All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Media

1. Proactive strategies for cost reductions are better than reactive. 2. Communication about the current realities is critical to your staff

The traditional advertising model is changing and it is all due to digital technologies and the Internet.

1.      In the source article, even an executive at Comcast acknowledges that the MSO does not “see STBs going away.” 2.      Cisco Systems has a vested interest in the market continuing to exist.   3.      There were assurances...

Landmark Communications has announced intent to sell KLAS-TV, Las Vegas, and WTVF, Nashville.  Both entities would be nice additions to a TV station portfolio.

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.

People are flocking to Second Life (SL) for several reasons, one being it is a cheaper place to congregate than RL hangouts.

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.

Radio's problems are not short-term, and a longer horizon is needed to meet the challenges of declining revenues.

The strategy announced by Comcast at the CES promises to raise the bar substantially for telcos trying to compete with cable MSOs in the latter’s core audio/video entertainment markets, and defend their positions in fixed line communications services.

1.  Radio revenues in 2007 have been slowly declining and took a big drop in Nov. 2.  Even with the advent of HD radios, the revenues from advertising on radios are down. 3.  Consumer adoption of Radio has been slow. 4.  Deals like the one that Ford announced are good...