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Newspapers Get Cozier With Facebook, Apple, Twitter

A potentially seismic event occurred when the New York Times recently agreed to deliver the Grey Lady’s hallowed content directly to Facebook’s 1.4 billion users. Further, audience-savvy Apple (AAPL) upped the ante in the raging battle for your eyeballs by pushing its way deeper into the news ecosystem via a new app. Locked in a bitter battle with the likes of Google (GOOGL) for new customers and ad dollars, Apple sees news as something of major

Google Mobilegeddon Kicks In; New CFO Taking Charge

Google (GOOGL) is slated to post Q2 earnings after the close Thursday in line with Wall Street’s expectations as the company reins in its spending, its search share slips and a new CFO known for paring costs comes aboard. Google CFO Ruth Porat, who joined the search leader in May after cutting expenses and redirecting capital while CFO of Morgan Stanley (MS), is expected to make her first appearance as a Google exec during the company’s conference

Google Q2 Expectations Run Hot And Cold

Analysts are updating their price targets and impressions on Google (GOOGL) ahead of its quarterly earnings out after the close Thursday, while Facebook (FB) got positive reviews and its stock hit an all-time high. Pivotal Research analyst Brian Wieser cut his rating on Google to hold from buy, citing “significant negative headwinds” from foreign currency exchange rates. Wieser also lowered his price target on Google stock to 570 from 640. RBC