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Sarah Lacy Debuts New Tech Site, PandoDaily — $2M+ in Funding and Guess Who’s Working for Her? (Video)

Kara Swisher in Media on January 16 at 9:00 am PT

Here’s the brave woman who will be the new boss of Michael Arrington, M.G. Siegler and Paul Carr. (You read that right.)

The Yahoo Lawsuits Begin: Put the Non-Blabby Deals in Your PIPE and Smoke It

Kara Swisher in News on December 5, 2011 at 9:25 am PT

Well, that didn’t take long, did it?

Exclusive: Zynga’s Van Natta Moves to Strategic Adviser; Feld Off Board, Paul In

Kara Swisher in News on November 17, 2011 at 10:30 am PT

Big changes at the online social gaming phenom as it gets ready to go public.

It’s Official: Arrington Out at AOL; Schonfeld New TechCrunch Editor (Plus Armstrong Internal Memo Too!)

Kara Swisher in Media on September 12, 2011 at 9:03 am PT

Our long, national non-nightmare in tech is finally over. Godspeed, CrunchFund!

Viral Video: I Finally Get the Taiwan Treatment — Paintballing the CrunchFund Wizard

Kara Swisher in Media on September 7, 2011 at 1:16 pm PT

I cannot express my delight at finally getting to appear in a CGI news video by Next Media Animation, in a segment about the CrunchFund controversy.

More AsiaD Speakers: Sony, Google+, Microsoft, Hollywood, Huawei and Hot SV Start-Ups!

Kara Swisher in AsiaD on August 9, 2011 at 5:00 pm PT

Here’s the latest list of speakers for the upcoming AsiaD conference, which will take place October 19 to 21 in Hong Kong.

Exclusive: Groupon Will Dump Controversial ACSOI Accounting in Amended IPO Filing

Kara Swisher in Commerce on August 5, 2011 at 2:49 pm PT

The social buying phenom is planning to bid goodbye — and good riddance — to its lightning rod of an accounting metric.

Murdoch & Son Visit Parliament and Return With a Big Helping Of Humble (and Shaving Cream) Pie

Kara Swisher in Media on July 19, 2011 at 6:36 am PT

News Corp. CEO and majordomo Rupert Murdoch tells British lawmakers he is sorry on the “most humble day of my life”, survives a surprise attack and loses his jacket. Other than that, the hearing turned into a what didn’t the Murdochs know and when didn’t they know it Q&A session.

Viral Video: Hugh Grant’s New Starring Role in Britain’s PhoneGate

Kara Swisher in Media on July 12, 2011 at 12:12 am PT

For years now, it looked like the tousled adorkability and winsome charms of British movie star Hugh Grant were beginning to grow long in the tooth. That is, until the phone-hacking scandal in Britain — with News Corp.-owned News of the World’s editors, reporters and managers accused of serious misconduct — got really going in recent weeks. And so did Grant.