John Blackledge

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) shares were up more than 3.5 percent at $79.32 in Thursday's trading after bullish comments from a Cowen analyst. John Blackledge, who holds a price target of $91 with an Outperform rating on the stock, called Instagram a "rising social star," adding that...

LinkedIn Corp's (NYSE: LNKD) latest effort to monetize its social network could produce added sales of $1.6 billion by 2019, an analyst said Friday. Linkedin, the Mountain View, California-based professional network operator with about 277 million members, last month launched enhancements to its...

Pandora Media (NYSE: P) reported Q2 2014 earnings Thursday, releasing an EPS of $0.04 compared to analysts estimates of $0.03 and revenue of $218.90 million compared to consensus estimate of $218.51 million. Following its earnings, multiple sell-side analysts released coverage on the company...

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced membership fee changes for the price of Prime for the first time since the introduction of the service nine years ago. Membership Fee Changes Amazon Prime membership will have a $20.00 price increase going from $79.00 to $99.00. Prime offers unlimited...

In a report published Wednesday, Cowen and Company analyst John Blackledge initiated coverage on Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) with an Underperform rating and $32.00 price target. Blackledge commented that his initiation rating and price target in based on the firm's concerns over price and ad inventory...

In a report published on Wednesday, Cowen and Company analyst John Blackledge upgraded Pandora Media (NYSE: P) from Market Perform to Outperform and raised the price target on the company from $15 to $22. In the report, Cowen and Company stated, "P has a larger audio ad opportunity, sooner than...

Cowen upgraded Pandora (NYSE: P) early Wednesday from Market Perform to Outperform. The price target on Pandora was raised from $15 to $22, signaling a 35 percent potential upside from current levels. Cowen analysts John Blackledge and Thomas Champion cited rising listening hours, increasing...

Shares of Internet service provider AOL (NYSE: AOL) are up nearly 8% today on news that the newly public company may be looking to sell its ICQ instant messaging service, but at least one analyst doesn't seem impressed. Credit Suisse's John Blackledge initiated coverage on the shares today with an...