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Demand Media Beats Expectations Slightly in Q4 Report; Buying Back More Stock; CEO: “Turbulent Year”

Kara Swisher in News on February 16 at 1:32 pm PT

Demand makes its numbers, as Wall Street scrutinizes the online content company’s traffic and costs.

Former Myspace Music Head Holt Lands as COO at Maker (Plus Cool Video!)

Kara Swisher in Media on October 31, 2011 at 11:10 am PT

As video on the Web evolves, Courtney Holt moves to the new-generation production company — which makes and distributes more professional original content to the Internet, mostly via YouTube.

Yahoo Focuses on Tentpole Events With New Head

Kara Swisher in News on April 20, 2011 at 7:11 am PT

At least one thing in yesterday’s lackluster first-quarter earnings report for Yahoo that got its Microsoft-search-bashing CEO Carol Bartz excited was the Silicon Valley Internet giant’s traffic gusher for big tentpole events such as the Super Bowl and the Oscars. There will be more of that, it seems, with the elevation of Yahoo exec Sam Silverstein as head of its special events coverage. Sources said it will be a major area of emphasis, given obvious advertiser interest.

Liveblogging Demand Media's (and Richard Rosenblatt's) First Earnings Call: The Avocado Difference!

Kara Swisher in News on February 22, 2011 at 2:08 pm PT

BoomTown always enjoys the maiden voyage of a newly public company, so liveblogging Demand Media’s first quarterly earnings seems like a must-do. It’s also the first public outing for CEO Richard Rosenblatt, who has sold off his previous entrepreneurial efforts. His first point: Where else can you find out how to ripen an avocado?

Yahoo 3Q Earnings Slides: The Good, the Bad and the Revenue Ugly

Kara Swisher in News on October 19, 2010 at 1:54 pm PT

BoomTown will begin livebombing, oops, liveblogging the Yahoo third-quarter conference call with Yahoo execs and Wall Street analysts in five minutes. Until then, please peruse the slides the Silicon Valley Internet giant has provided.

Yahoo Tops Earnings Expectations, While Revenue Remains Weak (And Outlook Even Worse)

Kara Swisher in News on October 19, 2010 at 1:17 pm PT

Yahoo turned in a much-needed solid quarter in its third-quarter earnings report, with slightly better-than-expected net income, although still weak revenue. Wall Street consensus was that Yahoo’s net income would rise to 15 cents a share from 13 cents a year ago and that revenue would be a flattish $1.13 billion. Instead, Yahoo’s net revenue was $1.12 billion–which is minus traffic acquisition costs–on earnings of 29 cents a share. But net earnings per diluted share for the third quarter of 2010 included a benefit of 13 cents per diluted share related to the gain on the sale of HotJobs.

Liveblogging Yahoo's Second-Quarter Earnings Call: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Flat Revenue?

Kara Swisher in News on July 20, 2010 at 2:22 pm PT

After announcing its second-quarter earnings this afternoon, after the markets closed, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz and CFO Tim Morse held the usual conference call. Here’s BoomTown’s liveblog of the upbeat performance, which still could not hide the troubling revenue weakness.

AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Live at D8

Peter Kafka in D8 on June 3, 2010 at 10:45 am PT

Good news for AOL CEO Tim Armstrong: His predecessor, AOL founder Steve Case, thinks the Google veteran has a chance to turn around the company. The bad news: He has a very long way to go.

Tumblr Raises Another $5 Million From Spark and Union Square. Now It Wants Your Money.

Peter Kafka in Media on April 20, 2010 at 3:00 am PT

Tumblr’s David Karp, seen carpet surfing on the cover of New York Magazine this week, says his hipster blog service is ready to become a real business. Karp’s VC backers seem to believe him.