Peter Kafka in Media on November 5, 2011 at 4:33 pm PT
“I kinda hate it. I think it’s awful. I have Twitter just so I can tell people what I want them to buy, and give me money.”
Peter Kafka in Media on October 25, 2011 at 3:45 am PT
More like a minute-long documentary. (For some of us.)
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on September 9, 2011 at 5:33 pm PT
According to the listing, for only $1 a night four lucky people will be able to rest their butts on the same couches on which many celebrities have sat.
Kara Swisher in Commerce on August 25, 2011 at 3:02 pm PT
Facing a barrage of negative press about its upcoming IPO, Groupon CEO and co-founder Andrew Mason took up a pen to counter critics of the social buying service in a pugnacious email to employees.
Peter Kafka in Media on May 25, 2011 at 6:00 am PT
And users are now uploading two days worth of video to the site every minute. That’s up 100 percent in the last year.
Kara Swisher in Media on May 12, 2011 at 11:18 am PT
This is very funny–except not to the folks at Myspace (who could actually use a good laugh right about now).
Peter Kafka in Media on March 22, 2011 at 2:50 pm PT
Biz Stone stops by Conan O’Brien to celebrate Twitter’s fifth birthday. He’s gotten very good on camera! The real story is offstage, though, where Twitter is trying to integrate itself into the very lucrative world of TV ads–somehow.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 8, 2011 at 9:02 am PT
Now that Conan O’Brien is joking about Groupon’s Super Bowl commercials, maybe people can start to relax.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 7, 2011 at 4:49 pm PT
Twitter has crossed the threshold from Web novelty into something substantial. Now Dick Costolo’s job is to turn it into a business–one big enough to justify the sky-high valuation investors have given the messaging company.
Kara Swisher in News on November 9, 2010 at 12:10 am PT
Here is the very funny opening video for the premiere of late-night host Conan O’Brien’s new talk show on TBS.
The first line of O’Brien’s monologue was about his Web popularity: “Thank you and welcome to my second annual first show. Yes, I know what you guys are thinking–’Hey, it’s the guy from Twitter.’”
It is indeed, and BoomTown could not be more thrilled he is back on television:
