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As Weak Q4 Earnings Loom, Yahoo Freezes Hiring and Also Contemplates Layoffs

Kara Swisher in News on January 19 at 5:10 am PT

More not-good news from Silicon Valley’s troubled giant.

IBM Results Fall Short of Forecasts

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on October 17, 2011 at 1:23 pm PT

Big Blue runs into the big slowdown.

Yahoo’s Interim CEO in Internal Meeting: “Time Is a Constraint” (Also, Blame the Media!)

Kara Swisher in News on October 6, 2011 at 2:59 pm PT

I don’t know why I am not just invited to these Yahoo gatherings, since it would make my life a lot easier.

Will RIM Not Disappoint Again This Quarter?

Kara Swisher in Mobile on September 15, 2011 at 11:43 am PT

Research in Motion reports its earnings later today and many are hopeful that the results won’t be as awful as previous quarters.

Myspace: A Cautionary Tale or Just a Basic Belly Flop?

Kara Swisher in Social on August 11, 2011 at 11:51 am PT

That had to hurt.

Yahoo Bored Meeting? Not This Time!

Kara Swisher in News on April 13, 2011 at 9:35 am PT

Today and tomorrow, Yahoo’s directors are gathering here in Silicon Valley for one of their regular meetings that take place over the course of the year. While board meetings in general are usually pretty dull affairs–and Yahoo’s, in particular, are typically glacial ones–there is a lot on the plates of those with purview over the machinations of the long-struggling Silicon Valley Internet giant.

Google's Content Farming: Good for Consumers or Good for PR?

Kara Swisher in News on February 25, 2011 at 1:02 am PT

In another significant search announcement yesterday, Google said it was revising its algorithm to target makers of low-quality content. Perhaps I’m being cynical, but the noisy search algorithm changes, while welcome to those using Google, also have a pretty clear goal to burnish the Silicon Valley company’s image.

Demand Responds to Google Content Purge

Kara Swisher in News on February 25, 2011 at 12:01 am PT

Here’s a blog post that Demand Media put up in response to Google’s announcement last night that it would prune low-quality content from its search results. Is Demand its target? The newly public company begs to differ.

Liveblogging Demand Media's (and Richard Rosenblatt's) First Earnings Call: The Avocado Difference!

Kara Swisher in News on February 22, 2011 at 2:08 pm PT

BoomTown always enjoys the maiden voyage of a newly public company, so liveblogging Demand Media’s first quarterly earnings seems like a must-do. It’s also the first public outing for CEO Richard Rosenblatt, who has sold off his previous entrepreneurial efforts. His first point: Where else can you find out how to ripen an avocado?

Yahoo Restructures U.S. Ad Sales Force–With No New Head (But Apparently a Lot of Princes Charming)

Kara Swisher in News on August 2, 2010 at 1:30 pm PT

Yahoo announced today that it was restructuring its advertising sales force, after being without a head of its key U.S. unit since mid-March. Big news: No new top ad sales exec. Instead, several North American sales execs with larger portfolios will report directly to Hilary Schneider, who is in charge of the Americas for Yahoo. “I have kissed a lot of frogs over the years, but it turned out the Prince Charmings we always needed were back at the ranch,” said Schneider.