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Penguin, Random House Ink Deal
Pearson PLC and Bertelsmann A.G., two of the world’s biggest media groups, agreed Monday on a plan to combine their book-publishing operations, Random House and Penguin.It’s Official: Yahoo Lays Off 2,000 Employees — 14 Percent of Workforce
CEO Scott Thompson promises that Yahoo, after staff cuts of 14 percent of the entire workforce, will be “smaller, nimbler, more profitable and better equipped to innovate as fast as our customers and our industry require.”
Yahoo’s Layoffs Tomorrow Morning of up to 2,000 Will Only Be the First Move of a Larger Purge to Come
A dark day will probably dawn by tomorrow in Sunnyvale.
Verizon Teams With Redbox for a Netflix-Style Video Service
Here’s the Netflix-style video service that Verizon wouldn’t talk about a couple months ago — a joint venture with Redbox, which has an uneasy relationship with a lot of big media companies.
Sony Unloads LCD Venture Stake on Samsung
Sony sells off its nearly 50 percent stake in its LCD manufacturing joint venture with Samsung.
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AT&T, T-Mobile Mull Plan B
AT&T Inc. and Deutsche Telekom AG, the parent of T-Mobile USA, have discussed forming a joint venture that would pool network assets from the two U.S. wireless carriers as an alternative transaction if their current acquisition deal falls apart, people familiar with the matter said.Exclusive: Mickie Rosen to Join Yahoo as Audience Head
Yahoo is hiring former News Corp. and Disney online exec Mickie Rosen to run its Audience unit, which includes the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s powerful content sites, sources said. Rosen will report to Americas head Ross Levinsohn, who has worked with her before, both at News Corp. and Fuse Capital. The move is Levinsohn’s first management rejiggering since he took over last year, and there is likely to be more to come.
Exclusive: Comcast's Top Digital Exec Amy Banse to Open New Silicon Valley Equity Fund for Cable Giant and NBC
Amy Banse, currently the president of Comcast Interactive Media, is shifting into a job as head of a new Silicon Valley-based equity fund aimed at making digital investments for the television cable giant, as well as its new NBC Universal unit, according to sources with knowledge of the plans. As part of the shift, sources said, Banse will be charged with combining two existing corporate investment funds: NBC U’s Peacock Equity and Comcast Interactive Capital.
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Newsweek, Daily Beast to Merge
Newsweek magazine and news website The Daily Beast have agreed to a deal that will make Daily Beast co-founder Tina Brown the editor-in-chief of the combined operation, according to people familiar with the situation, three weeks after they abandoned talks of a merger over a disagreement about control.
Zynga and SoftBank in an Online Games Joint Venture in Japan–And Officially Confirm $150 Million Investment
Online games phenom Zynga and Japanese Internet and telecom giant SoftBank announced a joint venture to develop and distribute social games across Japan. The new Tokyo-based service will be called Zynga Japan and is Zynga’s first foray into that country. The companies also said SoftBank had completed a $150 million investment in Zynga, which had been previously reported.
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