Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 22, 2011 at 9:09 am PT
Still suffering withdrawal from an annual holiday-season Hobbit habit? Hope is but a year away.
Kara Swisher in Media on December 15, 2011 at 8:27 am PT
In a rare partnership, Arianna Huffington makes way for some fancy Hollywood online content producers.
Kara Swisher in Media on December 6, 2011 at 12:20 am PT
This simple Web video shows how good the genre can be. Also, it’s pretty.
Kara Swisher in AsiaD on November 17, 2011 at 2:34 pm PT
Here’s an entertainment exec who loves the Internet. Don’t all stare at once.
Kara Swisher in Media on November 9, 2011 at 12:10 am PT
Who doesn’t want more “Hobbit”? No one, that’s who!
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.
Kara Swisher in Media on June 20, 2011 at 12:02 pm PT
Maker Studios, a new-generation production company, has just gotten another $2.5 million in venture funding to help it make videos, mostly for YouTube.
That brings total funding from Greycroft Partners and GRP Partners to $4 million for a studio created to bring more professional original content to the Internet.
Kara Swisher in News on April 22, 2011 at 10:58 am PT
One of the results of Yahoo’s weak earnings report earlier this week has been the renewal of chatter about possible changes in its leadership and even ownership.
And continued investor discomfort with its troubled stock price and the level of renewed grumbling by major institutional shareholders is causing some key players to go back to their PowerPoints to reevaluate various options.
Kara Swisher in News on April 7, 2011 at 7:17 pm PT
According to sources close to the situation, Intel Capital and Advance Publications will lead a $30 million investment round in Kno, the high-profile student tablet start-up.
In addition to the funding from its venture capital ark, Intel itself will license the hardware design of Kno, which will now focus on its software to manage the devices that are aimed at the college market.
Jeffrey Ball, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 4, 2011 at 4:04 pm PT
After years of blustery growth, wind power is facing a blow-back in some of its major markets. It is reeling from lackluster electricity demand in many mature economies, rock-bottom prices for competing natural gas in the U.S. and uncertainty throughout much of the world about government subsidies. Companies that make wind turbines are slashing production at some plants and reconsidering previous expansion.
