Big drop in Google market cap expectations

It wasn’t far back when Google was expected to hit $500B in market cap!

At the end of 2009, Microsoft would have a market value of about $405 billion and Google’s market capitalization would be roughly $370 billion. So Google would surpass Microsoft sometime in 2010. If its stock kept appreciating at a 34 percent clip annually compared to Microsoft’s 12.5 percent, Google would finish 2010 with a market value of nearly half a trillion dollars while Microsoft would have a market cap of about $456 billion.

Why does the market have to get in the way of market cap expectations?

Analyst: Google Will Be Worth $200 Billion In A Year

The new radio vs. old radio

Old radio is imploding:

Drowning under massive debt and desperate to cut more costs, Clear Channel took an ax to its payroll — again — and hacked hundreds of radio pros out the door. Program directors, morning show hosts, production pros, news anchors — all of them tossed over the side. A “bloodbath,” one newspaper called it.

New radio is selling music:

The iPhone Is Accelerating Music Sales For Pandora

TechCrunch on how Fortune, Forbes and BusinessWeek can save themselves

By starting rumors that are sourced out of Michael Arrington’s ass in an effort to get more web traffic?

Summary of Q&A with Larry Ellison about Sun acquisition

Summary: We want to be like Apple

.. companies like Apple and Cisco enjoy very high-margins ..
.. That’s why Apple’s iPhone is so much better than Microsoft phones ..
.. Even Apple is designing its own chips these days. ..

It’s not a bad objective for a database company.