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Exclusive: The Billion-Dollar Inside Story of How Demand Media Almost Went Private Last Week (And Then Didn’t)

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.

Yahoo Sues Facebook for Patent Infringement, Which Social Network Calls “Puzzling” (Including Filing)

Kara Swisher in News on March 12 at 1:15 pm PT

In what is either the boldest gamble of its history or the most boneheaded, Yahoo has filed a massive legal attack against the powerful social networking giant for intellectual property violations.

Yahoo Bidders Come in at $16.50 to $17.50, With Plan to Keep Jerry Yang on Board

Kara Swisher in News on November 30, 2011 at 12:36 am PT

As the Yahoo turns, the board finally gets down to brass tacks of a possible deal.

With No-Yahoo-CEO Pledge, David Kenny Back in the Strategic Fray

Kara Swisher in Media on November 8, 2011 at 12:42 pm PT

What will David Kenny do? Maybe get something cooking in the whole what-will-Yahoo-do stakes, now that one of Yahoo’s more active board members is back.

Apple Brand Ascendent, While Yahoo’s Is in Marketing Retrograde

Kara Swisher in News on October 5, 2011 at 5:55 am PT

Way to go, Yahoo marketing! I think that pricey “It’s You” campaign might not have worked.

After Pushing webOS Off a Cliff, HP Watches Its Stock Take a Deep Dive

Kara Swisher in News on August 19, 2011 at 10:40 am PT

In the 24 hours since Hewlett-Packard announced it was cutting production of its high-profile webOS devices and might spin off its huge consumer PC business, stock of the tech giant has plummeted 20 percent.

Wall Street Welcomes the Content Farm: Demand Media Supersizes Its IPO

Peter Kafka in Media on January 26, 2011 at 3:30 am PT

It’s the first big-name Web company to go public in a very, very long time. And there was enough appetite for Demand to sell more shares, at a higher price, than it had planned. Now everyone else gets to vote.

Eric Schmidt Lost $300 Million in Google CEO Shake-Up and He's Still Richer Than You

John Paczkowski in News on January 24, 2011 at 9:30 am PT

Google’s just given outgoing CEO Eric Schmidt a $100 million equity award. A nice little bonus, but not large enough to offset the losses he’s suffered since announcing he is stepping down as CEO.

Could Nokia's Miracle Be Microsoft?

John Paczkowski in News on January 19, 2011 at 3:00 am PT

Now that Nokia has a new CEO, should it adopt a new smartphone strategy as well? There are strong arguments on both sides. On the one hand, Nokia has put an awful lot of money and effort into Symbian^3 and MeeGo, the mobile operating systems with which it hopes to regain high-end leadership in the industry. On the other, the person who defined that strategy, former CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, was ousted last September after an ugly 70 percent decline in Nokia’s market value.