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One Year After IPO, Facebook’s Biggest Bets Could Take a Long Time to Pay Off
The products that could do well for Facebook’s bottom line still have a long way to go. Will Wall Street stay patient?
Facebook Nabs Brunswick’s Buckley for Top Communications Job
A new PR dude we can irritate!
News Byte
Former Yahoo Ad Exec and Interclick Founder Katz Joins Adaptly Board
Social advertising technology company Adaptly has added Interclick founder Michael Katz to its board. Katz recently left Yahoo under tense circumstances, as part of a larger company advertising reorganization. That aside, Katz is a well-regarded entrepreneur and innovator in the ad tech space; he took Interclick public and sold it to Yahoo for $270 million in late 2011. Adaptly works with a range of big brands, using a consolidated platform to complete a social media ad buys across multiple social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. The New York-based startup has raised about $13 million in funding so far.Mayer’s 10X Challenge: Yahoo’s Homepage, Mail and Search Traffic Show Significant Year-Over-Year Declines
The reality of traffic falloffs on key properties is a vexing issue.
“Something Ventured” Set to Air in January: The Risky Dudes Who Wrote the Checks That Made Silicon Valley
Everything gained.
With New Privacy Changes, Facebook Inches Toward Being the One True Social Network
New tweaks in Facebook’s privacy settings aim at a better user experience — and less need to go anywhere else on the social Web.
Marissa Mayer’s First Live Interview (Which ATD Had to Virtually Sneak Into): God. Family. Yahoo.
Going down those Internet pipes is really tight.
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VCs Still Chasing Web Companies, but With Less Cash
Venture investors still have a healthy appetite for early-stage consumer Internet companies, but those startups are having a harder time raising follow-on financing.Should Mark Pincus Take Zynga Private?
Several options have been floated for what Zynga should do next already. But could it go private?
What Mark Zuckerberg Needs to Address in His First Post-IPO Appearance
Someone has a lot to answer for.