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AOL Beats Low Expectations, Increasing Ad Revenue and Slowing Total Decline in Q4 (Plus Charts!)

Kara Swisher in News on February 1 at 4:26 am PT

At AOL, down is the new up. No. Really.

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.

Yahapocalypse Now? Q4 Results, Proxy Fight, Board Hijinks and Asia Solution Combine for Busy Month for Yahoo.

Kara Swisher in News on January 9 at 1:12 pm PT

A perfect storm for the Silicon Valley Internet giant or just another day at “The Office”?

Most Tech Stocks Were Naughty, Some Nice and Only Apple Merry, as Year Ends

Kara Swisher in News on December 26, 2011 at 1:06 pm PT

Tech investors had better watch out in 2012.

Now, Breathe: Demand Media Beats Wall Street Expectation in Q3

Kara Swisher in Media on November 7, 2011 at 1:43 pm PT

The online social content company did better than expected in the recent quarter, but it still has to prove its model has more lucrative legs.

Exclusive: Carol Bartz Out at Yahoo; CFO Tim Morse Named Interim CEO

Kara Swisher in News on September 6, 2011 at 3:55 pm PT

According to sources at the company, Yahoo’s Carol Bartz is no longer CEO of Yahoo. CFO Tim Morse has been named interim CEO. The situation around the departure is unclear, but Bartz has had a rocky tenure in her 30 months at the company.

Demand CEO Richard Rosenblatt Talks Panda

Kara Swisher in Media on May 9, 2011 at 6:29 am PT

Last week, after he turned in better-than-expected earnings and tried to explain to a worried Wall Street how the search algorithm changes at Google, called Panda, were significant but not devastating to his business, BoomTown had a short phone interview with Demand Media CEO Richard Rosenblatt.

Liveblogging Demand Media's Q1 Earnings: Perky Perfecting!

Kara Swisher in Media on May 5, 2011 at 2:13 pm PT

Today, after Demand Media beat Wall Street expectations, its cheerful execs got on the horn with investors to explain how it plans to beat the Panda. That would be the beastly name for Google’s rejiggering of its search algorithm, in order to rid search results of poor quality content. BoomTown liveblogged the event, of course.

Demand Media Beats the Street in Q1 Earnings and Promises to Clean Up Its Content Act

Kara Swisher in Media on May 5, 2011 at 1:39 pm PT

Demand Media handily beat Wall Street expectations in its first quarter results today, released after the market closed. The company reported revenue of $79.5 million and six cents a share in adjusted net income. Investors were expecting the company to report about $69.6 million in revenue for the three months, with four cents a share in profits. On a GAAP basis, net loss per share was 13 cents compared to 94 cents a year ago.

Kung Fu Panda Too? Demand Media Q1 Earnings All About Battling the Bears

Kara Swisher in Media on May 5, 2011 at 6:06 am PT

Later today, Demand Media will report its first-quarter earnings, its second outing after its IPO earlier this year. But what most will be paying more mind to will be what the content company’s top execs have to say about the impact of search algorithm updates at Google–codenamed “Panda”–to its various Web offerings.