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Who’s to Blame for Yahoo’s Q2 Revenue Rout? The Line Forms Around Back…

in News on July 19, 2011 at 2:02 pm PT

What happened to Yahoo revenue? Display sales in the U.S. gets the blame this quarter. While coming up with a new thing to blame for Q3, Yahoo execs try to explain it all for you.
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Why Portfolio’s Peers Shouldn’t Be Celebrating

in Media on April 28, 2009 at 9:17 am PT

While the chattering classes continue to pick over Portfolio’s bones, it’s worth checking in on the business titles Condé Nast was targeting with its ill-fated magazine. In short: None of them are suffering from a Portfolio-like swoon, but they’re all in lousy shape. And while we’re at it, let’s dispense with the story that Condé Nast burned $100 million or more on this one.
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Will Display Ad Slowdown Crimp Yahoo and AOL?

in News on July 17, 2008 at 2:30 pm PT

Earlier today, Valueclick (VCLK) warned that results for the second quarter as well as the rest of the year will be below previous expectations, putting at least part of the blame on a slowdown in online display advertising. That raises some serious questions for other companies with significant exposure to online display ads, in particular Yahoo (YHOO) and Time Warner’s (TWX) AOL unit.