One of the most promising proposed solutions, and one which rests somewhere between the two extremes, is a procedure analogous to organ donation (and not unlike existing social-media privacy settings) by which social-media services would prompt users to check a box indicating their postmortem instructions for social-media asset disposition.
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Strong earnings from Walt Disney were announced after the bell on Tuesday, as the media and entertainment group capitalized on its most valuable asset, its media networks segment, which operates ESPN, ABC and other channels.
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Now that having a healthy social media following is an asset, an ethically-questionable industry has arisen that specializes in providing that following.
This is what is happening to Thai Rak Thai Party leader Thaksin Shinawatra, who has been under attack in the media for allegedly shady asset transfers in his attempts to conform with the requirements of the constitution.
Manipulating asset prices through the media has a long history, and the fact of the matter is that it can work.
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Suddenly, media is again being viewed as a prized asset rather than an albatross.
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The simplicity of the charts has been an asset as the music industry and media have transformed around them.
For example, kasina is about to report that 87% of asset managers and insurers are using social media.
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Shapiro, who maintained a "buy" rating on Cablevision shares, also said potential asset sales, including all or part of the company's Rainbow media property, could generate future cash.
For months Wall Street had been witness to an amiable but very public media debate between Barton Biggs, chief equity strategist at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and chairman of Morgan Stanley Asset Management, and, well, his plumber, Ron Valentine.
In order to land its new credit, Vivendi likely had to show banks its plans for asset sales that will both stabilize the firm's finances as well as focus its far-flung media and utility empire.
"One need only see what transpired with the iPod and its impact on CD purchases as well as other historical transformations such as digitizing records, Internet sales, online media, et cetera, for pre-existing protocol, " says Matt Lloyd, chief investment strategist of Advisors Asset Management.
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