Peter Kafka in Media on February 22 at 4:00 am PT
Ad tech firm Resonate has a simple pitch: It says it can figure out what different groups of Internet users care about, and where to find them on the Web.
Kara Swisher in News on November 30, 2011 at 8:30 pm PT
You say you want a revolution? How about an investment, instead?
Kara Swisher in Media on July 7, 2011 at 9:24 am PT
I love the smell of blog wars in the morning!
Acting as Facebook often does to Google, a new site started by former Engadget editor Josh Topolsky just hired away yet another passel of tech journalists from the giant gadgets news and reviews organization.
It is Topolsky’s second major talent raid since he left his editor-in-chief job there in March, for a new gadget property aimed at unseating Engadget.
Kara Swisher in News on April 6, 2011 at 8:49 am PT
Just what is SB Nation’s Jim Bankoff up to?
Earlier this week, he hired away eight staffers from AOL’s Engadget in order to create a competing tech news and gadget site.
And now, according to sources close to the situation, the former AOL content head is close to hiring another former top AOL media exec, Marty Moe, to manage it and also more niche sites the blog network is contemplating launching.
Kara Swisher in News on April 3, 2011 at 7:34 pm PT
Jim Bankoff, the fomer AOL exec responsible for buying Engadget for the Internet portal, has grabbed eight staffers who had recently left the huge tech site amid tensions, in order to start a new gadget property for his SB Nation sports and news platform.
The site–which is still unnamed and will be run by outgoing Engadget Editor-in-Chief Josh Topolsky–will debut sometime in the fall.
Meanwhile, AOL has zeroed in on a new leader to replace Topolsky.
Kara Swisher in News on March 10, 2011 at 11:58 am PT
Steve Case and Ted Leonsis are bringing their old AOL band back together once again, this time by raising a $400 million growth equity fund.
The pair, the legendary top execs who rocketed AOL to the top of the Internet business in the 1990s, are now making the rounds in New York and elsewhere to pitch their new investment vehicle, sources said.
Kara Swisher in News on January 16, 2011 at 4:15 pm PT
SnagFilms, the online video distribution site for professional documentaries, has nabbed $10 million in funding from Comcast’s investment arm and New Enterprise Associates, and will also now be distributing fictional independent releases.
That and the new investment giving SnagFilms a valuation of $50 million should be big news at the 11th Sundance Film Festival, the famous independent film gathering opening in Park City, Utah, on Thursday.
Kara Swisher in News on January 12, 2011 at 6:01 am PT
With a ridiculously large investor group and an even larger pile of expectations now, how will Groupon manage its funding success going forward?
Whatever happens, the social buying service’s gathering of many of the digital arena’s most prominent VC firms, institutional investors and angels could be one of the digital sectors most interesting sideshows.
Kara Swisher in News on December 21, 2010 at 2:44 pm PT
Simply put: The five top Web 2.0 superstar companies have no women on their board of directors.
As in
zero.
Kara Swisher in News on November 8, 2010 at 12:02 am PT
SB Nation, the Washington, D.C.-based sports blog and news start-up, has just completed a $10.5 million Series C round, which is being led by Khosla Ventures, according to sources.
SB Nation has already raised about $13 million in total venture funding from Accel Partners, Allen & Company, Comcast Interactive Capital, as well as angel investors such as Ted Leonsis and others in Silicon Valley.
