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Former CEO Thompson Might Be Gone, But Internal Investigation Into ResuMess Still a Hot Potato at Yahoo

Kara Swisher in News on May 22 at 9:03 am PT

The mystery of the botched bio lingers on.

ESPN Retools Radio App, Launches on iPad

Lauren Goode in Product News on May 15 at 7:00 am PT

ESPN is boasting better sound and offline listening with its new $4.99 radio app. Like rabid sports fans needed an excuse to download it.

Not So Scott Free? Yahoo’s Other Big Shareholder — Cap Re — Leaning Toward Supporting Loeb Over Thompson ResuMess.

Kara Swisher in News on May 10 at 3:56 pm PT

Is the tenure of Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson — who is now big with the excuses — in trouble if other shareholders start to bolt?

In 2009 Interview, Yahoo CEO Does Not Deny He Has a CS Degree, and Calls Himself an “Engineer” (Audio)

Kara Swisher in Media on May 3 at 11:22 pm PT

Mistakes pile atop of mistakes for Scott Thompson in computer science degree controversy.

News Byte

AOL Joins Rush Limbaugh Ad Exodus

Peter Kafka in Media on March 5 at 9:14 am PT

AOL became the eighth advertiser to pull its ads from Rush Limbaugh’s radio talk show, after the conservative host referred to a Georgetown law school student as a “slut” and a “prostitute.” An AOL spokeswoman told AOL’s Huffington Post that the company was “suspend[ing] advertising” because “Mr. Limbaugh’s comments are not in line with our values.”

The Internet Hasn’t Killed the Radio Star: Clear Channel CEO Bob Pittman’s Full Dive Into Media Interview

Peter Kafka in Dive Into Media on February 9 at 11:07 am PT

The guy who helped build MTV, then AOL, is now running a radio giant in an Internet age. Why?

Viral Audio: A Look Back at Tech in 2011, and Forward to 2012

Kara Swisher in Media on December 28, 2011 at 1:06 am PT

Should auld iPhone 5 be forgot and never brought to market …

Pandora Beats the Street, Which Yawns

Peter Kafka in Media on November 22, 2011 at 2:43 pm PT

The music service is growing, and so is ad revenue. It even eked out a profit. Not enough to excite investors, apparently.

TuneIn: The Sequoia-Funded Radio App With More Usage Than Pandora or Spotify

Liz Gannes in News on November 21, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Ever heard of TuneIn? It’s a music app with 30 million active users that gets more usage on iPhone and Android than either Pandora or Spotify.

Hollywood Meets Silicon Valley, Up Close and Personal: YouTube CEO Salar Kamangar Comes to D: Dive Into Media

Peter Kafka in Dive Into Media on November 14, 2011 at 8:12 am PT

North meets South, tech meets content, and the rest of the world gets a rare opportunity to meet one of Google’s most important — and least known — players.