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In Sun Valley, Media Chiefs Fret Over Economy

in News on July 8, 2010 at 3:11 pm PT

Media and technology executives and investors are sounding new alarms bells about the economy, worried it could wipe out recent growth. In an interview Thursday morning at the Allen & Co. conference in Sun Valley, WPP LLC chief executive Martin Sorrell cited the possible widening of Europe’s economic troubles along with the coming expiration of some tax cuts for business as among the fears of the media, entertainment and technology executives attending the annual event. “People feel that things are uncertain,” he said.

Yahoo-Microsoft Regulatory Filings Start This Week: Let the Legal Game-Playing Begin!

in News on August 4, 2009 at 3:01 am PT

After all the investor hubbub over the oh-no-they-didn’t deal between Yahoo and Microsoft starts to die down a bit, the pair are now embarking on the path that is the only way toward proving the efficacy of them joining together. That would be getting a variety of state, federal and international regulators to say yes to the wide-ranging online advertising and search arrangement they announced last week so they can start making it work. According to sources at both companies, a variety of filings will be made this week, including one to the Securities and Exchange Commission that should provide more details of the partnership.
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Day 32, Yahoo Held Hostage: Microsoft Recruiting "Big-Name CEOs" for New Board?

in News on March 3, 2008 at 4:40 am PT

Since BoomTown did an obsessive countdown after Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang last year unwisely promised a 100-day, top-to-bottom look at the company, with “no sacred cows” spared (as it turned out, they all were), I decided that–after the month-mark had passed since Microsoft made its unsolicited bid for Yahoo–it was time for a count-up! Thus, Day 32!

The Frienemy of My Frienemy Is My Enemiend

in News on May 17, 2007 at 12:06 pm PT

If Microsoft is planning an acquisition in the online marketing and advertising space, it better act fast, because if it waits much longer there won’t be anything left to acquire. This morning marketing conglomerate WPP agreed to pay $649 million for 24/7 Real Media, one of the last remaining independent Internet advertising specialists, in an [...]