Peter Kafka in Media on December 1, 2011 at 8:30 am PT
Still a small test. But if Twitter’s ad biz is ever going to get big, this will be an important step.
News Byte
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.
Kara Swisher in News on April 28, 2011 at 2:48 pm PT
You’d think there would be a party in Redmond, Wash. today, as software giant Microsoft soundly beat Wall Street expectations in its third-quarter earnings released today.
But there are shadows too, as results were dragged down by weaker revenues for its flagship Windows unit.
The report comes as Microsoft’s stock continues to lag, declining 14 percent for the year.
Buzz kill!
Peter Kafka in Media on April 19, 2011 at 9:23 pm PT
The 99-cents-a-week service looks like the kind of thing that could drive the New York Times and the Associated Press batty. Instead, they’ve signed on for a piece of the action.
Kara Swisher in News on April 14, 2011 at 8:46 am PT
On some level of journalism, I guess anything
could happen.
But does that mean it should?
Some sensational stories in tech of late have led to some even more sensational reporting.
Peter Kafka in Media on April 5, 2011 at 3:20 pm PT
There are a lot of them! And Apple hopes many of them want to buy Apple ads, too.
News Byte
Peter Kafka in Media on March 4, 2011 at 7:11 am PT
AOL has purchased Outside.In, one of many startups that’s tried to figure out how to make local and “hyper-local” news work. The New York-based startup didn’t seem to crack the code either, but at least you can see why AOL might be interested in its team or technology, given Tim Armstrong’s focus on local with his Patch program.
Business Insider first reported the transaction.
News Byte
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 25, 2011 at 6:24 pm PT
Adam Sussman has left his job at Electronic Arts as the VP of worldwide publishing for mobile to join Disney, we have confirmed.
BusinessInsider.com first reported his departure, saying he will be rejoining Disney, where he previously worked for six years. He will be Disney’s SVP of publishing for Disney Games. Sussman was responsible for making EA one of the largest game developers in mobile, and was a frequent guest at Apple iPhone events to help unveil new products.
Liz Gannes in Social on January 13, 2011 at 8:00 am PT
Real-time search engine Topsy today is launching customizable widgets for publishers to display topical tweets.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 15, 2010 at 7:40 am PT
The hacking incident that affected McDonald’s appears to have wider implications for users of scores of other Web sites, and it may be connected, though indirectly, to the weekend attack on Gawker.
