April 26, 2019
Blog o’ Blogs April

April has brought the usual assortment of Easter-egg variety to the conversation surrounding the biggest issues in competition around the world. From the continuing questions surrounding digital markets to the...

April 24, 2019
US: Academy leaves door open to Netflix, following DOJ warning

Netflix and other streaming platforms won’t be banned from the Oscars as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has rejected calls from Steven Spielberg and others to restrict...

April 24, 2019
AT&T Loses Pay-TV Subscribers Amid Q1 Revenue Miss

Revenue for telecommunications giant AT&T missed Wall Street expectations on Wednesday (April 24), due to a loss in subscribers throughout all of its various businesses besides wireless, according to a...

April 23, 2019
Will Consumers Bank With Their Telcos?

Last week, wireless carrier T-Mobile announced it would throw its hat into the mobile banking arena with the national rollout of T-Mobile MONEY. The mobile app offers low or no-fee checking-like...

April 18, 2019
Pinterest Prices IPO At $19 A Share; Raises $1.43B

Pinterest priced its initial public offering at $19 a share late Wednesday (April 17) raising $1.43 billion and giving the company a valuation of $10 billion. According to a report...

April 18, 2019
Amazon To Shutter China Marketplace

Amazon is set to shut down its domestic marketplace in China by mid-July. Citing people familiar with the matter, Reuters reported that the eCommerce giant has decided to focus on...

April 16, 2019
US: CBS & Viacom are once again talking merger?

CBS and Viacom have for over a year now been in on and off talks to once again merge according to a report from Fox Business. The two companies use...

April 16, 2019
Netflix Says Apple Not A Threat

Netflix’s first quarter earnings results showed the highest net additions of subscribers measured on a quarterly basis at 9.6 million new subscribers, up 8 percent year on year. That came...

April 15, 2019
Is Uber Next Decade’s Trillion-Dollar Platform?

Uber filed its S-1 last Thursday (April 11), two weeks after Lyft went public. By close of business on Friday, Lyft’s stock was trading at $59.90 a share, 20 percent...