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- Yahoo: Showtime for shareholders this morning
- A lot has changed at Yahoo since its shareholders last gathered last year. Back then, Jerry Yang was running the show and anger was in the air over a missed opportunity to be acquired by Microsoft earlier in the year. The lynch mob of shareholders, led by billionaire investor Carl...
- Tags: Shareholder, Yahoo! Inc., Financial Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- Bartz can carry a room; Can she carry Yahoo?
- Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz sure can carry a room---especially the crowd at the D7 conference. The formula: Drop an F-bomb, talk Dilbert, mock the silos at Yahoo and tease us about a search deal with Microsoft if there are big dollars involved. Next step: Do something about the sources of...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Twitter, Gender And Diversity, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-27
- The ROI From Twitter: "Don't bother" telling your CFO, O'Reilly says
- O’Reilly Media held a Webinar this afternoon that was promoted as delivering “power tips†on how to use Twitter. In the question and answer period, after Tim O’Reilly and Sarah Milstein delivered their tips, one of the questions was: “How do you quantify...
- Tags: ROI, Twitter, Tweets, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2009-05-21
- Microsoft to show off new search: Will it matter?
- If a company with 8 percent market share revamped its search engine would anyone notice? That's the looming question as Microsoft prepares to unveil its search upgrade at the D: All Things Digital conference next week. John Paczkowski writes: The long-awaited upgrade to Microsoft’s search engine...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Conference, John Paczkowski, Search, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-20
- Is Twitter, instead of Yahoo, the better buy for Microsoft?
- Finally, some buzz about Twitter that's worth a second look. Yesterday's rumor about Apple being interested in Twitter was ridiculous. But the headlines now - not rumors but more like unsolicited suggestions - suggest that Twitter should instead be on on Microsoft's radar (and Google's, too, for...
- Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Search, Cloud Computing, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-05-06
- Yahoo's Bartz: "No comment" on Microsoft deal (but maybe a hint)
- updated: Yahoo's earnings announcement - the actual financial numbers, that is - seems to be more of a formality these days. In a call with analysts today, CEO Carol Bartz made references to outsourcing or partnering pieces of Yahoo's business as the company rethinks its strategy under her leadership. Can...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Managed Hosting, Financial Accounting, Outsourcing, IPO, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Financial Services, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-04-21
- Microsoft and Yahoo reportedly talking again
- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Yahoo's Carol Bartz are reportedly talking about search and advertising partnerships between their respective companies, according to Kara Swisher at BoomTown. Swisher reports: According to a variety of sources, the talks between the pair and also other execs at both companies...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Business Structures, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-10
- News to know: Palm; Google; Apple; Yahoo's Bartz; Hacking Safari
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Palm: Demand tanks ahead of Pre launch; Pre needs to save the day Andrew Nusca: Google CEO Schmidt: China 'obvious prize,' Twitter 'poor...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Hacking, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Yahoo! Inc., Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Desktops, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-03-04
- Microsoft's Kumo: It's a little early for the obit isn't it?
- Microsoft is testing Kumo--the upgrade to Live Search internally--and a few folks are already writing the obit. A wee bit early, don't you think? BoomTown's Kara Swisher posted Microsoft's internal memo on Kumo, but more importantly posted three screen shots. All are worth a look. The interface...
- Tags: Microsoft Live Search, Microsoft Corp., Kumo, BoomTown, Henry Blodget, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Leadership, Strategy, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-03
- Yahoo's pending reorg: All Bartz has to do is simplify
- Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz is reportedly plotting a major reorganization, according to Kara Swisher at BoomTown. Let's hope she simplifies in a big way. Yahoo feels like it has been reorganizing forever. And guess what happens when you reorg too much? No one has any idea who...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Corporate Governance, Product Development, Public Relations, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Research & Development, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-02-22
- AOL lays off 700 due to ad meltdown
- AOL, a unit of Time Warner, is laying off 700 employees, in part due to a falloff in advertising revenue thanks to a weak economy, as well as recent structural changes intended to "refocus" the online behemoth, according to AllThingsDigital's Kara Swisher. AOL CEO Randy Falco sent...
- Tags: Advertisement, America Online Inc., Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-01-28
- LinkedIn has management shakeup as its moment in recession sun hits
- LinkedIn is going through a management shakeup where CEO Dan Nye is handing back the reins to founder Reid Hoffman. The move comes at a curious time since LinkedIn is likely to be countercyclical and get more usage in the downturn as folks look for work. Based...
- Tags: Recession, LinkedIn, Advertising & Promotion, Financial Accounting, Marketing, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-18
- LeWeb sold out
- Much to my surprise but relief LeWeb 2008 has sold out. That's what Loic LeMeur told me the other evening. Given the economic downturn, that has to count as an extraordinary result. Perhaps things in Paris are not as bad as they are elsewhere. Several of those attending have been...
- Tags: Hotel, Financial Accounting, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Yahoo headlines: What's fact and what's rumor?
- If you're tired of rampant speculation about Yahoo's future, including headlines from legitimate news sources that are fueling the blogosphere with rumor and unconfirmed theories, raise your hand. Just as I suspected. I know it's been a while since I...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Source, CEO, Blogging, Corporate Governance, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Icahn averages down on Yahoo; Searches for break even
- Carl Icahn added to his stake in Yahoo just before Thanksgiving and bought more than 6.77 million shares. Naturally, folks need to find the meaning in Icahn's move. Kara Swisher notes that Icahn may have upped his investment because Jerry Yang's replacement is about to...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Kara, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-28
- Twitter is smart to reject Facebook and go it alone
- Talks between Facebook and Twitter have broken down, Kara Swisher reports in a post on the Boomtown blog today, and - on the surface - it looks like the dividing issue was money. (Isn't it always?) Facebook was offering $500 million in Facebook stock based on what what Twitter considered...
- Tags: Facebook, Twitter, Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Choosing Yahoo's next CEO
- At a Churchill Club event, Wall Street Journal columnist Kara Swisher tells CNET News Editor in Chief Dan Farber whom she'd pick to succeed Jerry Yang as Yahoo's chief executive. The AllThingsD blogger believes that the No. 1 choice inside and outside of Yahoo is News Corp. Chief Operating Officer...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., AllThingsD Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Kara Swisher, Dan Farber, Yahoo, Peter Chernin
- Videos 2008-11-19
- From Peter Chernin to Mark Cuban: Picking Jerry Yang's Replacement
- So, Peter Chernin's name keeps coming up as a potential replacement for Jerry Yang as CEO of Yahoo. Chernin's the always-cool president of News Corp. Under Rupert Murdoch and Chernin, the old-line publisher and broadcaster has shown serious savvy about new media. People...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Mark Cuban, Peter Chernin, Corporate Communications, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Marketing, Management, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Yahoo dips below $10; Icahn, board called out
- Yahoo's stock is struggling to stay above $10, the ad deal with Google is in the history books and Microsoft has been quick to say "Not interested." And CEO Jerry Yang has turned into the Internet whipping boy over it. But Kara Swisher over at AllThingsDigital poses...
- Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Motorola Inc., Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
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