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Digital culturus interruptus: Right here, right now, the almighty copyright finally comes home to roost

Digital culturus interruptus: Right here, right now, the almighty copyright finally comes home to roostI liked this article so much...I bought the domain! (theothertube.com)Excellent reporting!Thanks David,this is the sort of in-depth article that ZDNet needs - factual, up-to-date, informative and entertaining. Too often lately others have posted rehashed old non-news....

Tags: advertising & promotion, strategy, recording industry, joe blow, viacom inc., media company, roy orbison, youtube inc.

Discussion threads 2007-03-13

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Yahoo: Our board a lot less loved today

Yahoo's shareholder meeting last Friday looked like a resounding victory for CEO Jerry Yang and Chairman Roy Bostock. The reality was a bit different. The company failed to tabulate the results correctly and was prodded to check the results after investors started griping. Suddenly, Bostock and Yang...

Tags: jerry yang, board, yahoo! inc., financial accounting, corporate governance, finance, business operations, corporate law, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Yahoo's Bostock says Board "called the shots" about Microsoft.

updated: Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock takes the stage to address shareholders. The bottom line: The handling of the Microsoft proposal was handled by the board from the beginning. "We called the shots and we were deeply involved in every step of the way... Our Number One prirority...

Tags: shareholder, jerry yang, board, yahoo! inc., microsoft corp., corporate governance, financial accounting, business operations, corporate law, finance, sam diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-01

Icahn: I'm not showing up to Yahoo's shareholder meeting

Talk about anticlimactic: Billionaire investor and proxy war ninja Carl Icahn isn't going to bother showing up to Yahoo's shareholder meeting on Friday. In a post, Icahn--newly muzzled courtesy of a deal he cut with Yahoo--writes: I will not be attending. The proxy fight is over...

Tags: shareholder, yahoo! inc., carl icahn, corporate governance, financial accounting, business operations, corporate law, finance, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-31

Boo hoo: Pickens took a loss on Yahoo

T. Boone Pickens reportedly dumped his 10 million shares and ripped Yahoo management for its dealings with Microsoft. Hey, Mr. Pickens look in the mirror. It's your loss and frankly you got what you deserved. For the record, Pickens has a pretty interesting energy plan that might...

Tags: yahoo! inc., carl icahn, investment, finance, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-29

Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Assessing winners and losers

Updated below: Yahoo and billionaire investor Carl Icahn have settled their looming proxy war. According to a statement Monday, Yahoo's board of directors will be expanded to 11 members and one of those seats will go to Icahn. The two remaining seats will be filled based on...

Tags: board, yahoo! inc., carl icahn, corporate governance, business operations, corporate law, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-21

Qik out of private beta

Over the weekend, Qik came out of private beta. Jennifer Leggio has all the technical details, along with some insights in Robert Scoble's outburst about how kyte.tv would kill off Qik and Flixwagon. One claim the company makes over at VentureBeat is that they have gotten latency...

Tags: revenue, advertisement, business model, beta, qik, jennifer leggio, strategy, management, dennis howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-21

Proving Scoble wrong, Qik lives on and opens public beta to boot

Qik, a popular streaming mobile video service, has finally opened its public beta program and has released a slew of new features to go along with it. This is great news considering last month tech pundit Robert Scoble declared Qik all but dead in the wake newcomer Kyte. ...

Tags: public beta, robert scoble, handset, video, integration, qik, kyte, kyte.tv, corporate communications, marketing, jennifer leggio

Blog posts 2008-07-20

Yahoo: Icahn just a short-termer

Yahoo once again delivered another shareholder letter Thursday designed to urge shareholders to vote for its board members at its Aug. 1 annual meeting. Yahoo's message: Billionaire investor Carl Icahn only has short-term interest n the company. In Yahoo Chairman's Roy Bostock's letter the company outlined the...

Tags: shareholder, yahoo! inc., carl icahn, financial accounting, corporate governance, finance, business operations, corporate law, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-17

Microhoo mudslinging: Icahn says Yahoo distorts facts of offer; Microsoft agrees

The Microhoo saga gets messier by the minute and will probably get worse as we near the Aug. 1 shareholder meeting where Carl Icahn tries to boot Yahoo's board and CEO Jerry Yang. We're back to dueling letters again and the saga is very messy Techmeme. On...

