Peter Kafka in Media on September 12, 2011 at 8:23 am PT
But more important: Photographer John de Guzman isn’t particularly happy that the image went viral.
Kara Swisher in Media on August 17, 2011 at 1:43 pm PT
Here’s a delicious juxtaposition you don’t get often: Various reports indicate that reality show empress Kim Kardashian’s upcoming wedding to New Jersey Nets basketball player Kris Humphries will be held at either the Montecito estate of Google’s Executive Chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt or that of a VC legend.
Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on October 29, 2010 at 9:09 am PT
Seagate shares are getting a boost this morning from an upbeat story in the New York Post on the prospects for talks on taking the company private.
Yesterday, the stock took a hit on a report that talks had collapsed. That was followed by multiple reports that KKR was likely to drop out of a group that has been discussing making an offer for the disk-drive maker.
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Voices in News on October 18, 2010 at 10:40 am PT
The New York Post is hearing from a source that data-storage leader
EMC is wooing Isilon, a specialist in “clustered storage,” with a $2 billion acquisition offer and that a deal should be sealed before the end of the year. The report also says that EMC-controlled VMware is talking to Novell about buying its SUSE Linux business.
Peter Kafka in Media on October 18, 2010 at 5:13 am PT
The advertising recovery is already in the works, but this could help move it along quite nicely: Close to a billion dollars to help promote big product launches from Redmond.
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Peter Kafka in Media on September 24, 2010 at 8:43 am PT
Not a surprise: NBC U head Jeff Zucker concedes that he will, in fact, step down once Comcast finishes buying his company from GE. The move was obvious to anyone who watched the two companies, but both sides refused to acknowledge it until now. The
New York Post says Zucker will get a very golden parachute as he exits–something north of $30 million. Meanwhile, Zucker defends his much-criticized tenure to the
New York Times: “The thing I regret most is not moving quickly enough.”
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Beth Callaghan in News on August 10, 2010 at 3:30 pm PT
The European Commission has now joined the
Federal Trade Commission in investigating Apple’s mobile-software development policies to determine whether they’re anti-competitive,
according to the New York Post. The policies in question prevent developers from using third-party tools to write software for Apple’s devices and ban Adobe’s Flash technology from its devices outright. Apple insists its methods are well within its rights.
Peter Kafka in Media on June 21, 2010 at 9:37 am PT
Or at least, the UPS guys delivering to Apple’s Upper West Side store.
Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on March 26, 2010 at 8:00 am PT
Radio Shack is “exploring strategic alternative including a possible sale of the company,” the New York Post reports this morning. Citing “people close to the situation,” the Post says the electronics chain could be sold for over $3 billion.
Peter Kafka in Media on March 3, 2010 at 1:18 pm PT
Instead of working for Rupert Murdoch, veteran reporter Peter Lauria will be answering to Barry Diller. The more important change: He’ll have the ability to publish more than once a day. Welcome to 2010, Peter!
