One of the 20 or so companies we had M&A talks with over the years, TheStreet.com this week announced layoffs after announcing that their long time CEO Thomas Clarke was leaving the company.
Our brief discussions with TheStreet.com date back to May 2007, I never met with Mr. Clarke, but rather, some of his lieutenants. continue reading...
Paid Content refers to a NYT article on CBS which calls for the company that Bill Paley built to make digital acquisitions, which begs the question: should they go for a big purchase or make small moves?
Of course, answering that question alone without addressing the backdrop to that question yields an incomplete picture. continue reading...
Now that News Corp.’s acquisition of Dow Jones is a fait accompli, I wonder what fallouts, if any, we will see amongst competitors.
Thomson and Pearson will be under the spotlight to react, but what about GE whose CNBC franchise will be well within Rupert Murdoch’s cross-hairs as he unleashes Fox Business Channel. continue reading...