Tags: yahoo! inc., microsoft corp., carl icahn, search, yahoo! press release, corporate governance, financial accounting, business operations, corporate law, finance, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-14

Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft-Icahn proposal; Calls Microsoft 'erratic'

Yahoo says it has rejected another offer from Microsoft and Carl Icahn. The latest offer, delivered Friday, was another gambit to acquire Yahoo's search business. Yahoo's overall message: If Microsoft is serious step up and buy the whole company "for at least $33 per share." Yahoo also...

Tags: yahoo! inc., microsoft corp., carl icahn, corporate governance, business operations, corporate law, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-13

Yahoo silent on latest rumors of renewed Microsoft talks

In its June 25 letter to stockholders, Yahoo Board Chairman Roy Bostock and CEO Jerry Yang had nothing to say about the supposed renewal this week of talks with Microsoft. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: yahoo! inc., microsoft corp., corporate governance, search, financial accounting, business operations, corporate law, finance, mary jo foley

Blog posts 2008-06-25

House approves telecom immunity in 'compromise'

Congressional leaders reached a compromise on a telecom immunity bill and the House passed it handily 293-129, AP reports. Compromise hardly seems like the word it, though. Listen to Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.), the lead Republican negotiator, quoted in the Wall Street Journal: ...

Tags: immunity, telephony, government, telecom & utilities, telecommunications, networking, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-06-20

Kyte and Qik engaged in neck-and-neck streaming video race

Robert Scoble created quite the social media stir last weekend with his TechCrunch guest article on why he thinks Kyte will win the cell phone video race over Qik and Flixwagon. But is there really a race? While it's true that the users ultimately dictate the market...

Tags: advertisement, phone, streaming video, cell phone, video, qik, kyte, corporate communications, cellular phones, marketing, consumer electronics, personal technology, jennifer leggio

Blog posts 2008-06-17

Meet Jerry Yang, pinata

Meet Jerry Yang, pinataYahoo customers are walking.http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/06/marketers-see-l.htmlEveryone thinking Yaoo/Google was such a great idea, think again.RE: Meet Jerry Yang, pinataShame, really, because Yang esssentially stood up for employees and customers.Gee, what a concept.If MS took over Yahoo, there would have been massive layoffs, and the Yahoo products, and the consumers...

Tags: internet, benefits, investment, yahoo! inc., yang, meet jerry yang, microsoft corp., jerry yang

Discussion threads 2008-06-16

Microsoft and Yahoo stop talking, and Google wins

Today Microsoft and Yahoo officially stopped talking -- the day, I'm sure, Yahoo investors were dreading. The hope that Microsoft and Yahoo might still work out a deal fizzled, and as result, Yahoo shares plummeted 10% before trading ended today. today announced that discussions with Microsoft...

Tags: google inc., advertisement, yahoo! inc., microsoft corp., garett rogers

Blog posts 2008-06-12

Yahoo's Google ad deal: Savior or mistake?

Yahoo has made it official: It is teaming up with Google on search advertising, but the ripple effects--both short-term and long-term--are just beginning. The two companies have announced a broad agreement where Yahoo uses Google's text advertising, but stops short of completely outsourcing search. Among the key...

Tags: google inc., advertisement, yahoo! inc., termination fee, text advertising business, carl, strategy, management, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-12

Yahoo nears Google search deal; Icahn's plan goes kaput as Microsoft talks end

Yahoo is reportedly near a search deal with Google and plans an unrelated reorganization. Meanwhile, Microsoft says it's no longer interested in Yahoo. Add it up and billionaire investor Carl Icahn's grand plan to cash in on Yahoo just went kaput. First, the news. News.com's Stephen Shankland...

Tags: google inc., yahoo! inc., microsoft corp., google search, mergers & acquisitions, corporate law, corporate governance, construction, search, investment, finance, business operations, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-12

Icahn miffed at Yahoo response; Has Google envy too

Another day another Carl Icahn to Roy Bostock letter. In this installment, our activist billionaire is annoyed by the Yahoo chairman's terse response to his previous letter. Hmm. Maybe these folks should just pick up the damn phone. Anyway, here's the letter. You can...

Tags: shareholder, google inc., eric schmidt, board, yahoo! inc., plan, carl icahn, corporate governance, financial accounting, business operations, corporate law, finance, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-09

Icahn on Yahoo: I'd hire a 'talented and experienced' CEO

In his latest missive to Yahoo's board of directors, activist shareholder Carl Icahn blasts chairman Roy Bostock and outlines what he'd do if he gets control of the company's board. Right after he ditched Yahoo's poison pill, Icahn said he would "ask our new board to hire a talented...

Tags: poison pill, shareholder, board, yahoo! inc., microsoft corp., plan, ceo, corporate governance, business operations, corporate law, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-06