262 posts and columns on press release

Fat Lady Finally Sings: Yahoo and Alibaba Officially Shake on $7 Billion Stock Sale Deal (Updated)

in News on May 20 at 3:34 pm PT

It’s done.
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Yahoo Officially Confirms ATD Report on CEO Changes and Proxy Settlement

in News on May 13 at 12:35 pm PT

All’s well that ends. At least for now — Happy Mother’s Day to all!
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Loeb Lobs Lawsuit, as Expected, at Yahoo’s Borked Bio Mess

in News on May 7 at 9:23 am PT

Botched CEO bio. Activist shareholder. Screwy board of directors. Mix it all together and what do you get?
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Code Advisors Takes a $25 Million Investment From J.P. Morgan

in News on May 2 at 9:01 pm PT

Big and little investment banks join hands to take on Silicon Valley better.
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Silver Lake Grabs Large Minority Stake of WME to Push Digital Initiatives

in News on May 2 at 10:59 am PT

Hollywood meets Silicon Valley. Again.
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Confirmed: Schultz and Efrusy to Leave Groupon Board; “Accounting Types” Joining

in Commerce on April 30 at 12:40 pm PT

Will a shake-up of the board of the daily deals company help its prospects?
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Yahoo Beats Q1 Expectations (as Expected) — Now, Will New CEO Outline More Strategery on Investor Call?

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.
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Another Science Start-Up, Wittlebee, Gets $2.5 Million in Funding for Kids’ Clothes Club

in Commerce on April 4 at 9:00 am PT

It’s kind of like a never-ending online Gap.
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Viral Video: Getty Images’ Mishmash 2012 Competition Global Winner

in Media on March 21 at 6:16 am PT

And the winner is …
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SXSW News: Jerry Levin’s StartUp Health Academy for Entrepreneurs Announces First Class

in News on March 12 at 11:20 am PT

It’s a nice break from similar groups that back companies designing apps to help people stalk each other at SXSW bars.
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Cloud Computing With a Chance of Mobile: Weather Channel Adds Former Quattro CEO to Board

in News, March 8, 2012 at 7:03 am PT

Like I Said: AOL Activist Investor Files Alternate Slate (and AOL Declines to Agree)

in Media, February 24, 2012 at 11:11 am PT

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

in News, February 16, 2012 at 1:32 pm PT

CEO Tim Cadogan Talks About OpenX’s First Profitable Quarter and Where Ad Tech Is Going Next (Video)

in Media, February 13, 2012 at 5:00 am PT

What Bubble? Andreessen Horowitz Raises $1.5 Billion Mega-Fund, Its Third.

in News, January 31, 2012 at 7:05 am PT

Columbia J-School and Stanford Eng Nab $30M Joint Gift for Media Innovation From Helen Gurley Brown

in Media, January 30, 2012 at 10:00 am PT

Making Sure the Next Zuckerberg or Gates Stays Put at Harvard

in News, January 27, 2012 at 3:40 pm PT

Former CBS Interactive Head Neil Ashe to Lead Wal-Mart’s Global Online Commerce Biz

in Commerce, January 16, 2012 at 2:45 pm PT

“Menry” Is Back at HP: CEO Meg Whitman Hires Longtime PR Guru Henry Gomez as Top Flack

in News, January 10, 2012 at 2:18 pm PT

Confirmed: Yahoo Names PayPal Head Scott Thompson as New CEO

in News, January 4, 2012 at 6:08 am PT

Samsung Hires Former AOL and Google Content Exec David Eun to Lead Renewed Media Push

in Media, December 14, 2011 at 6:20 am PT

AOL Names Jim Norton as New Head of Sales

in Media, December 9, 2011 at 10:00 am PT

Former Palm and Twitter Techie Mike Abbott Jumps From EIR at Benchmark to Kleiner Partner

in News, December 1, 2011 at 11:00 am PT

Wealthfront Finally Launches, Aimed at Silicon Valley’s “Richie Rich” Newbies

in Commerce, December 1, 2011 at 7:30 am PT

Former Color Co-Founder Peter Pham Heads to Former Myspace CEO’s L.A. Tech Studio (Video)

in News, November 21, 2011 at 8:00 am PT