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June 24, 2007

Our Changing Media World

With recent news items like these, why are some members of Congress worried about a XM Satellite Radio--Sirius Satellite Radio merger?

--iTunes is now the country's third largest music retailer, surpassed by only Wal-Mart and Best Buy. [Source: InformationWeek]

--For the first time ever, game maker Nintendo has surpassed Sony in market value. [Source: Reuters]. Both companies, by the way, individually are valued more than the top ten publicly-traded U.S. newspaper companies combined.

The real competition is the fight media companies of all genres have to get consumer attention for any extended period of time.

Posted by John on June 24, 2007 11:03 PM

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