Yahoo Offer to Buy Contact Startup Xobni Is at a Price of $30M to $40M

Yahoo’s new HR rule: If you can’t hire them, buy their company.
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Yahoo’s Bid for Hulu in $600M to $800M Range — Even as It Preps Other Big Deals in Mobile and Communications

Get ready for a very noisy game of musical chairs over the premium video site. Meanwhile, Mayer is still shopping for deals.
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Yahoo Tumblrs for Cool: Board Approves $1.1 Billion Deal as Expected

Done (just like we said).
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Content Gains Allow Demand Media to Beat Wall Street Expectations on Q1 Earnings and Revenue

Strong performance of media properties added to the results.
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News Byte

Study: Consumers Don’t Heart Same-Day Delivery as Much as Retailers Think

According to a new survey from the Boston Consulting Group, “consumers are much more interested in free delivery and lower prices than in the same-day delivery of goods ordered online.” Although many online retailers have jumped to offer this feature, the study of 1,500 consumers found that only 9 percent said same-day delivery was a key factor in online retail satisfaction. Free delivery and low prices scored significantly higher, although “affluent millennials” — shoppers from 18 to 34 years old and with a household income exceeding $150,000 — were more likely to respond to same-day delivery offerings.

Rubicon Project Adds Two Top Execs, as Ad Tech Company Moves Toward IPO

Is ad tech ready to go big and go IPO?
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Anne Wojcicki of 23andMe on One Million-DNA March and More (Video)

Apple Analysts Take Stock and Its Shares Wax and Wane (Mostly Wane)

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

Home-Furnishing Retailers’ Web Aspirations Struggle

Holiday Price War Rages in Real Time

Yahoo Is Among Those Mulling a TVGuide.com Bid for About $20 Million

Facebook 8-K: Zuckerberg Will Not Sell Any Shares for One Year (Filing)

Q: Can Facebook Shares Go Lower? A: How Well Can You Limbo?

Fenwick VC Survey: Q2 Funding Valuations Shoot the Moon

OnLive Bought by, Um, OnLive (Via Former Investor Lauder Partners)