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Adobe Chief Pours Cold Water on Microsoft Merger Talk

John Paczkowski in News on October 19, 2010 at 3:41 pm PT

The prospect of Adobe being acquired by Microsoft may get tech bloggers and investors all worked up, but it's not going to happen, says Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen. The Redmond behemoth is a good buddy, said Narayen, but just one of many, and Adobe has no intention of getting hitched.

Sirius XM CEO “Perfect” to Run Comcast-NBCU–Not That Sirius XM CEO Would Want To

John Paczkowski in News on November 17, 2009 at 4:31 am PT

Good thing Comcast and General Electric plan to name NBC Universal Chief Executive Jeff Zucker as head of their proposed joint venture, because Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin doesn’t want the job. Not that he wouldn’t be a good candidate to run a merged Comcast-NBCU. Because as Karmazin himself told Fox Business Network’s Neil Cavuto, he’d be an excellent choice.

Yahoo CEO Bartz's Happy Talk About Microsoft's Bing–As a Deal Nears, Goodbye to the Zings (Well, for Now!)

Kara Swisher in News on July 22, 2009 at 2:40 am PT

And there it was in Yahoo’s second-quarter earnings call yesterday, when–as the first question–an analyst asked Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz what she thought about Bing, the new and innovative search offering from Microsoft. “I think actually Bing is a good product,” said Bartz. “I think they’ve done a good job. I think Microsoft should be given kudos for Bing.” It was a politic thing to say, to be sure, especially with Microsoft and Yahoo still zeroing in on a search and online advertising partnership deal, as has been previously reported by BoomTown. Sources I have spoken to over the past two days say the deal is still on good footing and could be struck very soon, even as early as tomorrow, although it is still not a certainty–especially given the bumpy history between Yahoo and Microsoft.

If Google's Not Worried About Bing, Why Is It Talking About It So Much?

John Paczkowski in News on June 10, 2009 at 4:34 am PT

Microsoft’s recently unveiled search engine, Bing, has piqued Google’s interest, but the search sovereign isn’t losing any sleep over it–or it would like us all to think that, anyway. In an interview with Fox Business Network Tuesday, Google CEO Eric Schmidt dismissed Bing as the latest in a string of feeble search efforts at Microsoft.

If Google’s Not Worried About Bing, Why Is It Talking About It So Much?

John Paczkowski in News on June 10, 2009 at 4:34 am PT

Microsoft’s recently unveiled search engine, Bing, has piqued Google’s interest, but the search sovereign isn’t losing any sleep over it–or it would like us all to think that, anyway. In an interview with Fox Business Network Tuesday, Google CEO Eric Schmidt dismissed Bing as the latest in a string of feeble search efforts at Microsoft.

Bartz Uses Typical Tough Talk to Pressure Microsoft, Even as Bing Shows Some Early Zing

Kara Swisher in News on June 10, 2009 at 4:05 am PT

Well, what else is Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz going to do, but talk smack? Not at BoomTown–that was so two weeks ago! About potential partner Microsoft, of course! And, especially about its new Bing search engine. And, most especially of all, since new stats from comScore yesterday showed that the new look and marketing push for Bing are showing promising initial signs. Rut-roh!

Buffett: Unemployment Going Past 8 Percent

Peter Kafka in Media on November 21, 2008 at 9:33 am PT

Not technically a media story per se, but the folks at Fox Business Network want everyone to know that they’ve got an interview with Warren Buffett running at 4 p.m. Eastern time today. They’ve taped it already, so they’re handing out transcripts and excerpts, and they’re pretty interesting. Given that FBN is only available in about 40 million homes, reading them will be the only way many of you will be able to get to the interview.