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Electronic Arts: Digital Business To Reach $750 Million In Revenue Next Year

PaidContent  Feb 08 10

If only the rest of Electronic Arts’ businesses could be doing so well ... During the company’s earnings call Monday, executives said that the company’s digital business was “growing very rapidly and (is) profitable” (Executives had said during a call last quarter that digital was in fact now the most profitable part of EA’s business).

The digital business is now expected to reach at least $750 million in sales next year, up from about $575 million this year. By contrast, executives said that they are not counting on much—if any—growth in the company’s traditional “packaged goods” business, which should account for about $3 billion in sales. Full story...

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Wireless Carriers Bicker Over Size Of Spectrum Holdings

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Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) frequently brags about how much spectrum it has at its disposal, and how easy it will be to deliver a ton of video and other high-bandwidth services over mobile networks.

March Madness: CBSSports.com Says It Served 3.4 Million Live Hours On Day One

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Initial stats are in for NCAA March Madness on Demand and it looks like CBSSports.com will be able to declare victory again (unlike fans of Georgetown or Vanderbilt).

FCC May Open Public-Safety Spectrum Block For Commercial Purposes

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The FCC is working on a plan that would sell a chunk of spectrum in the first half of 2011 that failed to be sold in 2008 because of the strict conditions of use.

Right On Schedule, MediaNews' Parent Exits Chapter 11

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As it promised back in January, Affiliated Media, the holding company for newspaper chain MediaNews Group, has emerged for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Welcome To Microsoft Office. Would You Like A Microblog With Your Order?

PaidContent  17 hours ago

Microsoft’s experimental Office Labs group says it’s testing a new microblogging service called OfficeTalk—which “applies the base capabilities of microblogging to a business environment, enabling employees to post their thoughts, activities, and potentially valuable information to anyone who might be interested.

PaidContent Quick Hits 03.19.2010

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Yahoo's Revolving Door: Chief Technologist Leaves For Benchmark Capital

PaidContent  20 hours ago

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Chief Technologist Sam Pullara is leaving the company, capping off a week of high-profile departures.

Bernstein: Broadcasters Once Again Have a License To Print Money

PaidContent  21 hours ago

Most forecasters have expected broadcast ad revenues to experience a nice recovery as the recession eases, but BernsteinResearch analyst Michael Nathanson expects a TV advertising to see a rebound that could bring stations back to their healthier 2007 levels.

GOOG v BIDU: A Tale Of Two Stocks

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It now seems all but official that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) will pull its search operations in China; Chinese media says Google will make an announcement Monday and the search engine could shut down as soon as April 10.



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