Short interest jumps for CETV and NOOF; drops for NNDS

Short interest data is now available for Nasdaq stocks through May 15th. Short interest has rocketed for some media and entertainment stocks:

% change in short interest for: April, 15 2005 to May,15 2005

• Central European Media (ticker: CETV): +119.0%
• New Frontier Media (ticker: NOOF): +115.8%
• Salem Communications (ticker: SALM): +29.2%
• Carmike Cinemas (ticker: CKEC): +15.0%
• Regent Communications (ticker: RGCI): +12.3%
• Young Broadcasting (ticker: YBTVA): +9.7%
• Movie Gallery (ticker: MOVI): +5.5%
• Image Entertainment (ticker: DISK): +4.5%
• Echostar Communications (ticker: DISH): +3.1%
• Hollywood Media (ticker: HOLL): +2.7%
• Sirius Satellite Radio (ticker: SIRI): +1.3%
• IMAX (ticker IMAX): -3.5%
• Netflix (ticker: NFLX): -4.4%
• TIVO Inc. (ticker: TIVO): -7.3%
• XM Satellite Radio (ticker: XMSR): -7.6%
• Pixar Animation (ticker: PIXR): -7.7%
• Beasley Broadcast Group (ticker: BBGI): -7.9%
• Rentrak Corporation (ticker: RENT): -9.1%
• NDS Corp. (ticker: NNDS): -29.0%

Days needed to cover short position as of: May,15 2005

• Beasley Broadcast Group (ticker: BBGI): 15.05
• XM Satellite Radio (ticker: XMSR): 14.53
• Netflix (ticker: NFLX): 9.83
• Movie Gallery (ticker: MOVI): 7.85
• TIVO Inc. (ticker: TIVO): 7.53
• Pixar Animation (ticker: PIXR): 6.21
• IMAX (ticker IMAX): 6.20
• Salem Communications (ticker: SALM): 6.17
• Regent Communications (ticker: RGCI): 5.75
• Young Broadcasting (ticker: YBTVA): 5.28
• Carmike Cinemas (ticker: CKEC): 4.62
• Echostar Communications (ticker: DISH): 4.39
• Hollywood Media (ticker: HOLL): 3.05
• New Frontier Media (ticker: NOOF): 2.97
• NDS Corp. (ticker: NNDS): 2.90
• Sirius Satellite Radio (ticker: SIRI): 2.44
• Central European Media (ticker: CETV): 2.09
• Image Entertainment (ticker: DISK): 1.00
• Rentrak Corp. (ticker: RENT): 1.00