Comcast Roundup: TunerFish in New York Times, shares ‘plunged’ and More

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DEFINITE READS

• “Search Takes a Social Turn” [New York Times] — The trend piece addressing the online return to focusing on what existing contacts feel for reviews and opinions, citing Comcast-owned startup TunerFish, which lets users share what they’re watching with friends.
• “Comcast’s NBC-U Dreams May Be Online Video’s Nightmare” [Gigaom] — According to the opinion piece, “right now, there’s a very good chance that most people in America will soon have just one choice for truly high-speed Internet access suitable for watching video — their local cable monopoly.”

Below, Ecolisting.com announced, Comcast shares plunge and more.

MIGHT BE OF INTEREST

• “DirecTV, Comcast: Winners & Loser” [The Street] — Comcast shares “plunged” following reports that rival Time Warner Cable could enter agreement with Cox Communications to enter more geographic locations, competing with regional Comcast networks.
• “Ecolisting.com: An Eco-Friendly Way To Find Phone Numbers” by Comcast Voices — The corporate blog announces a Comcast-backed people-listings search aggregator.
• “Trenton Thunder looking to sell stadium naming rights” by the Philadelphia Business Journal — Hired Comcast-Spectacor division Front Row Marketing to help with the process

GIVE A GLANCE

• “Comcast offers free preview of RedZone” [HD Report] — This Sunday, Sept. 19 at 1 p.m. EST for digital Comcast subscribers
• “Comcast introduces new packages aimed at Latino audience” [Merced Sun Star]
• Comcast, PNC donate locally [Baltimore Business Journal] — Comcast commits $1 million to the Anne Arundel Medical Center Foundation
• “Beverly to hold public hearing on Comcast cable TV license” [Beverly Citizen, Mass.]
• “Hard to accept Comcast proposal in recession” [Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, Illinois]
• “Comcast leaves Morton in the dust” [Morton Times, Ill.] — Comcast-leaves-Morton-in-the-dust Residents peeved that a payment center closed.

When there is just too much Comcast news to follow, the Comcast Roundup will be there every Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. EST