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Go the F**k Back to Sleep, Silicon Valley: Facebook IPO Likely to File Later Today at Earliest

Kara Swisher in News on February 1 at 6:36 am PT

I am already back to dreaming about champagne wishes and caviar dreams (for geeks, but not for me!).

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

Kara Swisher 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.)

Dow Jones Digital Departure: WSJ.com Head to Atlantic Media for New Project

Kara Swisher in Media on January 6 at 11:12 am PT

Kevin Delaney is headed out to start a secret new online thing for the D.C.-based media company. Shhh!

Viral Video: My Last Word on CircusCrunch (We Will Now Go Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Tech Scoops)

Kara Swisher in Media on September 19, 2011 at 12:25 am PT

It’s never over until it’s over. But let’s hope it’s over.

Give Me Back My Baby: Michael Arrington Trying to Buy Back TechCrunch From AOL — But Would AOL Sell It?

Kara Swisher in Media on September 6, 2011 at 11:57 am PT

Hoo boy. It gets worse, of course.

CrunchFund? Unethical Ventures? Pig Pile Partners? No Matter What You Call It, It’s Business as Usual in Silicon Valley.

Kara Swisher in Media on September 2, 2011 at 6:16 am PT

It’s a giant, filthy mud puddle of conflicts of interest in Silicon Valley, but everybody’s in the cesspool, it seems.

Silicon Valley’s Tom Perkins — Who Quit HP Board Over Phone Hacking — Backs News Corp. Execs in New Scandal

Kara Swisher in Media on July 19, 2011 at 12:02 am PT

Last time, the legendary VC dumped his directorship in indignation over HP’s spying of reporters’ phone records. This time, the News Corp. board member has a different view.

Early Adopter: Facebook Snags a Journalist, But What Will Vadim Lavrusik Do?

Drake Martinet in Social on April 29, 2011 at 3:05 pm PT

When tech giants hire ex-journalists, it’s usually for the PR shop. But Facebook’s newest media hire, Vadim Lavrusik, will be assigned to…gasp…help journalists. And what does that mean? Well, we got him on video to explain.

Viral Video: Google Inside Out With Steven Levy

Kara Swisher in News on April 26, 2011 at 12:27 am PT

The Churchill Club posted this video of a morning interview session I did with author and journalist Steven Levy last week in Silicon Valley. Levy talked about his new book, “In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives.”

Video: Steven Levy Talks About Google Book "In the Plex"

Kara Swisher in News on April 21, 2011 at 6:15 am PT

Earlier this week, BoomTown interviewed longtime author and tech journalist Steven Levy about his new book, “In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives.” I met Levy at the Plex in question–the Googleplex–to chitchat about what he learned after being embedded at the Borg, um, search giant for years.