Yes, Icahn

4:40 PM -- Today on Contentinople:

• Analysts believe in the power of Icahn, Ryan Lawler reports. After the joint releases issued by Carl Icahn and Microsoft yesterday, the consensus is that he could make the Microhoo deal happen.
  
  
• Meanwhile another analyst, Anthony DiClemente of Lehman Brothers, bums everyone out with his depressing report on the future of TV and movie companies as media distribution is driven online.
  
  
• However, according to Nielson's first-ever "Three Screen Report", though DVR and Internet usage are both on the rise, traditional TV continues to grow as well. Also, the older you are, the more traditional TV you watch -- but on the flip side, the younger you are, the more DVR'd TV you watch.

And in today's News Bits section: Twitter and Summize are "in discussions."

— The Staff, Contentinople