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Meet the Man I Call “The Hair”: The Video Stylings of Yahoo’s Newest CEO Ross Levinsohn

Kara Swisher in Media on May 13 at 12:03 pm PT

Here he is in living color!

Exclusive: Yahoo’s Thompson Out; Levinsohn In; Board Settlement With Loeb Nears Completion

Kara Swisher in News on May 13 at 8:59 am PT

The final shoe — shoe store, really — drops.

Microsoft’s Sneaky Success: The Xbox Is the Most Popular Video Player in the U.S.

Peter Kafka in Media on May 10 at 11:41 am PT

New data says the game player serves up more video than the iPad, iPhone or Android. Google TV or Apple TV are so far behind they don’t even make the cut.

Key Strategic — And Digitally Inclined — CBS Exec Lurie Departs

Kara Swisher in Media on May 8 at 6:00 am PT

Zander says goodbye to the media giant.

Big Web Video’s Big Star Is … Anthony Zuiker?

Peter Kafka in Media on April 26 at 8:40 am PT

First Google, now Yahoo: The guy behind “CSI” is the guy the Web video giants use to pitch TV advertisers.

The Apple/Amazon Conspiracy That Never Happened

Peter Kafka in Media on April 11 at 8:49 am PT

Apple competes ferociously with Amazon. But the feds say Cupertino considered a different strategy, where Apple would rule music and movies, and Amazon would rule e-books. Really?

The Social TV Gold Rush Is Smaller Than You Think

Peter Kafka in Media on March 30 at 7:03 am PT

Lots of buzz around a vague new sector. But investors are making relatively modest bets.

Lying Apple Gadfly Mike Daisey Still Doesn’t Get It

Arik Hesseldahl in News on March 19 at 4:18 pm PT

Mike Daisey — the lying, Apple-attacking monologuist — is still trying to seize the moral high ground on the matter of Apple, Foxconn and workers’ rights in China.

The Failures and Fallacies of Mike Daisey’s Apple Attack and the Media

Arik Hesseldahl in Media on March 18 at 6:06 am PT

Now we have to start the conversation about Apple and Foxconn and workers’ rights all over again, this time with real, verifiable facts at our command. Is that so much to ask?

News Byte

Group Commerce Adds CBS to Its Offer Roster

Peter Kafka in Media on March 7 at 4:00 am PT

Group Commerce, the year-old start-up that operates “white label” e-commerce services for big media companies, has another notch in its belt. The New York-based company is now powering offers for 29 CBS radio stations, bringing its roster total to 15 clients, including the New York Times and Meredith Corp. CEO Jonty Kelt says his company plans to add several dozen more clients this year as it starts working with smaller publishers.