BermanBraun to Launch Three Non-HuffPost Sites — Including Weather — for AOL

In a rare partnership, Arianna Huffington makes way for some fancy Hollywood online content producers.
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The Rise of Google, the Ascent of Facebook and the Decline of Everyone Else

Very reasonable bet: Google + Facebook will own 50 percent of the Web ad market by the end of this month.
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eBay Adds Former Microsoft Employee Ken Moss to Its Executive Team

EBay has appointed Ken Moss to the position of VP of technology and science, responsible for developing the back-end buyer and seller experience.
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Ex-MSN Head Moore Joins Yell Group

We knew Microsoft veteran Scott Moore was leaving his job as head of the MSN portal, and now we know where he’s landed: Yell Group, the U.K. yellow pages and marketing outfit. Moore will take the newly created job of chief digital officer, targeting products to small and medium-size businesses.

Exclusive: MSN U.S. Head Scott Moore to Depart Portal

Scott Moore, who runs the U.S. arm of Microsoft’s MSN portal, is leaving the building. Thank you very much.
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My Picks for Yahoo’s Next CEO — Maybe Snoop Dogg, Ya Digg?

While the Yahoo board has yet to begin a search, I have already been hard at work on selecting the next CEO.
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Latest in Web Tracking: Stealthy “Supercookies”

Major websites such as MSN.com and Hulu.com have been tracking people’s online activities using powerful new methods that are almost impossible for computer users to detect, new research shows.

EBay Hires Ex-Yahoo Exec Don Bradford to Head Up Social

Ebay has hired Don Bradford to fill a new position at the company in charge of leading its social commerce efforts.

Will Yahoo Be In Play Again? Here's a Few Scenarios (That Could Be More Than Just Scenarios)

One of the results of Yahoo’s weak earnings report earlier this week has been the renewal of chatter about possible changes in its leadership and even ownership. And continued investor discomfort with its troubled stock price and the level of renewed grumbling by major institutional shareholders is causing some key players to go back to their PowerPoints to reevaluate various options.

Exclusive: Yahoo Nabs Microsoft Exec Brett Wayn to Help Local Efforts

After it struck its online advertising and search partnership with Yahoo, Microsoft tapped longtime Internet exec Brett Wayn to work with Greg Nelson durung the integration. Well, Wayn must have liked what he saw at the Silicon Valley Internet giant, since he is bouncing there from his job at the Redmond, Wash. software giant to run local efforts at Yahoo.

Wonderwall Goes Latino