumers to access the Internet over mobile devices and are still nay-saying the iPhone.  They're wrong, and the numbers prove it. 

I'm now excited about Google's Android.  Large-scale apps are being created, Motorola is hiring Android developers, scads of Android downloads are being reported ... and Microsoft is denying any problem.  All the signs for a good 2008 and 2009 and a hefty complement to Apple's iPhone.

Competition for the global English-language news audience is not based on geography: readers can flip easily between The New York Times or The Times of London, The Wall Street Journal or The FT, CNN or the BBC.  So far, the Brits are doing a better job of internationalizing their offering.

RIM and Nextel both faced a limited business-only marketplace and strategized a move into the consumer market.   When Sprint merged with Nextel, they made all the wrong choices to attack this marketplace, losing a huge opportunity to leverage a powerful business brand in Nextel.  RIM Blackberry,...