Hearst Taps Demand Media’s Bradford and Yucaipa’s Johnson to “Redefine” the San Francisco Chronicle

Can the City by the Bay finally get the newspaper it deserves?
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Jawbone Hires Microsoft’s Mindy Mount as President to Turbocharge Ops

A new leader for the high-profile gadget maker.
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The Money Shot: Kara Swisher on Instagram’s Billion-Dollar Ride in Vanity Fair

There’s no picture of the moment when everything changed for Kevin Systrom.
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Video Shopping Startup Joyus Raises $11.5M in Second Round, Focuses on ROI of Online Retail

Do online retailers need to make it count for merchants?
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San Francisco Names New CIO, Who’ll Be in Charge of New Open Data Policy

Can he bring the digital city’s data into the 21st century?
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Circa’s Matt Galligan on Building a Different Kind of News Reader (Video)

Mobile news apps are hot. Summly just sold for a ridonkulous amount of money, for example. So what’s up with the “atomic bits” list-makers of the San Francisco?
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Zynga Rejiggers Comp in a Bid to Retain Top Execs and Tie to Performance

Money makes the world go around, but can it turn around the online gaming giant?
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Eventbrite Hires CFO in Expansion of Top Exec Ranks

In its first C-level hire from outside the company, Eventbrite has brought in experienced finance exec Mark Rubash as CFO.
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News Byte

Mango Health App That Games Taking Meds Launches With Target Partnership

San Francisco-based Mango Health — a new mobile app aimed at allowing people to manage their personal health by tracking medications and nutritional supplements they take — is launching after a 16-week pilot program and a strategic deal with retail giant Target. The app rewards users with gift cards or allows them to make charitable donations for correctly following their medical regimens by using game design principles. Consumers can also check for interactions between medications, supplements and foods, and get dosage reminders. Mango has raised $3.1 million in seed funding from venture firms First Round Capital, Floodgate and Baseline Ventures, as well as angel investors Mark Pincus and Keith Rabois.

Actually, Amazon Paid About $150 Million for Goodreads

Um, not one billlllllllion dollars.
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Attention SXSW Hipsters: Watch This Video and Get Some Much-Needed Help

CFO Goldman Says Mayer Regime Has Been Improving “Quality of Life” at Yahoo

Exclusive: PayPal Co-Founder Levchin Launches New Payments Startup, Affirm

To VC or Not to VC: Former Square COO Rabois Leaning Toward Khosla Ventures Job

Gavin Newsom Talks About Transparent Government (Video)

Square COO Keith Rabois Departs Company

Special Projects Head Shakil Khan Moves on From Path

TaskRabbit Hires Google’s Brown-Philpot in a Renewed Management Expansion (Video)