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Yahoo CEO Meeting With PE Firms — PIPE Might Be Dead, but What Else Is There?

Kara Swisher in News on January 26 at 7:56 am PT

The beat goes on … and on … and on.

Exclusive: Silver Lake Finally Signs Yahoo NDA, as Talks Proceed With Bidders

Kara Swisher in News on November 9, 2011 at 11:08 am PT

Aggressive private equity firm signs on the secret dotted line it said it would not. Of course.

As Yahoo Ponders Its Fate Endlessly — Selling Off Yahoo Japan Stake Is Suddenly Its Easiest Option

Kara Swisher in Media on November 3, 2011 at 12:49 pm PT

Would the sale of its Japanese asset give the Silicon Valley Internet giant at least one silver lining amidst the many dark clouds?

Bad Share Day: Yahoo Stock Limp After Investor Day (and Google’s Swiping of Its Ad Title)

Kara Swisher in Media on May 26, 2011 at 12:07 pm PT

Apparently, reassurances about its relationship with Chinese partner Alibaba Group and some lively presentations by top execs at a six-hour investor day yesterday did almost nothing for Yahoo shares. Neither did a report showing Google unseating Yahoo as the display ad market leader.

Flixster Update: Warner Bros. Very Interested, as Yahoo Drops Out of Bidding for Social Movie Site

Kara Swisher in News on March 28, 2011 at 2:47 am PT

Warner Bros. appears to be the frontrunner in various talks to buy Flixster, the social movie site, while Internet giant Yahoo has dropped out due to price concerns. Sources said the reason for interest from the Time Warner-owned studio is due to a spate of recent digital efforts, including its expansion of a movie rental experiment on Facebook.

100 Percent Fresh Exclusive!: Flixster/Rotten Tomatoes in Acquisition Talks With Yahoo and Others

Kara Swisher in News on March 16, 2011 at 12:02 am PT

Flixster–the popular social movie site whose brands include the Rotten Tomatoes premium reviews site, as well as BuddyTV–is in early acquisition talks with several suitors, including Yahoo, said sources close to the situation. The price being discussed for the San Francisco-based start-up is between $60 million and $90 million, said several sources, in talks that are “substantive.”

Google’s Schmidt: We Would Have Loved for Nokia to Adopt Android

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 15, 2011 at 10:15 am PT

Speaking with reporters after his keynote speech in Barcelona, Google’s chairman said the door for Nokia to create Android phones remains open, despite its partnership with Microsoft. Schmidt confirmed the company talked with Nokia, but declined to say just how far those talks had gone.

You've Got Arianna: AOL Buys Huffington Post for $315 Million in Cash and Stock, Appoints Huffington Editor in Chief

Kara Swisher in News on February 6, 2011 at 9:01 pm PT

In a bold and definitive move, AOL is paying $315 million, mostly in cash, to buy the Huffington Post, one of the Web’s most prominent news and opinion sites. As part of the deal, Huffington Post co-founder Arianna Huffington–who was derided by some when she co-founded the left-leaning site in 2005 with investor and well-known communications exec Kenneth Lerer–will become editor in chief of a new unit that has purview over all of AOL content properties. The deal was signed just this afternoon.

Demand Media's IPO–Which Won't Happen Until After the New Year Now–Depends on How It Accounts for Content

Kara Swisher in News on December 23, 2010 at 5:21 am PT

Demand Media’s latest amended regulatory filing for its IPO–which will now be taking place in 2011–gives investors greater detail about how and for how long the company accounts for its content costs. Apparently, pushing the envelope in content creation seems to also mean pushing it in accounting for it too.

After the Party It's…Post-Dive Cocktails and Fun

Voices in Dive Into Mobile on December 6, 2010 at 10:48 pm PT

Tonight’s D: Dive Into Mobile kicked off with an in-depth interview with Andy Rubin, Google’s head of Android. The discussion went a little long, but that didn’t keep the attendees and All Things D staff from partying the night away. Walt, Kara and the D staff gobbled up mountains of tiny cupcakes and sipped a drink or two.