Orbitcast is live blogging the full-year 2008 and fourth-quarter 2008 investor conference call. Keep hitting the refresh button to see the latest updates. Regular old introductions of "forward looking statements" David Frear is on right now talking about how the company still managed to grow despite...

...I ran through a list of businesses that would bite the big one during as the housing bubble burst?  It wasn't that long ago, and the list was heavy with home improvement type shops (if I weren't so lazy I'd find the old post).  Well, Home Depot has definitely felt the pinc...

Filed under: OpEd, Pickups and Renewals, Friday Night Lights, Reality-Free Should Friday Night Lights come back for another season? EW's Michael Ausiello is reporting that a deal could be in the works, not just for one season, but for two. The avid fan that I've become wants to root for this possibi...

Major League Gaming (MLG) rides a fine line between technology, entertainment, and sports—if you consider teams of players duking it out over games like Halo 3 and Rainbow Six Vegas a sport. It holds its Pro Circuit tournaments in spaces like the Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas and the Meadowlands; game...

According to a new report from Rider Research, the number of U.S. pay-TV subscribers grew by 362,000 in the fourth quarter of 2008. These numbers show a flight by traditional cable subscribers to new fiber offerings from Verizon FiOS and AT&T. From the release: As a group, the telephone companie...

"Picking Possible Narratives" "Making News in Connecticut" "Outrage in Connecticut -- Committee Hearing on Bill to Dictate Catholic Church Operations" "Accuser, Exonerated Man Are Friends" "Diagnosing Virginity" "Comcast, DirecTV to Allow Porn P...

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A few quick links to start your day ... • Well, that was easy. Team USA advanced to the WBC's second round with a 15-6 romp over Venezuela Sunday night in Toronto. As our own Gordon Edes writes, this edition of the American team is playing a lot looser than its 2006 counterpart and Dustin Pedro...

Some of you may or may not know that the husband was laid off from his job about a month and a half ago.  Other than the not having a job and not having a regular paycheck coming in, it's not that bad.  Without going into it too much, it's hard but I know in the long run it'l...

R ight-wing media personality Robert Zelnick doesn’t like the Fairness Doctrine and, like all right-wing media personalities are these days, he’s in attack mode over talk about restoring fairness to the publicly owned airwaves. The most amusing argument in their full throated attack on mandated ...