Ross Levinsohn’s Yahoo Plan: Back to the Future

Want to figure out what Yahoo’s new boss wants to do with the company? Look back at what he did last year.
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Stalking the Elusive Cord-Cutter: Pay TV Grew Last Quarter (Again)

It’s easier than ever to get what you want to watch without paying for TV. But you’re still doing it.
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Content Is No Longer King

“Content is king” has been a long-lived mantra of media. And in the 1990s and early 2000s, it was true.

Cable Fee Fight Takes Another Turn as Dish Networks Uses iTunes, Netflix and Amazon as Weapons

Wait long enough, or pay enough, and you can see repeats of last night’s “Mad Men” in lots of places. So why pay to see it on cable last night?
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Amazon Gets Into the Sitcom Business

And the kids’-show business, too. Yet another big Web company says it’s going to make its own videos. How soon before Jeff Bezos finds a “Seinfeld”?
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Providence Gets Out of Hulu. What About Jason Kilar?

A payout for Providence means Hulu’s CEO and his management team can get liquid, too. So will they stick around?
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Netflix Says It’s Back to Boom Times. Wall Street Isn’t Convinced.

Netflix says 2012 is going to be great. Wall Street remembers 2011.
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The One Number Netflix Investors Care About Today

Sure, revenue and EPS matter. But when Q1 numbers go out Monday afternoon, the Street will look at something else first.
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Why You Can’t See SNL’s Great “Game of Thrones” Sketch on NBC.com

Or Hulu, for that matter. Luckily, there’s always Gawker.
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Reed Hastings Goes After Comcast, Again, on Facebook. Again.

What better place to accuse the cable guys of violating Net neutrality?
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Hey Ladies! Guess Who Loves Web Video?

It’s Not TV, It’s Amazon