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Marc Andreessen vs. Reid Hoffman in Yahoo Savior Face-Off? Not Yet. (But Delicious to Imagine.)

Kara Swisher in News on December 1, 2011 at 2:23 am PT

Whoa, Nelly! How fantastic would it be for Silicon Valley tech legends Marc Andreessen and Reid Hoffman to battle for control of Yahoo? Too fantastic to actually happen. But one can hope.

Exclusive: Disney Acquires “Sophisticated” Mommy Blog Platform Babble Media

Kara Swisher in Media on November 14, 2011 at 6:45 am PT

Organic arugula alert: Disney’s interactive unit is calling all urban hipster parents!

Saul Hansell Departs AOL to Be EIR at Betaworks

Kara Swisher in News on November 8, 2011 at 1:57 pm PT

The prominent former New York Times writer is aiming to be an entrepreneur, just like the ones he used to write about.

Clearspring Buys Data Science Start-Up XGraph

Kara Swisher in News on November 1, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Clearspring, the social sharing company — in an effort to increase its business as a marketing analytics player — has acquired XGraph, a data science firm.

HuffPost at One Biiiilllliiion Monthly Page Views: More Buying, More Launching, More Hiring

Kara Swisher in Media on October 3, 2011 at 1:15 am PT

It’s definitely better than one million!

Insider Buying: Top Execs — But Not Its CEO Carol Bartz — Purchase Shares of Yahoo on the Open Market

Kara Swisher in News on August 11, 2011 at 2:31 pm PT

Ross Levinsohn and Blake Irving, who head Yahoo’s two biggest units, go long on the company. Someone had to do it.

At Tomorrow’s AOL Investor Day, Will “Execution” Focus Mean Cylinders Firing or Heads Rolling?

Kara Swisher in Media on June 15, 2011 at 6:04 am PT

Talking to AOL CEO Tim Armstrong earlier this week about its investors day tomorrow, he used the word “execution” a lot. No, not the kind evoking a firing squad if he did not succeed at turning around the New York-based Internet giant soon as he has long promised. He means the good kind.

Confirmed: Microsoft Will Announce Acquisition of Skype Tomorrow Morning

Kara Swisher in News on May 9, 2011 at 8:14 pm PT

The Wall Street Journal reported earlier tonight that Microsoft–in what would be its most aggressive acquisition in the digital space–was zeroing in on buying Skype for $8.5 billion all in. Sources told BoomTown tonight that the deal for the online telephony and video communications giant is actually done and will be announced early tomorrow morning.

Exclusive: Efficient Frontier Buys Context Optional for $50 Million

Kara Swisher in Social on May 4, 2011 at 9:15 am PT

Online performance marketing firm Efficient Frontier is acquiring San Francisco-based social marketing software and services start-up Context Optional, the company said. While terms of the deal were not revealed, sources said the price was $50 million. The purchase of San Francisco’s Context Optional is the first one for Efficient Frontier.

SurveyMonkey Buys Online Forms Start-Up Wufoo for $35 Million

Kara Swisher in News on April 25, 2011 at 8:28 am PT

SurveyMonkey, the quiet but profitable and fast-growing Web survey company, is buying online forms start-up Wufoo. While the terms of the transaction for the Tampa, Fla.-based Infinity Box–makers of Wufoo–were not disclosed, sources said the price was $35 million in cash and stock.