Anthony John Agnello

Anthony John Agnello

Consumer and Technology Writer

Anthony John Agnello is a financial journalist, tech writer and critic. He joined InvestorPlace.com as a contributing writer in June 2010.

Anthony began covering the entertainment and technology industries in 2004, and has a keen eye for how artistic movements and consumer tastes can lead to dramatic industry shifts.

His byline has appeared in a wide range of publications and websites including MTV, Electronic Gaming Monthly, The Onion AV Club, The Escapist, 1UP.com, Game Pro and Nerve.com.

Recent Articles

Starbucks Wi-Fi Latest Part of Coffee SBUX Reinvention

By Anthony John Agnello, Consumer and Technology Writer

Starbucks (SBUX) has been on the resurgence in the last year and a half, with sales picking back up and shares racing up +240% since the March 2009 lows – almost five times better than the broader market. SBUX stock shows no sign of slowing down either, with Starbucks up about 22% year-to-date while the market is essentially flat.

Hollywood Studios Suffer Summer Slump (TWX, DIS, VIA-B, DWA, NWS, GE)

By Anthony John Agnello, Consumer and Technology Writer

Time Warner (TWX) stockholders are probably missing the good old days of 2008 right about now. Before 2008 got ugly and the financial crisis began in earnest, Time Warner stock was a hot ticket thanks to film studio Warner Bros. and the summer blockbuster The Dark Knight. That single tent-pole film went on to earn a total worldwide gross of over $1 billion, an influx of cash that made movie studio stocks very attractive to investors hungry for the next hit. While summer officially starts next week, the summer movie season has been running since the first week of May, and 2010 has been a lot less sunny than previous years for the film industry.

Hulu Hits Video Game Consoles as it Moves Towards Subscription-Based Format

By Anthony John Agnello, Consumer and Technology Writer

Online TV show repository Hulu is coming to Micrsoft's (MSFT) Xbox 360 and Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iPad in addition to other consumer electronic devices according to a report from Reuters. The spread of the web video joint venture owned by News Corp (NWS), General Electric (GE) subsidiary NBC Universal and Walt Disney (DI) owned network ABC, will coincide with its shift to a subscription pay model according to Reuters' two unnamed sources. Hulu has been purely advertisement supported since its launch in 2008, a business model that earned the website an estimated $100 million in fiscal year 2009.

‘Red Dead’ Sales Top 5M, Boost Take Two Outlook

By Anthony John Agnello, Consumer and Technology Writer

Take Two Interactive (TTWO) shareholders had cause to celebrate yesterday as the game publisher announced that its latest product, video game western Red Dead Redemption, old over 5 million units less than a month after its release. The game, developed by controversial and popular studio Rockstar Games, has been so successful that Take-Two has raised its forecast for fiscal year 2010, expecting a loss of only 10 to 30 cents where previous forecasts were predicting a loss of up to 60 cents a share. Take-Two shares went up more than 2% following the announcement on Tuesday.

Can Apple iPhone 4 Regain Smartphone Market Dominance? (AAPL, GOOG, T, DT, S, VZ, MOT, RIMM)

By Anthony John Agnello, Consumer and Technology Writer

Apple Inc. (AAPL) stockholders have spent most of this week alternating between salivating and wringing their hands. Investors in the Calfornia tech stock and smartphone behemoth went into this past Monday's press conference hoping for Apple to reveal a new iPhone SKU that could combat gains made by smartphones running on the popular Google (GOOG) Android operating system. Apple stock fell following the iPhone 4 announcement though, and continued to fall through Tuesday, down a total of 3.4% so far this week.

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