Kara Swisher in Social on July 20, 2011 at 12:42 pm PT
In a move reminiscent of one done by Facebook in 2009, Twitter is zeroing in on a complex $800 million funding deal, which includes a tasty $400 million payout for its current investors and also employees.
Kara Swisher in News on February 9, 2011 at 11:13 am PT
Andreessen Horowitz has invested more than $80 million in Twitter via purchasing stock in secondary markets.
When called about it by BoomTown, a spokeswoman at the high-profile Silicon Valley venture firm confirmed the purchase.
The move is an interesting one, since Andreessen Horowitz was not part of the recent $200 million round on venture funding at the San Francisco microblogging company, led by Kleiner Perkins and which valued it at $3.75 billion.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 8, 2011 at 4:30 am PT
What do you get when you give casual game players the chance to compete for cash and prizes?
A really addictive experience. Or at least that’s the hope of YooMee Games.
Peter Kafka in Media on February 3, 2011 at 1:05 pm PT
Did the Hulu CEO just channel Jerry Maguire? Or did he think his future as a TV manifesto would sway his network owners? It may not matter.
Kara Swisher in News on December 15, 2010 at 12:15 pm PT
Twitter has completed its latest round of funding–$200 million at a $3.7 billion valuation–with Kleiner Perkins as the lead investor.
The San Francisco microblogging service is also adding two new board members: Flipboard’s Mike McCue and former DoubleClick head David Rosenblatt.
Liz Gannes in Social on December 13, 2010 at 8:48 pm PT
Mixed Media Labs CEO Dalton Caldwell doesn’t want to brag about the features of his photo-sharing app Picplz. He wants to talk about how it will (eventually) be monetized.
Kara Swisher in News on December 2, 2010 at 2:10 am PT
LastPass, a cross-platform password manager and form filler, has acquired the social bookmarking and browser synchronization service Xmarks.
The San Francisco-based Xmarks has been in the midst of some tumult of late, as it closed down in September and then quickly opened back up again in an effort to keep its service running for a large group of active users and to find a new home.
Kara Swisher in News on November 18, 2010 at 5:30 am PT
Later this morning, BoomTown will be at the TWTRCON SF 10 conference to interview Adam Bain, Twitter’s spanking new president of global revenue, in a session titled “Show Me the Money.”
I will surely make him show it!
Until then, I embedded a poll after the jump that TWTRCON is releasing today on Twitter Promoted Products.
Kara Swisher in News on October 29, 2010 at 8:18 am PT
Demand Media, which posted its regulatory S-1 filing in August, filed an amended version today that is likely to allow it to move quickly to an initial public offering.
It now must now wait for the Securities and Exchange Commission to approve the filing, after the which the execs of the Santa Monica, Calif.-based Demand will immediately to go on a road show for several weeks to try to convince investors to jump on board.
Then, if there’s enough interest, the IPO is likely to come before the holidays.
Kara Swisher in Commerce on October 25, 2010 at 5:42 am PT
And the hit reporters/bloggers keep on coming at
All Things Digital.
Today, we are honored to add Tricia Duryee to the staff of our site, where she will be covering commerce, online payments, gaming and more.
In other words: She’ll show us the money.
Or
not, in some cases.
