3 posts and columns on price targets

More Optimism for Big Media and Big Ad Budgets

in Media on January 28, 2010 at 3:00 am PT

Things looked positively awful a year ago in medialand. So when prognosticators say things are improving, it’s important to remember that it’s all relative. Still, if you’re among those who, say, make their living working for an ad-supported media outlet, it sure is nice to see this sort of thing: Barclays analyst Anthony DiClemente jacking up his 2010 U.S. ad market estimates from no growth to a 3.5 percent bump.

Spare Change for Apple, RIM or Palm Shares?

in News on August 18, 2009 at 10:30 am PT

Wise is the investor holding shares in Apple, Research in Motion and/or Palm, because these companies are the triumvirate of tech’s new world order. This according to RBC analyst Mike Abramsky, who in a research note today says all three are positioned for leadership in the “huge, nascent and underpenetrated” smartphone market.
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Spring Fever? More Very, Very Cautious Optimism for Media.

in Media on May 15, 2009 at 5:53 am PT

The traditional publishing business is grim, but if you broaden your perspective and look at the rest of the media business, things are starting to look… not horrible. Granted, “not horrible” doesn’t equal “good times are here again.” But I keep hearing that the sickening decline in advertising spending has stopped, at least, and that some marketers are actually spending money again.
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