Analysts: Comcast-NBCU conditions could change if GOP wins White House (The Hill.com)

Sprint Nextel Lets Partner Clearwire’s Debt Offer Deadline Pass (Bloomberg)

Do You Want To Save Your Web Ads? AdKeeper Bets $35 Million That You Will (All Things Digital: MediaMemo)
First Round Capital among those returning for second round.

N.J. venture capitalists expect healthy activity in 2011 (NJBiz.com)

RJMetrics moves to new headquarters in Philly

Website analytics startup RJMetrics has moved its "World Headquaters" from Camden to 1315 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, the company posted via Foursquare. The two year old company, co-founded by Robert J. Moore and Jake Stein, has been growing rapidly and doing some hiring.

Motorola Begins Anew As Two (Investor's Business Daily)
There have been indications that Motorola Mobility may move its headquarters from Illinois to somewhere else (California, Texas?). It also seems clear that some administrative functions for Motorola Home that have been based in Horsham are going to be consolidated within Motorola Mobility, though how far this integration will go over time is anybody's guess at this point.



Is Clearwire’s Only Option: Sell To Sprint? (Gigaom)

Clearwire: Sprint May Invest $200M, Says Kaufman (Barron's: Tech Trader)

Nonprofit News May Thrive in Comcast Takeover (New York Times)

CES: Verizon To Launch FiOS 'Smart Home' Service
Telco to Initiate New Jersey Pilot in January With Startup 4Home (Multichannel News)

So Long, Farewell – My Last Post for Motorola (Media Experiences 2 Go)

Comcast Unit Finds New Use for the iPhone: Getting Work Done (All Things Digital)

MVisum to work on electronic records transmission for VA (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Venture capital outlook is better for 2011 (Philly.com: Philly Inc)

Comcast Deal May Hang on Showing Rivals’ Online Video (Bloomberg)

Outsourcing Pioneer Patni Gets $915 Million Takeover Bid (Information Week)

Why SAP is heading for the clouds in 2011
Business ByDesign SDK and app store mean SAP is getting serious about cloud computing (Silicon.com)

SAP Granted Lower APR Damages Award in Oracle Case (All Things Digital: Digital Daily)

Bel Fuse pursuing Pulse merger, nominating candidates for Pulse board (Philadelphia Business Journal)

VC Outlook: Safeguard’s Boni Wishes For A Venture Investor Shakeout
(Wall Street Journal: Venture Capital Dispatch)

Why Nutrisystem Is a Branded Social Networking Giant (Mashable)

Broadcast International Raises $15 Million
Vendor also restructures and reduces debt (Broadcasting & Cable)
Financing managed by Philly-based Philadelphia Brokerage Corporation.

In NBC’s Shadow, Comcast Must Ponder Taking Olympic Plunge (New York Times)

Pulse Electronics Confirms Receipt of Letter from Bel Fuse (Business Wire)
Pulse (then called Technitrol) tried to acquire Bel Fuse back in 2007, but Technitrol had a
much higher market value then than now.

Arris Hires Cisco's Toft To Head Comcast Account
MSO Is Vendor's Single Biggest Customer (Multichannel News)

ERT Announces the Appointment of Joel Morganroth, MD as Interim CEO (PR Newswire)

Liquid Interactive Promotes Justin Odom to Director of Strategy & Insights (Press Release)

O'Brien: 11 Predictions for 2011, including Google buys Twitter, Yahoo axes Bartz and Facebook hits the billion mark (San Jose Mercury News)

Oracle Should Be Denied Interest on Verdict, SAP Says (Bloomberg)

Does the FCC Want to Kill Hulu? (All Things Digital)

Comcast to Offer $9.95 Broadband to Low-Income Households
Also pledges as part of NBCU deal to carry noncom TV stations without spectrum until 2017
(Multichannel News)

FCC releases full net neutrality rules (Engadget)

FCC Chief to Offer Requirements for Comcast-NBC Today (Bloomberg)
Actually, he is not officially going to spell out those requirements today, as All Things Digital reports.

Comcast and NBCU -- A Status Update (Comcast Voices|Comcast Corporate Blog)

FCC chair to approve Comcast-NBC merger with conditions for program sharing (Washington Post: Post Tech)

VCs Predict Potential Health Care IT Bubble In 2011 (PE Hub)

The Next Big Thing In Software: Ex Siebel Exec And VC Says RPM (PE Hub)
Article says new funding round coming for Aria Systems in January.

GOOG, GSIC Top Picks At ThinkEquity (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

SAP beefs up legal team after Oracle lawsuit verdict
Could SAP be planning an appeal? (Network World)

Is Rovi Going After Netflix? (Silicon Alley Insider)

Capita unwraps latest acquisitions (ChannelWeb UK)
Including SunGard Public Sector UK.

Daily Links 12/22/2010: Comcast: Merger approval process to go into 2011

Airgas Board Rejects Air Products Bid (New York Times: DealBook)

SAP Pays Oracle $120 Million For Legal Costs (Dow Jones via NASDAQ.com)
A small downpayment on an enormous Christmas present.

Comcast-NBCU Tell Staffs Deal Won’t Close This Year (paidContent)

Comcast Could Add TV Apps With New DVRs (Gigaom: NewTeeVee)

Comcast's 'Xfinity' Brand to Take Over the House (Light Readng Cable)

Confirmed: Motorola Mobility Acquires Cloud Storage Startup Zecter (TechCrunch)

The Really Big Screen
Video as an architectural element. (Slate)
On The Comcast Experience at The Comcast Center.

Update: Teradata to buy marketing vendor Aprimo for $525M (Computerworld)

Dell to Acquire Medical Archiving Company InSite One (Bloomberg)

Analysis - Software M&A hots up as firms battle budget squeeze (Reuters UK)



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