A U T O M O T I V E

July Sales





Market Share

MotorIntelligence.com reported that overall automotive sales this July were

5.3% ahead of July 2014 sales:
Year
Cars
Lt. Trucks
Total
7/14
689,345
745,997 1,435,342
7/15
669,195
842,066 1,511,261
-
-2.9%
+12.9%
+5.3

Automakers reported an annualized U.S. sales rate of 17.6 million in July,
according to Autodata, as reported by USA Today. Brand leaders:
Manufacturer
Market Share
Sales (units)
GM
18.0%
272,512
Ford
14.7%
222,014
Toyota
14.4%
217,181
Fiat Chrysler
11.8%
178,027
Honda
9.7%
146,324
Nissan
8.7%
130,872
Hyundai
4.7%
71,013
Kia
3.7%
56,311

C A B L E
Comcast/Low Income Comcast is increasing the speed of its internet access to the 500,000 low income
Broadband
households that qualify for its Essentials program ($9.95 a month) from 5 Mbps
to 10 Mbps. Requirement: at least one child must be eligible for the National
School Lunch program.


Comcast/X1/
Comcasts new X1 digital video recorder will automatically extend the recording
Recording Extension time of live events if the program runs past its scheduled end.
F O O D
Largest Companies

Largest U.S. based food companies, according to S&P Capital IQ, as reported by
The Wall Street Journal:
Company
Revenue (Billions)* Company
Revenue (Billions)*
Tyson
$37.58
ConAgra
$15.83
PepsiCo
$35.34
Kellogg
$14.58
Mondelez
$34.24
Hormel
$9.32
Kraft Heinz
$29.13
Campbell Soup
$8.27
General Mills
$17.63
Hershey
$7.15
*
Latest fiscal year

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G L O B A L
Tourism/Top Luxury
Destinations

Top 15 global luxury travel destinations, by average length of stay in days,

according to Switchfly, as reported by The Wall Street Journal:
Rank Destination
Length of Stay (Days)
1 Seoul
13.0
2 Dubai
12.7
3 Milan
12.3
4 Athens
11.5
5 Singapore
11.1
6 Frankfurt
11.0
7 Sao Paulo
10.6
8 Hong Kong
10.6
9 Bali
10.0
10 Lisbon
9.7
11 Tokyo
9.6
12 Crete, Greece
9.2
13 Mykonos, Greece
8.7
14 Rome
8.5
15 Miami
8.3

M O B I L E
Apple/MVNO

Apple/Siri/Voicemail

Top Smartphone
Platforms

Rumors are circulating that Apple is exploring the possibility of launching a

mobile virtual network operation (MVNO). Under the proposed thinking,
customers will buy calls, text, and data through Apple rather than directly
through a mobile operator.

Another rumor about Apple: extending the functionality of its voice command
feature Siri to transcribe users voicemails into text messages.

Top smartphone platforms (June 2015), according to comScore:
Platform
Market Share
Android
51.6%
Apple
44.1%
Microsoft
2.9%
BlackBerry
1.2%
Symbian
0.1%

P U B L I S H I N G
Magazines/
Circulation

The Alliance for Audited Media reported that U.S. magazine circulation fell 2.2%
from the first half of 2014 to the first half of 2015.

R E T A I L
Amazon/Sharing

Amazon reduced the ability of its Amazon Prime members free two day
shipping and access to its video service to share shipping benefits to two family
members from its original four.

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R E T A I L (contd)
Target/Beacons

Target installed in-store beacons in 50 stores that leverage the retailers

application to alert shoppers to hyperlocal content accessible via a newsfeed-like
stream. The beacons help retailers interact with in-store shoppers based on which
aisle or department they are in via their smartphones.

S O C I E T Y
Infant Mortality

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, infant mortality rate hit a
record low in 2013, falling to 5.96 deaths per 1,000 live births or approximately
23,400 deaths.

S P O R T S
NFL/Jen Welter

NHL/MLB

Jen Welter, who played for the Dallas Diamonds of the Womens Football Alliance
and is the first woman to play as a non-kicker for a mens professional NFL team,
has become the first woman to coach a team in the mens professional league. The
Arizona Cardinals have hired her to work with their inside linebackers for training
camp and the preseason.

The National Hockey League hired Major League Baseballs Advance Media unit to
run all of the leagues digital video businesses, league and team websites, and the
NHL Network cable channel.

T E C H N O L O G Y
Cloud Computing

According to The Wall Street Journal, four companies dominate the global market
for computing power in the cloud:
Company
Market Share
Amazon
29%
Microsoft
12%
IBM
7%
Google
6%
Others
46%

T E L C O S
AT&T/DirecTV

On August 10, AT&T will introduce its first package of TV and wireless services,
which offers consumers high definition video programming on up to four TVs,
unlimited talk and text on four smartphones, and 10 gigabytes of shared wireless
data, for $200 a month.

V I D E O
AT&T/Otter/
Ellation

AT&T and the Chernin Groups joint venture, Otter Media, unveiled a new
subscription based streaming video services company called Ellation, which will
house all of its video assets, such as Crunchyroll, Creativebug, Fullscreen, and
SoompiTV.


Crackle/Always On Sonys free, advertising supported streaming video service Crackle is now offering
its content on a schedule through its Always On capability, which allows viewers to
settle into a show title, restart from the beginning or browse through a guide
without ever having to leave the video playing in front of them.

