Evening Headlines — 7/31/13
Comcast Reports 2nd Quarter 2013 Results Comcast Corporation today reported results for the quarter ended June 30, 2013. Brian L. Roberts, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Comcast Corporation, said, "We are pleased with our results this quarter. Cable had outstanding growth, particularly in high-speed Internet, and NBCUniversal had strong performance across all of its businesses ... We have a fantastic combination of cable and content businesses with many opportunities ahead." [PRESS RELEASE] Facebook Said to Plan to Sell TV-Style Ads for $2.5M Each Facebook Inc. (FB), seeking to break the long-held dominance of television over advertising budgets, plans to sell TV-style commercials on its site for as much as $2.5 million a day, two people familiar with the matter said. [BLOOMBERG] Report: Auto advertising in ‘deep transition’ Radio, TV and newspapers will all see their share of automotive ad spending drop this year in what Borrell Associates calls “a true