DreamIt Ventures to start New York incubator program, push back Philly until Fall

Forbes' Maureen Farrell reports that Philly's DreamIt Ventures is starting a New York incubator program next summer, and as a result will push its 2011 Philly program back to the Fall. While co-founder Steven Welch says DreamIt remains committed to Philadelphia, this move is bound to raise questions about that.

The article notes only 8 of DreamIt's 34 startups are currently based in Philly.

Steve Burke announces Comcast/NBCU Management Team in Memo

Steve Burke has announced the new management team for the Comcast/NBCU joint venture in a memo today. No major surprises from what had previously been indicated. It confirms that Bob Greenblatt (ex-Showtime) will become Chairman of NBC Entertainment. Also, it will be particularly interesting to see what Dick Ebersol will do with NBC Sports, Versus, The Golf Channel and Comcast's Regional Sports Networks all reporting to him.

The LA Times' Company Town blog notes that there are going to be numerous chairmen running around NBCU's executive suite. Sort of like all the czars in the Obama administration.

Comcast left standing alone by (proposed) Cablevision spinoff (Reuters Blogs)

Daily Links 11/18/2010: Salesforce reports 30% revenue growth

Oracle-SAP Trial Chugs Toward Finish Line (All Things Digital: Digital Daily)

Oracle Is Anticompetitive, Services Group Tells DOJ (PC World)

Benioff kneels at the altar of cloud computing (Computerworld)
Salesforce.com Announces Fiscal Third Quarter Results (PR Newswire)
Revenue up 30% year-over-year.
Salesforce.com Shares Jump After Sales Forecast Exceeds Analyst Estimates (Bloomberg)

Philadelphia Fed Factory Index Rises to 22.5, More Than Quadruple Forecast (Bloomberg)
Philly Fed November 2010 Business Outlook Survey.

Netflix charges ahead amid mad competitive scramble for internet TV (VentureBeat)

Pay-TV Suffers Second Straight Subscriber Loss, SNL Kagan Says (Bloomberg)

Comcast: T-Commerce Four Times More Effective Than Online Shopping
Comcast at 14.5 Million EBIF Homes, TWC to Be at 4.5 Million by Year-End (Multichannel
News)




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