Kara Swisher in News on February 1 at 5:50 am PT
Mr. Kutcher really wants to know what’s what this fine IPO-awaiting morning.
A collection of over 8 million followers is not to be taken for granted. I feel responsible to deliver informed opinions and not spread gossip or rumors through my twitter feed. While I feel that running this feed myself gives me a closer relationship to my friends and fans I’ve come to realize that it has grown into more than a fun tool to communicate with people.
— Ashton Kutcher, posting on his blog about turning over administration of his Twitter account to his staff after making an uninformed tweet about Joe Paterno’s firing from Penn State
Peter Kafka in Media on October 28, 2011 at 6:00 pm PT
Google announces deals with “Modern Family” star Sofia Vergara and a bunch of other famous people to make stuff for the site. Next up: Signing on advertisers.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on October 25, 2011 at 12:01 am PT
Zaarly has secured $14 million in financing; as part of the round, it has added former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, now chief executive at Hewlett-Packard, to the board.
Kara Swisher in Media on September 2, 2011 at 6:16 am PT
It’s a giant, filthy mud puddle of conflicts of interest in Silicon Valley, but everybody’s in the cesspool, it seems.
Kara Swisher in Media on August 31, 2011 at 9:00 pm PT
Vanity Fair magazine put out its high-profile “New Establishment” list of the top 50 people — and guess who made the cut from tech?
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on August 12, 2011 at 7:13 am PT
It turns out the most effective way to sell something on Twitter is through celebrity endorsement.
Liz Gannes in Media on August 3, 2011 at 11:52 am PT
Sounds like Ashton Kutcher’s synergies between Hollywood and technology are about to get even stronger.
Kara Swisher in News on June 30, 2011 at 9:00 am PT
Oh dear, oh my — with the first move that the new owners of Myspace have made, it’s pretty clear they are taking the worrisome look-at-the-shiny-celebrity approach.
The trio of Vanderhook brothers who run Specific Media, which paid $35 million to buy the News Corp.-owned music-focused social networking site, began by swanning around the appealing singer and actor’s name as an investor.
Maybe they should focus on making products the star first.
Drake Martinet in Commerce on June 9, 2011 at 11:59 am PT
No longer just another pretty domain name, Fab.com launches today as a new deal site for designed goods.
Led by CEO Jason Goldberg, the site’s opening offers are on the sorts of things one might find at a design museum gift shop — fancy plastic chairs, fancy energy saving light bulbs and fancy signed posters.
