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• paidContent Quick Hits 12.04.09

  PaidContent - 2009-12-04

  »  Combining the PlayStation Network’s content and Sony’s hardware is the key to overtaking Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) , says Howard Stringer [NY Times]»  Stringer also wants to stay around at Sony (NYSE: SNE) for another three years to oversee the company’s turnaround plan, which he says has been...

  Tags: Sony Corp., Google Inc., NYSE Euronext, New York Times Co., Financial Accounting, Game Players, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Features, Quick Hits, Alex Ferreyra

• Sony kicks off fantasy music festival with Last.fm

  Strategy Eye - 2009-11-02

  Sony is launching an online fantasy music festival in partnership with UK music website Last.fm. The competition, in the style of a fantasy football game, will give users across Europe a virtual EUR1m (USD1.5m) budget to put together their fantasy festival line-up. ...

  Tags: Sony Corp., Last.fm, Business Structures, E-mail, Finance, Online Communications, Editorial

• Sony PS3 Biz Up Some, but Division (and Others) Still Gloomy

  BNET - 2009-10-30

  For doom and gloom, see Sony's quarterly results. Outside of PlayStation 3 unit sales fueled by new cheaper model and financial services, this is a company that currently excels in shrinking revenue and expanding losses. by Erik Sherman

  Tags: Sony Corp., Sony PlayStation 3, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Game Players, Financial Planning, Sales, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Finance, Erik Sherman

• Sony eBook Store Adds Tool For Self-Publishers; Authors Keep At Least 42 Percent Of Revenues

  PaidContent - 2009-09-29

  Sony (NYSE: SNE) has lined up eBook distributors Author Solutions and Smashwords to offer a self-publishing tool for its online store. No specifics on the revenue sharing; Chris Smythe, director of the Sony eBook Store, would only say “It’s a better deal than what some other eBook stores” are...

  Tags: Revenue, Sony Corp., Tool, Scribd, E-books, Operational Accounting, Retail, Personal Technology, Finance, E-Commerce, Media & Publishing, Books, eReaders, Companies, Sony, David Kaplan

• Communacopia: Murdoch: We'll Start Charging For WSJ Blackberry App; Favors Sony Reader Over Kindle

  PaidContent - 2009-09-15

  The Wall St. Journal is ready to start charging for mobile access on the Blackberry, News Corp (NYSE: NWS). CEO and chairman Rupert Murdoch told attendees at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia XVIII Conference. He didn’t offer a time frame for the charges, but indicated it would it start in...

  Tags: Sony Corp., Wall Street Journal, NYSE Euronext, Rupert Murdoch, Amazon.com Inc., Sony Reader, Wall St. Journal, Handhelds, Operational Accounting, Hardware, Finance, Entertainment, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Social Media, Video, Companies, News Corp., Dow Jones, David Kaplan

• LG, Sony, Other TV Cos Take On Former Program Partners

  BNET - 2009-07-30

  Back in January, LG Electronics essentially went into competition with broadcast, cable, and satellite video providers with its NetCast Entertainment Access. Certain of its HDTV offerings provided built-in streaming from both YouTube and Netflix, as well as news, weather, and photos from Yahoo. Now it's expanding the service by integrating...

  Tags: Sony Corp., LG Electronics Inc., Tv & Home Theater, Business Structures, TVs, Corporate Communications, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Finance, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Networking, Erik Sherman

• YouTube to stream Sony films

  Strategy Eye - 2009-04-16

  YouTube has signed deals with Sony and a host of other content producers as it rolls out site changes that will promote ad-supported, premium content. The deals mark a renewed effort by the Google-owned video site to compete with VoD rival Hulu, which only streams professionally produced content. ...

  Tags: Sony Corp., YouTube Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Business Structures, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Finance, Endemol, YouTube, Bandai Networks Co Ltd, First Look Studios, Shout! factory, Andrew McDonald

• Sony and MGM Have a Bond Blockbuster Weekend

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-17

  Julia Boorstin submits: Well, it indeed seems that the global movie industry is recession resistant. Or, at least it was this past weekend. The 22nd James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, from MGM and Sony SNE brought in over $70 million at the U.S. box office its opening weekend,...

  Tags: Sony Corp., Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Bond, Box-office, Quantum Corp., Seeking Alpha, Julia Boorstin, Investment, Finance, Media

• Trident Microsystems Inc. F1Q09 (Qtr End 9/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-03

  Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. The first question comes from the line of Sukhi Nagesh with Deutsche Bank. Please proceed. Sukhi Nagesh - Deutsche Bank Hello Pete, in terms of your annual guidance that you are providing, you had provided $115 million to $135 million for the fiscal year and...

  Tags: Sony Corp., Deutsche Bank AG, Call Transcript, Earnings, Managerial Accounting, Finance, Seeking Alpha, Trident Microsystems

• Nearing Maximum Pessimism

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-10-24

  Jason Kelly submits: The situation here in Japan has finally become so bad that non-financial people are chattering about it. That's a bigger moment than it is in America, because a much smaller percentage of Japanese follow markets and the economy than Americans. Almost every Japanese person's assets are...

  Tags: Seeking Alpha, Jason Kelly, Asset Management, Investment, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance, Sony Corp., Japan