Netflix Will Not Match Blockbuster Price CutReuters, December 22, 2004
Netflix Inc will not cut its price for online DVD rentals to match lower fees set on Wednesday by rival Blockbuster Inc. in an escalating battle for online subscribers, Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings said.
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AOL Guns for Comeback in '05ClickZ, December 23, 2004
America Online is betting on the "network effect," audience growth and broadband-oriented content and ads, as it engineers a comeback within the advertising community in the coming year. "Our big goal for next year, really, is to continue to expand the audience of AOL and AOL Inc.," said Mike Kelly, president of AOL Media Networks. "Our ability to succeed with advertising is much more dependant on our audience and not so dependant on our subscriber count."
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E-Tailers to Post Strong SeasonWired, December 23, 2004
Americans spent considerably more of their holiday shopping budgets online this year, according to preliminary reports from web merchants and internet traffic measurement firms. In the first six weeks of the holiday season, which spans November and December, shoppers spent an estimated $16.7 billion online, according to a report by Goldman Sachs, Nielsen/NetRatings and Harris Interactive. Overall spending was up 28 percent from a year ago, based on survey data.
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E-Mail Doesn't Take a HolidayThe New York Times, December 23, 2004
However tough it is to return from vacation, it's tougher still to return to an e-mail in-box filled with hundreds, or even thousands, of messages that have piled up in your absence.
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