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  • Why Google Started Streaming Music

    By Adam Levy - May 18, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, GOOG, P

    Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) unveiled a slate of new upgrades on Wednesday at its I/O conference. Chief among them is a music subscription service to rival Spotify, Pandora (NYSE: P), and a potential product from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). It’s calling it Google Play Music All Access - a name almost as catchy as a Ke$ha song!

    Last year, streaming services accounted for 10% of digital music revenues. That number more »

  • 4 Investment Takeaways From Google I/O

    By Salvatore "Sam" Mattera - May 18, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, P, YELP

    Tech giant Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) unveiled a number of upgrades to its existing products this week. Many observers may have been disappointed -- there was no new version of Android, no successor to the Nexus 7.

    Still, Google made a number of announcements that were otherwise significant. Although more subtle than a major product unveiling, Google’s enhancements to its existing products should concern the company’s competitors.

    Google Now is more »

  • Google’s Me-Too Music Service Isn't a Failure at All

    By Salvatore "Sam" Mattera - May 17, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, GOOG, P

    Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) unveiled its subscription-based music service on Wednesday. Google Music All Access allows subscribers to stream millions of songs on demand for a flat monthly fee.

    Many reviewers have panned the service, as it fails to push the envelope. There are already a plethora of similar services (Spotify, Rhapsody, Rdio, etc.) and Google’s app doesn't offer anything new.

    While these criticisms are valid, they ignore the more »

  • This Company is Doomed

    By Timothy Green - May 17, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, GOOG, P

    The number of companies which offer a music subscription or internet radio service seems to be growing larger every day. There's Pandora (NYSE: P), which has proven to be exceptionally popular with its free ad-supported model and an ad-free subscription service. Then there's Spotify, which has a much larger library than Pandora and also offers a free ad-supported version. Pandora has about three times as many active users more »

  • Pandora vs. Google: Why "All Access" Won't Hurt Online Radio

    By Jordan Wathen - May 17, 2013 | Tickers: GOOG, P

    Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is taking on the music business, launching a new service called Google Play Music All Access to compete with the likes of Pandora (NYSE: P) and popular new start-up Spotify.

    The company is late to the music business, which is seen as one of the last remaining frontiers in online content delivery. For years, Google's YouTube was its only product levered to online music. Google makes more »

  • Will Pandora Be Able To Withstand Upcoming Heavy Competition?

    By Michael Gregg - May 15, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, GOOG, P

    Pandora Media, Inc. (NYSE: P) has shown strong performance YTD as its share price has appreciated roughly 65% since Jan. 1.  Investors have been drawn to its strong performance in FY 2013, its positive forward-looking projections, and the rebound in the music industry, which is evidenced by the 9% increase last year in digital music sales and a corresponding 26% decrease in pirated music downloads.  Streaming services like Pandora and more »

  • Google Glass: A Bridge Too Far?

    By John McKenna - May 14, 2013 | Tickers: GOOG, P, SIRI

    Whenever Google (NASDAQ: GOOG)) mentions it’s developing something new, people assume that it will sweep the world and we’ll all be using it in the near future. We can be forgiven as an always plugged-in society for wanting the next generation of whatever gadget we have, and Google has been more than happy to satisfy that craving.

    This is Google’s aim with its new product, the Google more »

  • Market Share Isn't Everything

    By Adam Levy - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, HP, P, SSNLF

    Market share isn’t everything. While it’s often used to indicate the strength of a company in a market, it can often be misleading as it doesn’t tell the whole story.

    That’s where margins come into play, and why it’s often one of the first things I look at in financial reports. Margins help translate market share into profit share, another important and often overlooked statistic more »

  • How To Invest In The Newly Growing Music Industry

    By Daniel Cawrey - May 10, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, LYV, P

    The music industry has had a dismal decade. When you look at the following chart, you begin to realize that the best days to be in the music business might have been in the 1990s. 

    With the sale of Warner Music Group in 2011, there hasn't been a stock you could buy to give you financial access to the major music labels. Most people would not have bet long more »

  • Content Delivery Companies Are Not Created Equal

    By Nihar Patel - May 7, 2013 | Tickers: NFLX, P, SIRI

    I have a lot of friends who use Pandora Media (NYSE: P), but I was always confused about a few things regarding the company. Chief among those was monetization. My only interaction with the service was in the very early days before ads, because I listen to podcasts now instead of music. I was aware of the move to ads, but not sure about the effectiveness. I always felt like more »

  • Is the Sirius Story Still a Good One?

