Henry Blodget
Henry Blodget
Henry Blodgetis an American businessman, investor, journalist, and author...
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Almost any show that has reviewers behind it, Rotten Tomatoes behind it, will find a way to survive.
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People have been predicting the death of television for 20 years now, and so far it's been entirely wrong. But it does seem viewership habits are starting to change.
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In the era of networks only, I cannot tell you the number of shows that we don't know about that did not survive. They got canceled. But there are a few that survived by accident, because they didn't have anything else to do, and they stayed with it.
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When television came in, everybody thought that was the end of the movie business, which was not and is not.
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[T]here's a difference between confident leadership and empty-headed delusion or cheerleading. And this is a difference that many CEOs miss.
arrogance distribution
Arrogance follows distribution strength.
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Digital advertising is now larger than TV.
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I'm no expert in vibrators, but I was surprised to learn that one could fit in that little box.
leadership strong decision
The definition of strong leadership is not about making decisions that are popular. Making popular decisions is easy - you don't need to be a leader to do that. The definition of strong leadership is to make decisions that are unpopular, but are nevertheless sound.
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The majority of today's pure-play Internet companies will never make money and will not exist in three-to-five years. There will be a lot of consolidation and a lot of failure, and ultimately valuations will fall more in line with historical norms.
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The majority of AOL's profits are derived from its pure advertising and commerce revenue, so strong sequential growth in this line is critical to the long-term growth story.
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I could see Amazon and eBay merging. Amazon operates in a huge market, but it's got lower margin revenue. eBay has higher margin revenues, but the secondhand and small-business markets will always be limited relative to the size of the retail market. Combine the two, though, and that could be a very powerful entity.
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The environment continues to worsen versus our expectations, and we continue to think the seasonally weak first quarter will be the toughest quarter in terms of year-over-year growth. We also continue to expect the market to strengthen in the second half of the year, when the impact of the dot.com bubble has worked its way out of the system.
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Although a settlement as described would be positive for the company, we believe it would be premature to conclude that the company's legal issues are behind it.