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Yahoo Beats Q1 Expectations (as Expected) — Now, Will New CEO Outline More Strategery on Investor Call?

Kara Swisher in News on April 17 at 1:15 pm PT

An upside non-surprise as we await pearls of wisdom from new CEO Scott Thompson.

Exclusive: Yahoo’s Chief Product Officer Blake Irving Resigns

Kara Swisher in News on April 5 at 6:28 pm PT

Irving has left the purple building.

Exclusive: BermanBraun Buys Most of Shelby Bonnie’s Whiskey Media

Kara Swisher in Media on March 15 at 9:30 am PT

Can’t we all just get along? Yes! Hollywood grabs a piece of Silicon Valley content tech.

CEO Thompson Tells Yahoos “Real Change Is Coming” (It’s Exclusive Internal Memo Time!)

Kara Swisher in News on March 15 at 5:06 am PT

The new leader addresses the nervous troops: Once more unto the breach, dear possibly laid-off Yahoos, once more …

To Stanch Layoffs, Yahoo Has Been Shopping Its Ad Technology Platforms to Google, Microsoft and Others

Kara Swisher in News on March 14 at 8:04 am PT

There’s always yet another wacky money-making scheme on the horizon at Yahoo!

Viral Video: Finally, “Kara” Becomes a Cyborg (Bucket List, Check!)

Kara Swisher in Media on March 9 at 1:00 am PT

I always wanted to be a Terminator.

Checking In With the Foursquare Founder Parting: More “Tense” (Of Course)

Kara Swisher in News on March 6 at 11:46 am PT

Breaking up is hard to do, especially at start-ups.

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Zynga Shares Slide After J.P. Morgan Downgrade

Lauren Goode in News on March 5 at 8:10 am PT

Shares of Zynga were down nearly 6 percent Monday morning following a J.P. Morgan downgrade from “overweight” to “neutral.” The note comes after a 51 percent run-up since last January, which analyst Doug Anmuth attributed to investors’ focus on social gaming, the possibility of the legalization of online gambling and optimism over Zynga’s recently-announced game platform, which pushed Zynga shares up 10 percent last Thursday. But Anmuth says he believes “game economics will not change for Zynga, and it will likely take some time to drive traffic to the new site.”