Pro sports, every single league, from the NFL to NBA to MLB to MLS to NHL need newspapers. This need exists because of what internet sports reporting has become, and how LOCAL team fans have evolved to use the net. There is no shortage of coverage of professional sports on the webs. There is a…
Monthly Archives: December 2008
What About the Bank BailOut Money ?
Lots of articles in the past few days wondering what the banks are going to do with the bailout money. Its of course a legitimate question. The response of the banks has been that the cash goes into a pool of capital and you cant segregate the new capital from the bailout capital. Fair point….
You Know Chrysler is Toast Because..
The CEO takes out a fullpage ad in the Wall Street Journal today to thank the American Public for “investing” in Chrysler. Lets see, is there anything more idiotic than spending more than 100k dollars on a full page ad “thanks for letting me waste your money ” ad ? Does it make it worse…
Why Owning The Mavs Can Be Amazing
20,000 people standing and clapping and cheering non stop, showing our appreciation. It rarely gets any better than this To find out more about this great night. Click Here
The SEC, Madoff and XBRL
You probably have never heard of XBRL. If you havent, and you are the least bit interested in how regulatory agencies can avoid future Madoff like events, and in government transparency for our bailout tax dollars, you should take a minute to get up to speed on what XBRL can do. XBRL is a version…
What Yahoo Should Do
In this economic day and age, cash is king. As markets, industries and companies delever in what seems to be a chorus of balance sheet deflation, the value of cash as an investment vehicle has increased exponentially. What does this have to do with Yahoo’s strategy ? First of all, it means that MicroSoft would…
My Marketing Advice to Professional Athletes
There are right and wrong ways to market yourself as an athlete. To become a successful brand you have to do any number of thousands of different things to reach a level that leads to marketing and off court/field success. On the flipside, all it takes is one mistake to bring it all crashing down….
We Don’t Need an Uptick Rule
This is a simple issue. It used to be that you couldn’t short a stock unless there was an uptick. The idea was that this uptick rule would prevent short sellers from piling on a stock and driving the price down. Then the uptick rule was removed. It became permissable to borrow shares of stock…
Youtube’s Desperation
Youtube has been messing with the magic quite a bit lately. Wide screen, high quality and the drive me crazy pre rolls to subscribe among many others. (BTW, watching the subscribe button scurrying around the screen was fun the first 300 times). But lets talk Youtube business. Thats the source of their desperation. From all…
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