Video Shopping Startup Joyus Raises $11.5M in Second Round, Focuses on ROI of Online Retail

Do online retailers need to make it count for merchants?
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Zynga Rejiggers Comp in a Bid to Retain Top Execs and Tie to Performance

Money makes the world go around, but can it turn around the online gaming giant?
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Matrix Partners Adds Two New EIRs

Matrix Partners has added two new entrepreneurs in residence, Kevin Barenblat and Mihir Shah. Barenblat founded social music app SpotDJ and Context Optional, a social marketing software startup which was bought by Adobe. Shah was the former CEO of mobile advertising platform Tapjoy, and also worked at social app firm RockYou and QuinStreet, a performance marketing firm. Both will focus on cloud, mobile, consumer Internet and ad tech at the Silicon Valley venture firm.

Actually, Amazon Paid About $150 Million for Goodreads

Um, not one billlllllllion dollars.
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Zynga CIO Debra Chrapaty Departs to Join Nirvanix as CEO

She has been replaced at the gaming company by Dorion Carroll.
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Alibaba Group Names Lu as CEO to Replace Ma

A new leader for the Chinese e-commerce giant, whose fast growth of late has boosted Yahoo stock.
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Loose Lips: Yahoo M&A Head Told Employees Company Looking at Two “Significant” and a Half-Dozen Small Buys

In most cases, they sink ships. Here, perhaps not.
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Gets a Million-Dollar Bonus After Six Months on the Job

With stock up since she arrived, it’s probably a bargain to investors.
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Up Is Down and Down Is Up: Yahoo Stock Waxes, While Apple Wanes

Exclusive: In Yet Another Internal Hire, Yahoo’s Mayer Makes Mann Search Head

YESS: Yahoo HR Exec Loses Mayer’s Survey Contest, Gangnam Style

Yahoo’s De Castro Begins Reorg of Ad Sales Unit

Mike Lynch Punches Back at Today’s HP Filing: Whither $5B Writedown?

Taking Stock of Internet Stocks in 2012: And the Winner Is … AOL?

As Yahoo Sales Reorg Proceeds, Former Interclick CEO Katz Departs

Exclusive: Is Andrew Mason on the Bubble as CEO of Groupon?

Yahoo and Facebook Not in Search Alliance Discussions