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G5 Idled? Check! Name Tags On? Check! Weeklong Mogul Fest in Sun Valley Will End With Zuckerberg-Gates Chit-Chat.

Kara Swisher in Media on July 5, 2011 at 5:47 pm PT

In case you haven’t heard, the tech and media moguls have jetted their private planes to Sun Valley, Idaho, for the exclusive annual Allen & Company confab and are probably easing into the cocktail hour just about now. Break out the Kistler Chardonnay and name tags!

Will a Web Video Star Shine at Sundance?

Peter Kafka in Media on December 7, 2009 at 2:55 pm PT

The next wave of media stars is supposed to rise up from the Web, but so far, examples have been few and far between (how’s that Fred movie coming along, by the way?). But here’s another Internet success trying to make the leap into the big time, which is still, like it or not, defined by traditional media outlets: Next New Network host Bobby Miller, who is going to try to dazzle the judges at the Sundance Film Festival.

Boys Will Be–Especially, in Silicon Valley–Boys: Some Goofy Photos Après FaceFeed

Kara Swisher in News on August 10, 2009 at 8:39 pm PT

Yes, that’s Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg in shorts, knees and all, in a picture taken right “after signing the papers” to acquire FriendFeed for $50 million. The deal was announced today. One of FriendFeed’s founders, Paul Buchheit, posted them on his account at the online content-sharing site. They look like they were taken at night in someone’s driveway in Silicon Valley (nice fence!).

This Reminds Me of the Time I Forgot to Optimize My AdWords Campaign …

John Paczkowski in News on June 30, 2008 at 5:09 am PT

“We feel that we have recreated the mass media.” That’s how Google’s Kim Malone Scott, in a moment of Zuckerbergian modesty, described the company’s video syndication service that will debut this fall and, shortly thereafter, transform online content distribution.