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Not So Scott Free? Yahoo’s Other Big Shareholder — Cap Re — Leaning Toward Supporting Loeb Over Thompson ResuMess.

Kara Swisher in News on May 10 at 3:56 pm PT

Is the tenure of Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson — who is now big with the excuses — in trouble if other shareholders start to bolt?

Andreessen Horowitz, All In

Apple and I’m not sure why.

– Ben Horowitz, co-founder and GP of Andreessen Horowitz, at Business Insider’s Ignition West conference Wednesday, when asked what he would do if he could take all of his firm’s money and invest it in either Google or Apple

A Start-Up Factory Media Guys Like: K2 Raises $7.5 Million

Peter Kafka in Mobile on March 15 at 7:21 am PT

Daniel Klaus and Kevin Wendle want to make a handful of bets a year on media/mobile start-ups. They’ve convinced a high-profile group of investors to back them.

Twitter Quietly (Finally) Launches Self-Serve Ads

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

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.

Liveblogging Microsoft 3Q Earnings: Office-Tastic and Kinect-Able (But PC-Frown)

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!

News.me, the iPad News Aggregator Blessed by Big Publishers, Gets Ready to Launch

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.

Headless Lawsuit in Topless Blog!

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.

An App for People Who Like Apple Ads

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

AOL Buys Local Aggregator Outside.In

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.