Friday 1/27: Ex-DreamWorks boss raises almost $600M for investment startup; Walmart Layoffs Hit Ecommerce Division



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Apple strategy in 'smart home' race threatened by Amazon (Reuters)

InsideSales CEO – ‘There is no true AI in the market and data scientists aren’t a thing’ (Diginomica)

Ex-DreamWorks boss raises almost $600M for investment startup (NY Post)

Google CEO Mum on CBS Deal (Multichannel News)

Why Verizon Investors Are Worried by Charter Merger Rumors
(Reuters)


Walmart Layoffs Hit Ecommerce Division (Fortune)
Memo from Marc Lore.

Wal-Mart Tackles Food Safety With Trial of Blockchain (Bloomberg)


Unisys CEO: Our Federal Business Focus, Particularly Around Border Security, Aligns Well With The Trump Administration (CRN)







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The last time a phone company bought a cable company from John Malone

Tom Paine



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On December 20, 2001, Comcast reached an agreement to acquire AT&T Broadband, created through AT&T's acquisitions of MediaOne and TCI, for $52 billion. AT&T acquired TCI from John Malone in 1999 for $55 billion. The deal would almost triple the number of Comcast subscribers to 22 million, clearly establishing it as the leading US cable operator. Comcast CEO Brian Roberts cited the potential for products such as "video on demand, interactive services, high-speed data services, cable modems … the most attractive way to get the internet in your home is with a cable modem."




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