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Leaning In to No. 1: Sheryl Sandberg’s Book Tops Both NYT and Amazon Bestseller Lists

Kara Swisher in Media on March 25 at 5:49 pm PT

Bucket list check!

Old Media Doesn’t Get New Media, Chapter 203: The Sheryl Sandberg Attack

Kara Swisher in Media on February 24 at 3:26 pm PT

The relationship between old media and new media is, in the parlance of Facebook, complicated.

Taboola Raises $15 Million So It Can Suggest More Stories You Might Click On

Peter Kafka in Media on February 19 at 5:00 am PT

The people who tell you about stories “you might also like” get more money to do that.

Time Warner Put the “For Sale” Sign on Time Inc. Last Fall

Peter Kafka in Media on February 13 at 1:11 pm PT

Jeff Bewkes and company used to insist they wanted to hang on to their magazine business. They stopped saying that in September.

News Byte

Tim Cook, Marissa Mayer in the Running for Time’s Person of the Year

John Murrell in News on December 18, 2012 at 12:47 pm PT

Time magazine announced the eight frontrunners for its annual Person of the Year honor today, and right up there with Barack Obama and young Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai are a pair of Silicon Valley CEOs — Apple’s Tim Cook and Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer. The runaway winner in the online reader poll was North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, thanks to strong support among the Internet Wiseguy demographic. The winner will be announced tomorrow.

Marissa Mayer’s First Live Interview (Which ATD Had to Virtually Sneak Into): God. Family. Yahoo.

Kara Swisher in Media on November 27, 2012 at 8:06 pm PT

Going down those Internet pipes is really tight.

Romney Concession and Obama Acceptance Speeches in Three Minutes or Less

Kara Swisher in Media on November 7, 2012 at 9:49 am PT

In case you’re in a hurry.

Sony’s SmartWatch Not Ready for Primetime

Lauren Goode in Product Reviews on April 23, 2012 at 6:00 am PT

The wearable device pairs with some Android smartphones to send notifications and snippets of info straight to the watch.

Finally, a Reason to Read Magazines on a Tablet

Peter Kafka in Media on April 3, 2012 at 5:00 pm PT

Call it “Netflix for Magazines” — unlimited digital subscriptions for $10 or $15 a month.

Three Months After Bartz’s Firing, It’s Hurry Up and Wait at Yahoo (A Big Honking Update)

Kara Swisher in Media on December 7, 2011 at 9:43 am PT

Still no sale or investment deal. No new CEO. No Asia resolution. And, perhaps most importantly, no clearly articulated strategy going forward. Other than that …