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I’m Still Here: Stock Soars as Groupon Shows Stronger-Than-Expected Q1 Revenue
On the other hand, I could use a nice cup of hot growth.
Content Gains Allow Demand Media to Beat Wall Street Expectations on Q1 Earnings and Revenue
Strong performance of media properties added to the results.
Broken Windows: Microsoft Misses on Revenue and Earnings in Q1
Time for some new shatterproof glass, it seems.
News Byte
Another Day, Another RIM Sale Rumor
Here comes another rumor about Research In Motion — this time, selling off its struggling handset unit to any variety of possible buyers for all or part of the famed BlackBerry, including Amazon, Facebook and Microsoft. The latest version comes from the Sunday Times, which said that such a consideration is part of an overall strategic review by the beleaguered Canadian company that will be concluded in July. Before that, though, expect financial news — likely bad — this week, when RIM announces its first-quarter earnings.Exclusive: The Billion-Dollar Inside Story of How Demand Media Almost Went Private Last Week (And Then Didn’t)
According to sources close to the situation, Demand Media was deep into discussions with a private equity firm to complete a deal that would have taken the online content company private for double its current value.
Updated S-1: Facebook’s Yearly Revenue Growth Up 45 Percent, But Down Six Percent From Last Quarter
Will the new results cause investors to worry?
Yahoo’s Q1 Earnings: New CEO Will Get Some Satisfaction!
New Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is making list and taking names.
Yahoo Beats Q1 Expectations (as Expected) — Now, Will New CEO Outline More Strategery on Investor Call?
An upside non-surprise as we await pearls of wisdom from new CEO Scott Thompson.
Kung Fu Panda Too? Demand Media Q1 Earnings All About Battling the Bears
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.
Exclusive: OpenTable CEO Jordan Likely to Head to Silicon Valley VC Firm Andreessen Horowitz
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.