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V I D E O (contd)
Discovery/Verizon

Netflix

Samsung/Pay on
TV

Xbox/DVR

YouTube

Discovery Communications pacted with Verizon Wireless to offer its mobile

customers clips of current shows and complete episodes of previous seasons.

Subscription video service Netflix claims 65 million streaming members in more
than 50 countries. Additionally, Netflix has 5.3 million DVD subscribers a
significant fall off from its peak in mid-2010 of about 20 million.

Samsung unveiled a new feature in which owners of its latest smart TVs can pay for
content directly through their televisions. The service is called Samsung Pay on TV
and it supports major credit cards, debit cards, PayPal, and other mobile billing
options. How it works: users enter pertinent information including name, billing
details and then to make a purchase, only need to press the Pay Now button on
the screen and enter a four-digit personal identification number (PIN).

Microsoft announced it will allow Xbox One users to record broadcast TV shows
commencing sometime in 2016. How it works: users can record shows via the
consoles OneGuide which will enable the recording of a show without impacting
the performance of the console while in gaming mode.

Rumors are circulating that by the close of the year, marketers will no longer be
able to buy YouTube ads via the Googles automated digital ad exchange,
DoubleClick Ad Exchange (AdX). They will have to either purchase YouTube ads
directly via Googles ad sales staff or through two other Google outlets
(DoubleClick Bid Manager and Google AdWords).

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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUES HIGHEST PAID QUARTERBACKS

RANK PLAYER

CONTRACTS

TEAM

TOTAL

AVG./YEAR

$110,000,000

$22,000,000

1 Aaron Rodgers

Packers

2 Russell Wilson

Seahawks

$87,600,000

$21,900,000

3 Ben Roethlisberger

Steelers

$87,400,000

$21,850,000

4 Cam Newton

Panthers

$103,800,000

$20,760,000

5 Matt Ryan

Falcons

$103,750,000

$20,750,000

6 Joe Flacco

Ravens

$120,600,000

$20,100,000

7 Drew Brees

Saints

$100,000,000

$20,000,000

8 Ryan Tannehill

Dolphins

$77,000,000

$19,250,000

9 Colin Kaepernick

49ers

$114,000,000

$19,000,000

Bears

$126,700,000

$18,100,000

10 Jay Cutler

Source: OverTheCap, Pro-Football-Reference, The Wall Street Journal

BYTE BY YOTTABYTE: HOW DATA GETS BIG


DESIGNATION

DESCRIPTION

TRANSLATION

Bit

The smallest unit of data that a computer uses

Byte (B)

=8 bits

Kilobyte (KB)

=1,000 bytes

Megabyte (MB)

=1,000,000 bytes

Gigabyte (GB)

=1,000,000,000 bytes

Terabyte (TB)

=1,000,000,000,000 bytes

=1 thousand gigabytes

Petabyte (PB)

=1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes

=1 million gigabytes

Exabyte (EB)

=1,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes

=1 billion gigabytes

Zettabyte (ZB)

=1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes

=1 trillion gigabytes

Yottabyte (YB)

=1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes

=1 quadrillion gigabytes

Source: businessweek.com

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FORTUNES TOP 25 GLOBAL LARGEST CORPORATIONS


RANK
2014

2013 CORPORATION

HEADQUARTERS

REVENUES (MILLIONS)

1 Wal-Mart

U.S.

$485,651.0

3 Sinopec Group

China

$446,811.0

2 Royal Dutch Shell

Netherlands

$431,344.0

4 China National Petroleum

China

$428,620.0

5 Exxon Mobil

U.S.

$382,597.0

6 BP

Britain

$358,678.0

7 State Grid

China

$339,426.5

8 Volkswagen

Germany

$268,566.6

9 Toyota

Japan

$247,702.9

10

10 Glencore

Switzerland

$221,073.0

11

11 Total

France

$212,018.0

12

12 Chevron

U.S.

$203,784.0

13

13 Samsung

South Korea

$195,845.3

14

14 Berkshire Hathaway

U.S.

$194,673.0

15

15 Apple

U.S.

$182,795.0

16

29 McKesson

U.S.

$181,241.0

17

20 Daimler

Germany

$172,279.1

18

25 Industrial & Commercial Bank China

China

$163,174.9

19

24 EXOR Group

Italy

$162,163.0

20

16 AXA

France

$161,173.4

21

21 General Motors

U.S.

$155,929.0

22

18 E.ON

Germany

$151,460.5

23

19 Phillips 66

U.S.

$149,434.0

24

27 General Electric

U.S.

$148,321.0

25

22 ENI

Italy

$147,175.8

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TOP BROADBAND PROVIDERS IN THE U.S.
(CLOSE OF 1ST QUARTER 2015)

CATEGORY

COMPANY

SUBSCRIBERS

CABLE

Comcast

22,369,000

Time Warner*

12,581,000

Charter*

5,208,000

Cablevision

2,767,000

Suddenlink

1,183,600

Mediacom

1,041,000

WOW (WideOpenWest)

722,000

Cable ONE

496,579

Others**

Total

52,963,179

TELEPHONE COMPANIES

AT&T/DirecTV

16,097,000

Verizon

9,246,000

CenturyLink

6,117,000

Frontier

2,359,500

Windstream

1,132,400

FairPoint

318,378

Cincinnati Bell

272,700

Total

35,542,978

TOTAL

88,506,157

6,595,000

Proposed merger of Charter, Time Warner, and Bright House into New Charter
Includes Cox and others
Source: Leichtman Research Group
**

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