MSNBC.com announced earlier this week that it has turned profitable, and this story breaks down the import of that announcement. “For Microsoft and General Electric, this profit is rather small in comparison with their operations — we’re talking amoeba small, maybe even tinier than that. So, once again, this is more of an intellectual win, and even then, it is more relevant to Microsoft, a company that wants to diversify into areas not dependent on PC software… To that end, the company is focusing a lot of its energies on important areas such as its Xbox system, a pocket media device, and something that Alyce Lomax says might get under your skin.”
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– MSNBC.com Reports A Profit
– MSNBC.com Sees Video Ads Surging
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