Jordan Rohan

Microsoft rolls out the Zune to go up against the iPod in 2006. And then, three years later, a new Zune HD to vie with the iPod Touch.  The Zune gets more traction with late-night talk-show comedians than with consumers. Both the player and the brand are now dead. Burger King gives away a free AOL Music download with every Original Whopper. The download code is on the burger wrapper — try not to get grease on your screen! McDonald’s begins renting DVDs. Actually, this one wasn’t a total flop: Turns out people don’t want DVDs with their fries, but Redbox, which now has

With Amazon set to release its fourth quarter—and year end—results Tuesday afternoon Stifel Nicolas analyst Jordan Rohan estimates that the company sold 6 million Kindle Fire tablets in the fourth quarter. Rohan had previously put the number sold at 5 million units. Rohan believes the strong performance of the Fire will provide Amazon with ongoing benefits by increasing the amount of content, including e-books, that new Fire owners will buy. As a result he has upped his revenue forecast for 2012 by over $2 billion to a total of $67 billion. And while Amazon is making no money on