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MySpace in Print

December 20, 2006
MySpace is experimenting with the print medium through a partnership with UK style magazine Marmalade. Marmalade’s March issue will feature cover-to-cover MySpace content submitted by users, who can submit their work here by Jan. 26.
 
My take? This could be really big. It’s worth keeping an eye on this experiment.

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FCC on Cable Competition

December 20, 2006
Greg’s update on the FCC and cable competition is certainly worth a read. This FCC ruling is good news is for the phone companies as they will have a standard set of nationwide rules to adhere to instead of a hodgepodge of disparate ones.
 
AT&T’s Senior Vice President of Federal Relations, Bob Quinn, issued the following comments today:
 
“The FCC has wisely determined that the pace of video competition and broadband deployment should not be held hostage to the administration of a franchising process created for monopoly cable providers.
 
“We are heartened that the FCC, just as 9 states, has recognized that the existing local franchising process limits consumer choice and investments in broadband infrastructure. The FCC has taken steps towards streamlining the franchising process by establishing reasonable timeframes within which local franchising authorities administer their responsibilities

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Immaculate Conception

December 20, 2006
Until now I thought immaculate conception was only happening in religion and Star Wars. Now, the komodo dragon of all things has been shown to reproduce asexually. I would imagine this is huge news for the world of science and it also means the movie version of Godzilla finally makes sense.
 
Update:
 
The following has come to my attention. I am no religion expert and thanks to Joe Fabiano for pointing the following out.
 
The Immaculate Conception is often confused with the belief that Jesus was a virgin birth. However, the Immaculate Conception actually is the belief that upon Mary’s conception in her mother’s womb, God removed the stain of original sin… It actually has nothing to do with the belief that Mary was a virgin when she conceived Jesus…

 

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Ericsson Buys Redback Networks

December 20, 2006
Ericsson is looking to compete more effectively against Alcatel Lucent by purchasing Redback Networks is an up and coming edge router player. The rapid growth in the M&A market is unprecedented these days and it seems the insatiable appetite to build larger and larger companies will never stop.
 
Although Redback is publicly traded and could have remained a public company, many private companies need to be acquired to bring liquidity back to their investors.
 
The IPO market is getting a bit better but until Sox regulations get less onerous, it may be a while before smaller companies look to the public markets as an alternative M&A.

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