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William Launder, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on May 2 at 5:45 am PT
Comcast Corp.’s first-quarter profit gained 30 percent as the cable- and television-network operator benefited from the Super Bowl broadcast on NBCUniversal and continued broadband growth.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 11 at 2:17 pm PT
Travelzoo’s stock soared by nearly 30 percent today on news that the 14-year-old deals site is planning to sell itself.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on March 21 at 12:57 pm PT
In just 17 hours yesterday, AmazonLocal sold one million Amazon gift cards, netting $5 million, in the company’s most successful promotion to date in the daily deals space.
Peter Kafka in Media on February 15 at 8:08 am PT
Yes, Netflix is playing around with new shows. But it is spending the really big bucks on old stuff — just ask NBC, which picked up hundreds of millions of high-margin dollars last year.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 24 at 9:00 am PT
After slogging it out for two years in the daily deals business and facing competition from Groupon and hundreds of clones, Zozi believes it has started to find its niche.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 4 at 11:01 am PT
Comcast subscribers get more programming, in more places — and they’ll pay more, too.
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Drew FitzGerald, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 22, 2011 at 3:10 pm PT
TiVo Inc.’s fiscal third-quarter loss widened as the cost of gaining new subscriptions climbed, though the effort appeared to pay off as the company broke a four-year streak of declining subscriber numbers.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on November 7, 2011 at 12:45 pm PT
Groupon’s successful public offering last week isn’t enough to quiet the critics about the longevity of the daily deals industry.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on October 21, 2011 at 5:07 am PT
Groupon’s third-quarter performance is clearly what made it possible to move forward on its initial public offering. Here’s a look at some of the key numbers.
