Allen & Co.

Is Facebook IPO on Track for May?

Kara Swisher in Social on January 16 at 1:31 am PT

With a click, with a shock, phone’ll jingle, door’ll knock, open the latch! Something’s coming, don’t know when, but it’s soon; Catch the moon, one-handed catch!

A $55 Million Silver Lining for Beyond Oblivion’s Backers

Peter Kafka in Media on January 3 at 1:26 pm PT

Coulda been worse.

Remedy Health Media Acquires HealthCentral

Kara Swisher in News on November 29, 2011 at 6:30 am PT

Remedy Health, a New York-based health information company, has bought HealthCentral, a start-up that offers online clinical and patient tools, community and content in a variety of topic areas.

News Byte

A Year Later, Google Joins Kleiner Perkins sFund

Liz Gannes in Social on November 11, 2011 at 11:15 am PT

Google has added its money to Kleiner Perkins’ sFund, joining launch partners Zynga, Comcast, Allen & Co., Amazon and Facebook. Given the VC firm was an early investor in Google, the tech giant’s lack of participation seemed strange when Kleiner Perkins launched the sFund a year ago. But then again, Google wasn’t really doing social a year ago. Google just bought Katango, the sFund’s first investment and its first exit.

Yahoo’s Dueling Internal Memos: Board, Followed by CEO, Spam Employees in Race to Explain

Kara Swisher in Media on September 23, 2011 at 4:17 pm PT

Today, Yahoo leaders — all of them in two different memos — took to the keyboards today to fill their 14,000 employees in on what’s up. Reading them, Yahoos must be more confused than ever now.

News Byte

Business Insider Pulls in a Fresh $7 Million

John Murrell in News on September 22, 2011 at 8:22 am PT

The newsgatherers at Business Insider are feeling flush today, closing a $7 million funding round led by Institutional Venture Partners and enjoying the continued support of RRE Ventures, Allen & Co., Marc Andreessen, Gordon Crovitz, Ken Lerer and other existing investors.

Yahoo for Sale: Possible Bidders Circling — Including Marc Andreessen — as Board Pressure Mounts

Kara Swisher in News on September 14, 2011 at 12:28 pm PT

As Yahoo’s board meets today to talk about what to do next, the unsettled situation at the Silicon Valley Internet giant might overtake them sooner than later.

As Yahoo Board Meets Tomorrow, Investors Ready Thumbscrews

Kara Swisher in Media on September 13, 2011 at 4:56 pm PT

Welcome to Sunnyvale, Yahoo board! But you might want to wear a disguise when you visit URL’s Cafe!

Bring in the Suits: Yahoo Hiring Strategic Advisers to Plot Next Moves

Kara Swisher in Media on September 6, 2011 at 8:54 pm PT

Maybe someone can finally answer the perennial AllThingsD stumper: What is Yahoo?

Voices

Disney’s CEO Says Hulu Will Be Sold

Jessica E. Vascellaro, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on July 6, 2011 at 7:31 pm PT

Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Robert Iger said the owners of online video site Hulu LLC are “committed to selling” it. Weeks after Hulu’s board began exploring a sale, Mr. Iger, who is attending the Allen & Co. media conference here, predicted that a sale of the television-and-movie site would happen but said he couldn’t say when.