    By Matthew McMichen - May 3, 2013 | Tickers: CMLS, P, SIRI

    Everything and everyone has a story.  Although it may be true that some stories are unarguably more grand and exciting than others, no thing or person is without their own unique story.  One exciting thing about the business world is that corporations are no exception to this rule.  Each and every company in existence—past, present, or future—has had or will have its own story.  Many of those stories more »

  • Apple's Future Is in Tune

    By Nauman Aly - May 3, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, GOOG, P

    Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has recently received a lot of flak. Its map application was criticized, its share price fell from $700 to around $400, and iPhone sales have almost become saturated. However, in spite of this boredom and fatigue with all things Apple, there are still clear signs of where Apple might be headed, at least in one segment.

    Apple's iTunes is 10 years old and is the most more »

  • Will Mobile Overtake Television?

    By Joshua Bondy - May 1, 2013 | Tickers: FB, GOOG, P

    Online publishers like Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) are fond of promoting mobile as the next big thing that will surpass television as an advertising medium, but is this realistic? It is important to remember that companies need to talk up expectations and sentiment to maintain a strong stock price. Mobile is growing with increasing smartphone penetration and faster wireless internet speeds. Still, television has a number of inherent advantages that make more »

  • Growth in Active User Base Will Drive This Stock

    By Ashit Gulati - April 30, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, P, SIRI

    Pandora Media's (NYSE: P)  stock price exhibited a downward trend during the previous fiscal year. The company went public approximately two years back, and by the end of 2012, its stock price was trading at only 60% of its initial market value.

    Pandora’s top line relies heavily on its active user base. It is these active users who contribute to Pandora's earnings, thus, it becomes essential for more »

  • This Company Just Admitted Its Business Model Is Broken

    By Chad Henage - April 29, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, NFLX, P, SIRI

    The rise of streaming both video and audio has been nothing short of amazing. Services like Pandora (NYSE: P) and Spotify allow their users to listen to thousands of songs for free. While Pandora specializes in radio, and Spotify specializes on playlists, each service offers a lot of value to the end user. By the same token, services like Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Amazon.com's (NASDAQ: AMZN) Prime service more »

  • What Will iRadio Mean for Apple's Stock Price?

    By John Smith - April 29, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, P

    Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) first came out with its well known iTunes media player 12 years ago. Since then it has gone on a massive spree of innovation, growth and profitability, with most of its revenue now coming from gadgets like the iPhone and iPad. But it's come to investors' attention that Apple is going back to creating another service focused on music just like its original iTunes, dubbed iRadio more »

  • Amazon's Paid Music Downloads Are Increasing

    By Tyler Wofford - April 28, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, P

    While Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) may not be changing anything about the music industry, they are certainly making their mark. iTunes continues to make the most out of music downloads, but Amazon's momentum is impressive. Let's check it out.

    Amazon certainly gained market share in 2012 as they grew from 15% to 22% of all paid music downloads in the United States. NPD Group, a market research firm more »

  • 2 Speculative Technology Stocks to Avoid

    By Mohsin Saeed - April 28, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, GRPN, P

    The technology sector has some of the most volatile stocks in the entire stock market. Internet-based business models are the most difficult to value, which usually leads to misinterpretation of the intrinsic value of these investments. This is the very reason that we have seen some of the worst bubbles in the internet technology space. 

    The following two technology stocks have been pretty volatile over the last few quarters.  At more »

  • How Automakers Are Influencing the Future of Sirius XM

    By Daniel Murray - April 22, 2013 | Tickers: F, GM, LMCA, P, SIRI

    In recent years, satellite radio company Sirius XM (NASDAQ: SIRI) has enjoyed substantial share price growth. With a two-year growth of 75% and a 12 month growth of 39%, the company would seem to be an attractive buy to many. Additionally, a P/E ratio of 6.1 relative to the industry average of 7.3 indicates investors will pay relatively less for each dollar of earnings. Yet, as with more »

  • The Future of Radio: All We Hear Is...

    By Nate Wooley - April 22, 2013 | Tickers: ETM, P, SIRI

    Here's a secret most insiders aren't going to spill to you: radio is in trouble, real trouble.

    Understand me, I adore radio. The babbling disc jockeys, the friendly and comforting music and even – as I get older – the informative talk radio of NPR and the BBC. Radio has stood by me, comforted me and often encouraged me to become a stronger person just by playing music and keeping more »

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