Kara Swisher in News on May 17 at 11:39 pm PT
Could the never-ending Yahoo-Alibaba deal finally be close to a handshake? Yes, indeedy.
Kara Swisher in News on May 5 at 9:33 am PT
While many across the blogosphere — including some very clever tweets — called for the head of Scott Thompson tout de suite, that’s just not going to happen. At least for
now. And here’s why.
Kara Swisher in News on April 28 at 11:02 am PT
According to sources close to the situation, Demand Media was deep into discussions with a private equity firm to complete a deal that would have taken the online content company private for double its current value.
Kara Swisher in News on January 26 at 7:56 am PT
The beat goes on … and on … and on.
Kara Swisher in Media on July 5, 2011 at 12:05 pm PT
Here’s a handy helper for those following the fate of the Hulu premium online video service, whose noisy efforts to sell itself have gotten a lot of attention of late:
“In preliminary talks” = “hawking itself to one of a half dozen big moneybag tech companies who will visit with Hulu’s bankers and management to see its presentation at Morgan Stanley’s office in Century City in Los Angeles.”
Kara Swisher in News on April 4, 2011 at 6:21 am PT
While no one inside or outside Myspace owner News Corp. expects fireworks and giant piles of money, the tire-kicking for the long-troubled social-networking-turned-entertainment site actually starts Wednesday.
That’s when about a dozen interested parties will finally get a walk-through of the books and more by management and the serious talks begin.
But, said several sources, despite a variety of reports of various interested buyers, no deal is imminent with any one of them.
Kara Swisher in News on March 16, 2011 at 12:02 am PT
Flixster–the popular social movie site whose brands include the Rotten Tomatoes premium reviews site, as well as BuddyTV–is in early acquisition talks with several suitors, including Yahoo, said sources close to the situation.
The price being discussed for the San Francisco-based start-up is between $60 million and $90 million, said several sources, in talks that are “substantive.”
News Byte
Voices in News on February 7, 2011 at 10:32 am PT
Google has
begun preliminary talks with European Union regulators in an effort to resolve an antitrust investigation that began in November, according to a source cited by Reuters today. The probe was launched after competitors charged that Google was using its dominant position in search to favor its own services in its result rankings.
