Kara Swisher in Media on May 5, 2011 at 6:06 am PT
Later today, Demand Media will report its first-quarter earnings, its second outing after its IPO earlier this year.
But what most will be paying more mind to will be what the content company’s top execs have to say about the impact of search algorithm updates at Google–codenamed “Panda”–to its various Web offerings.
Kara Swisher in News on May 3, 2011 at 10:28 pm PT
Jeff Jordan, the president and CEO of OpenTable who unexpectedly stepped down from his job today at the online restaurant reservation leader, is set to take a job at a major venture firm in Silicon Valley.
While Benchmark Capital was a big funder of OpenTable before it went public in 2009, sources said the likeliest home for the well-known Internet player–Jordan has also been a major exec at eBay–is Andreessen Horowitz.
Kara Swisher in News on April 27, 2011 at 11:35 am PT
April showers bring…well, a bad month for the still-young stock of online content maker Demand Media.
After a successful IPO in January, shares of the Santa Monica, Calif., company have only seen gloomy weather after algorithm changes at Google–with the seemingly dulcet code name of “Panda” and designed to weed out poorly made content–started to impact some of its traffic.
Kara Swisher in News on April 26, 2011 at 6:37 pm PT
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong has certainly had a very busy year, from the continued massive restructuring of the troubled Internet portal to ziggy-zaggy strategic shifts in content and advertising to a series of frenetic acquisitions, capped by the $315 million purchase of the Huffington Post earlier this year.
Also let’s not forget all those fabulous appearances with the media-genic Arianna Huffington.
Kara Swisher in News on April 20, 2011 at 7:11 am PT
At least one thing in yesterday’s lackluster first-quarter earnings report for Yahoo that got its Microsoft-search-bashing CEO Carol Bartz excited was the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s traffic gusher for big tentpole events such as the Super Bowl and the Oscars.
There will be more of that, it seems, with the elevation of Yahoo exec Sam Silverstein as head of its special events coverage. Sources said it will be a major area of emphasis, given obvious advertiser interest.
Kara Swisher in News on April 19, 2011 at 4:55 pm PT
Earlier today, Yahoo reported its first-quarter earnings, which showed revenue and earnings declines, which the Silicon Valley Internet portal said was due to its search and advertising partnership with Microsoft.
Here’s more deets to peruse and numbers to crunch–in order to figure out whether to blame Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer or not.
Kara Swisher in News on April 19, 2011 at 2:21 pm PT
MicroHoo is
funky!
At least according to Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz on the Silicon Valley search giant’s first-quarter earnings conference call about its recent financial performance.
Yahoo’s results showed a continued worrisome revenue growth stall, due in large part to a search advertising fall-off, and a still-turning turnaround.
Kara Swisher in News on April 19, 2011 at 1:41 pm PT
Yahoo announced its first-quarter earnings today, showing a continued worrisome revenue growth stall, due in large part to declines in search revenue from its partnership with Microsoft.
The Silicon Valley Internet giant reported revenues of $1.06 billion, down six percent from a year ago, on net earnings of 17 cents a share, down 28 percent.
Kara Swisher in News on April 18, 2011 at 10:00 am PT
Will Yahoo’s revenue growth drought finally end this quarter?
We’ll see tomorrow when Yahoo reports its first-quarter earnings, after the markets close.
As usual, investors will be looking for some sign that the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s lackluster revenue results have improved in CEO Carol Bartz’s over-promised but still under-delivered turnaround effort.
John Paczkowski in News on February 17, 2011 at 8:35 am PT
Apple is to the touch-panel business what Starbucks is to the coffee business–a market maker and mover. Particularly a mover. To wit: Claims today that Apple’s voracious appetite for the component is expected to cause an industrywide shortage this year. According to Taiwanese trade mag DigiTimes, Apple has locked up nearly 60 percent of the world’s touch-panel capacity.
