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Gawker’s Nick Denton Loses a $100 Bet (Video)

Peter Kafka in Media on October 13, 2011 at 7:21 am PT

Featuring boozy narration courtesy of Reuters columnist Felix Salmon.

The Yahoo-Microsoft Deal: Tick, Tick, Tick…Boom?

Kara Swisher in News on July 28, 2009 at 4:49 am PT

Things are as tight as a tick over at Yahoo and Microsoft about the deal the pair have been discussing over the last months–as execs shuttle back and forth and forth and back and their boards deliberate on what will surely be one of the most important decisions for either company for the near-term future in the digital space. As various reports debate the terms of the deal, it is critically important to remember that, done badly or with too much haste, this massive and extremely complex deal is one with even greater potential to tank. “It could be game-changing or it could be one the biggest bombs ever,” said one exec close to the situation. “So, obviously, everyone is treating this very delicately.”

Yahoo and Microsoft: Breaking (And Making) Up Is Hard to Do

Kara Swisher in News on July 13, 2009 at 5:44 pm PT

Oh, they’re still talking. Except when they’re not. And, then, they are. Such has been the course of discussions Yahoo and Microsoft continue to be engaged in about a possible partnership deal around search and online advertising. “It runs hot, then cold, then hot, then who knows,” said one person close to the situation. It’s kind of like a digital version of the romantic travails of Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson, minus the paparazzi and screaming matches in trendy clubs. Here’s an update of the talks.

Finally, a Reason to Bring a Little More Lindsanity to BoomTown

Kara Swisher in News on April 15, 2009 at 5:11 am PT

Whatever her personal turmoil, troubled actress Lindsay Lohan–aka Lindsanity–has been the patron saint of the Web’s gossip sites, as well as magazines and more, most recently for the spectacular and restraining-orders-all-around breakup she has had with DJ Samantha Ronson. So where did Lohan go to get some control of the crazed situation back? Why the Internet, of course, with a pretty funny video of a spoof of an eHarmony online dating ad that is now a big hit on the comedy Web site, Funny or Die.