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TasteMakerX Raises $1.8M for Mobile Social App Platform

in Social on February 8 at 3:00 am PT

TastemakerX, a San Francisco start-up that is developing a social mobile platform focused on “targeted taste graphs,” said it had raised $1.8 million in funding from a variety of venture firms, including Guggenheim Partners, Baseline Ventures, True Ventures and Tekton Ventures, as well as angel investors. The company said it will release its TastemakerX Music mobile app as a private beta in early March 2012.

What Bubble? Andreessen Horowitz Raises $1.5 Billion Mega-Fund, Its Third.

in News on January 31 at 7:05 am PT

How green is Silicon Valley? Very, it seems.
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Yahoo CEO Meeting With PE Firms — PIPE Might Be Dead, but What Else Is There?

in News on January 26 at 7:56 am PT

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

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.)
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Confirmed: Yahoo Names PayPal Head Scott Thompson as New CEO

in News on January 4 at 6:08 am PT

Like I said.
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Exclusive: Yahoo Poised to Name CEO — With eBay’s PayPal Prez as Top Choice

in News on January 3 at 11:29 pm PT

Has Yahoo found its new Prince Charming in PayPal President Scott Thompson?
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Sequoia Grabs Googler to Head New Comms Role Aimed at Helping Entrepreneurs

in News on December 29, 2011 at 12:22 pm PT

The move to beef up communications expertise at the prominent Silicon Valley venture firm continues.
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Here Are Some More Yahoo CEO Choices: Liddell, Rosenblatt, Desmond

in News on December 27, 2011 at 4:12 am PT

Let’s throw a few more names on the fire!
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Yahoo Okays Initial Term Sheet to Sell Stakes Back to Asian Partners — While Also Hoping to Keep PE Firms in Fray

in News on December 23, 2011 at 11:23 am PT

It’s on.
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Yahoo Intensifies Search for CEO (With Hulu’s Kilar as One Dream Unicorn Candidate)

in Media on December 20, 2011 at 4:40 pm PT

Wanted, one magical exec to work miracles against increasingly troublesome dragons. Ability to sparkle a plus.
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AOL PR Exec Hollars Becomes Andreessen Horowitz PR Partner

PE Firms Meeting With Yahoo Board Members Today

Wielding a Sword of Damocles, Yahoo’s Asian Partners Await Answer on Yet Another Proposal to Buy Back Shares

in News, December 2, 2011 at 5:13 pm PT

Former Palm and Twitter Techie Mike Abbott Jumps From EIR at Benchmark to Kleiner Partner

in News, December 1, 2011 at 11:00 am PT

Marc Andreessen vs. Reid Hoffman in Yahoo Savior Face-Off? Not Yet. (But Delicious to Imagine.)

in News, December 1, 2011 at 2:23 am PT

Yahoo Stock Gets Gaslit by Bidders Dangling Phantom $20-a-Share Bid

in News, November 30, 2011 at 10:03 pm PT

Yahoo Bidders Come in at $16.50 to $17.50, With Plan to Keep Jerry Yang on Board

in News, November 30, 2011 at 12:36 am PT

Will Marc or Won’t He? Andreessen Mulling Yahoo Leadership Role in Bid.

in News, November 28, 2011 at 3:54 pm PT

Peter Chernin on Hollywood, Asia Growth and Not Yahoo: The Full AsiaD Interview (Video)

in AsiaD, November 17, 2011 at 2:34 pm PT

Former Top Yahoo Sales Exec Weishaupt Joins Criteo

in Media, November 16, 2011 at 10:13 am PT

Ex-Yahoos Getting Downloaded by PE Firms and Others on Possible Deals

in News, November 11, 2011 at 2:53 pm PT

Saul Hansell Departs AOL to Be EIR at Betaworks

in News, November 8, 2011 at 1:57 pm PT

Exclusive: Yahoo CTO Out, But Stays EIR at Company

in News, October 17, 2011 at 4:05 pm PT

DST, Silver Lake and Yunfeng Lead $1.6B Tender Offer Aimed at Alibaba Employees at $32B Valuation

in News, September 22, 2011 at 5:45 am PT

Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman Being Considered for HP CEO Job to Replace Apotheker

in Enterprise, September 21, 2011 at 8:05 am PT