Daily Links 11/1/2011: Checkpoint reports loss, Vishay cites "unexpected drop in demand"

Obama names FCC commissioners, both agency, Hill veterans (Washington Post: Post Tech)

Earnings Preview: Comcast to report 3Q earnings (AP via MSNBC)

Baseball eyes new $1 billion TV contract in off-season (Reuters via Fox News)
Will Comcast be a player?

Broadcast networks will rake in retransmission fees, report says (LA Times: Company Town)
NBC has most to gain, report says.

On the Media: Will computer tablets help save newspapers?
In the fragmenting media landscape, a Philadelphia publisher embarks on a bold experiment. (LA Times)

Matchbin Acquires NAVTEQ Broadcast Media Division to Form Radiate Media, Closes $22 Million Financing (Business Wire)

PANL: Gabelli, Piper Tussle Over Promise And Peril (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)
On OLED technology firm Universal Display of Ewing, NJ.

Checkpoint reports 3rd quarter loss (AP via MSNBC)

Vishay Reports Results for Third Quarter 2011 (Business Wire)
“In the third quarter, Vishay was confronted with an unexpected drop of demand", CEO Dr. Gerald Paul said.

Kenexa Announces Financial Results for Third Quarter 2011 (Business Wire)


Entercom the latest radio company to report essentially flat Q3 revenue (Radio-Info.com)

SAP in Arab Spring Push to Make Up for Southern Europe Slump
(Bloomberg)

Air Force mulls changes as major ERP system project stumbles (Computerworld)
While this story is about an Oracle implementation, an SAP project for the Army has also been reported to be in trouble.



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