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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.

On The Verge of a New Tech Site, Which Finally Debuts

Kara Swisher in Media on October 31, 2011 at 7:18 pm PT

Tonight at 1 am PT, techies who have nothing else to do — that would be me! — can click onto a brand new tech site called The Verge.

With Yahoo Shares Dropping Below $15, Will Shareholder Patience Collapse Too?

Kara Swisher in News on June 17, 2011 at 6:32 am PT

Yahoo’s stock in on a downward slide again, just in time for its annual meeting next week. So, WWSD (What will shareholders do)?

Yahoo Preps for Investor Day Tomorrow, While Investors Prep for a Yahoo Grilling

Kara Swisher in News on May 24, 2011 at 10:05 am PT

It’s time for Yahoo’s annual meeting with its investors tomorrow. On the menu: Not-so-tasty Chinese issues, with a side of stock decline.

Arianna Huffington on Her New AOL Job: "I Want to Stay Here Forever"

Peter Kafka in Media on February 7, 2011 at 5:55 am PT

“I want this to be the last act of my life,” says AOL’s new content boss. CEO Tim Armstrong’s translation: It’s a “multiyear contract”

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo on Platforms, Reliability and Independence at D@CES

Peter Kafka in Media on January 7, 2011 at 4:49 pm PT

Twitter has crossed the threshold from Web novelty into something substantial. Now Dick Costolo’s job is to turn it into a business–one big enough to justify the sky-high valuation investors have given the messaging company.

Léo Makes It Official: SAP's Bill Wohl Joins Hewlett-Packard

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 7, 2011 at 4:19 pm PT

HP’s CEO brings on a trusted hand as chief communications officer, and launches a search for a new chief marketing officer. Want memos? We got ’em!

First-Gen Apple TV: $237 in Parts; Second-Gen Apple TV: $64 in Parts

John Paczkowski in News on October 6, 2010 at 3:00 am PT

Apple’s new Apple TV is about a quarter of the size of its predecessor. And it costs about a quarter as much to make it.

Could AOL Merge With Yahoo? Could News Corp. Make a Play? Takeover 2.0 With a Little Help From China's Alibaba?

Kara Swisher in News on September 30, 2010 at 11:54 am PT

Today, as news of the departure of Yahoo’s U.S. head Hilary Schneider and two other top execs got around Wall Street, investors and dealmakers were actually thinking of things other than executive turmoil. As in: Does the uncertainty, along with a naggingly lackluster stock price and weak growth, create pressure on its CEO Carol Bartz and its board to do something dramatic? In addition, does the messy public situation even provide an opportunity to put Yahoo into play, despite its market cap of $19 billion?