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How to Watch the NFL on the Web, Legally, for Free

Peter Kafka in Media on September 8, 2011 at 3:25 pm PT

Of course, you should watch football on TV. But if for some reason you can’t …

Exclusive Video: AOL's Tim Armstrong and HuffPo's Arianna Huffington Talk About Their Acquisition Touchdown From the Super Bowl

Kara Swisher in News on February 6, 2011 at 9:01 pm PT

Here’s an exclusive video interview BoomTown did with Huffington Post co-founder and Editor in Chief Arianna Huffington and AOL CEO Tim Armstrong this morning at Super Bowl XLV in Texas, just ahead of their announcement tonight that the Internet company was buying the news and opinion site. Like both the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the pair are going for an Internet content win, after AOL said it would pay $315 million, mostly in cash and a small amount of stock, for the Huffington Post.

Almost Famous: Pat Hanrahan of Tableau

Drake Martinet, Intern, All Things Digital in News on February 26, 2010 at 6:16 pm PT

This week: We dropped by the Gates Computer Science building at Stanford University for an interview with Pat Hanrahan. He isn’t just a professor of computer science and electrical engineering–he’s also the chief technology officer at Tableau, a software start-up that specializes in data visualization for businesses. Why do we think he’s the epitome of geek-chic? Maybe because he’s also a two-time Oscar winner. Seriously.

The One-Year Report Card of Yahoo’s Carol Bartz–Moxie: B+

Kara Swisher in News on February 2, 2010 at 9:15 am PT

You were expecting an A+, right? Because of all the cursing and tough talk and uber-sassy assistant and loyal sidekick, Judy. And especially, the use of elaborate barnyard metaphors from Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz’s growing up in Wisconsin to describe the Internet giant’s current state of affairs. But the colorful exec has been a lot more circumspect than you might realize–more Taylor Swift than Lady Gaga.

WTF? Web Throws Cheeseheads for a Loop.

Peter Kafka in Media on October 1, 2009 at 11:43 am PT

Is this what they mean by “creative destruction”? Potty-mouthed Web kids wreck a tourism group’s perfectly good name.

Liveblogging the Yahoo Fourth-Quarter Earnings Call: Yes, We Can

Kara Swisher in News on January 27, 2009 at 3:21 pm PT

Oh, a nice tiny surprise from Yahoo, as it reported its fourth-quarter results, which came in at 17 cents a share in adjusted earnings, compared to the 12 to 13 cents Wall Street was expecting. “Despite the challenging economic environment, Yahoo! delivered adjusted operating cash flow above the midpoint of guidance for the fourth quarter,” said new Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz in the company’s official release. But let’s experience Bartz Live and Unplugged at the fourth-quarter earnings call, including a Q&A in which–the company noted at the top of the call–former Yahoo CEO and co-founder Jerry Yang might make an unexpected cameo appearance. (He didn’t.)

Odd, the Parental Controls on Sen. Kohl's Copy of IE Have Been Set to Block YahooGoogleFacts.com

John Paczkowski in News on October 3, 2008 at 8:55 am PT

With a Department of Justice ruling on Google’s advertising partnership with Yahoo expected by late next week, a key legislator is urging further scrutiny of the deal. In a letter to the DOJ, Sen. Herb Kohl of Wisconsin, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, encouraged it to monitor the Google-Yahoo deal, even if the agency signs off on it.

Odd, the Parental Controls on Sen. Kohl’s Copy of IE Have Been Set to Block YahooGoogleFacts.com

John Paczkowski in News on October 3, 2008 at 8:55 am PT

With a Department of Justice ruling on Google’s advertising partnership with Yahoo expected by late next week, a key legislator is urging further scrutiny of the deal. In a letter to the DOJ, Sen. Herb Kohl of Wisconsin, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, encouraged it to monitor the Google-Yahoo deal, even if the agency signs off on it.

Live From New York: ATD Hires Peter Kafka to Pen a New Media and Advertising Blog

Kara Swisher in News on September 18, 2008 at 12:11 am PT

Although we did not raid the offices of Silicon Alley Insider and “steal” Peter Kafka, as the fanciful SAI kingpin Henry Blodget alleges–had it been a raid, BoomTown would have properly hog-tied Blodget so he could not make such spurious allegations!–it is true that SAI’s current managing editor (pictured here) will be coming to work for us at AllThingD.com soon. He will write a daily still-unnamed new media blog from New York City, starting at the end of October.