By all accounts, Yahoo is not having all that great of a quarter so far. CEO Carol Bartz’s high-profile departure was a bit of an embarrassment for the company- Bartz was pretty candid when it came down the the cowardly […]
About.com- one of the oldest information-centric sites on the web (and likely the predecessor to content farms like those operated by Demand Media and its ilk)- is making significant cuts to its editorial staff. “15 of the 22 full or […]
TechMediaNetwork, the technology media company behind several science and tech sites, has raised $33 million in Series B funding. The company publishes LAPTOP, Space.com, TopTenREVIEWS and TechNewsDaily, and works with syndication partners including Yahoo!, MSNBC.com, Fox News and CBS News, as […]
Yahoo co-founder and former company CEO Jerry Yang recently sent out a memo to the company’s board of directors which examines various offers to buy the company. According to Silicon Alley Insider the memo was also meant to assure Yahoo […]
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AOL Canada and Huffington Post Canada are both experiencing growth according to numbers released by the media group. AOL Inc. moved to the #4 position in the portal category according to August numbers which place the company’s visitor usage at […]
It’s been a few rough weeks for Netflix given the uproar following its announcement to split the DVD business off to a separate company and let’s not forget the decision by Starz to not renew their deal with Netflix. Then […]
For the past week or so there had been a persistent rumor that Dish Networks, in tandem with its Blockbuster acquisition, had smelled blood in the water following some missteps by Netflix and decided it was time to launch their […]
Yahoo is teaming up with some big names in entertainment to create eight new, short-ish web series. The new spots will begin streaming in October, and Yahoo Video chief Erin McPherson confirms that the company will be producing the shows […]
As Time, an old and staid media property, moves into digital spaces, the strategy behind it has come in as notably different than that of other longtime print mags transitioning to web formats. While many brands just repackage content for […]
Internet-advertising services provider Glam Media has agreed to purchase Marc Andreessen’s social-networking site Ning for $150 million. The women focused company announced on Tuesday that following the purchase Andreessen would be added to their board of directors. Payment for the […]
Yahoo! will launched their personalized digital newstand product in the fall according to reports. Livestand will come equipped with a variety of titles including big box titles such as Forbes and smaller specialty titles in a variety of niches. Livestand is being built using […]
Following quite a bit of controversy over the Arianna/Arrington feud AOL CEO Tim Armstrong had a message for his company’s shareholders “Our goal right now is to become the No. 3 player. Speaking at a Q&A session at the Goldman […]
I have long felt that most companies and websites are failing hard when it comes to getting social right. The advent of changes to Facebook and the addition of services such as Google+ haven’t swayed my opinion much. We are […]
In perhaps one of the final episodes of the ongoing TechCrunch saga has played out this weekend with new editor Erick Schonfeld taking a strong stand against departing writer Paul Carr. Outspoken Englishman Paul Carr, long a controversial figure at […]
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