John Corcoran
John Corcoran
acquire player relatively unlikely
It's relatively unlikely that a player like Viacom would acquire Yahoo.
came playing pump teammates together trying
The ones that weren't playing were trying to pump up their teammates and it just all came together today.
exactly replace
They will replace exactly what was there before the storm. And nothing more.
balance competition continue issues talk variety
I don't think they're going to not talk to each other forever, ... What issues will be most important to them at that time, I don't know. But I do think that they will continue to have this tenuous balance of cooperating and competition in a variety of their businesses.
beach palm
Miami-Dade fared a lot better than Broward and Palm Beach specifically because of the preponderance of mast arms.
allowed classic companies cut data example grew quickly
It's a classic dotcom example. Jupiter's data allowed a lot of companies to go public, but it grew too quickly and cut back too late.
companies driving huge increase opportunity paying price relatively worker
Business-to-business is a huge opportunity for them. Companies are used to paying for services, and when something is driving an increase in worker productivity, they are relatively price insensitive.
advertising coming exposed highly percent revenue
With 40 percent of revenue coming from advertising, Viacom is already highly exposed to advertising in general,
stock suggesting
We can put two and two together. That's not suggesting that there was any nefarious doings. But the stock has been under pressure.
We've got contractors that want to get out of town.
possible save
We did everything possible to save his life.
change company decided direction finally time
We decided finally that it's time to change things. I like the direction of the company right now, and he's responsible for part of it.
aol events opportunity
This was not a big surprise. The events of Sept. 11 give ( AOL ) the opportunity to make this announcement.
across ad driver key space
The real key driver here is the weakening ad space across all fronts in 2001.