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Glam Media Completes Acquisition Of Ning

Glam Media Completes Acquisition Of Ning

Glam Media on Tuesday announced that they have completed the acquisition of social media network Ning, a move that provides Glam Media with an overall userbase of 250 million monthly unique visitors, making the company the second largest social network […]

New Media Journalists Arrested In Zimbabwe

New Media Journalists Arrested In Zimbabwe

Four new media journalists were arrested this week while attending a civic education meeting in western Zimbabwe. According to officials the digital journalists were involved in an illegal political gathering. In a statement from the Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe the […]

Yahoo Employees Preparing To Jump Ship [Report]

Yahoo Employees Preparing To Jump Ship [Report]

A new report is circulating in which Yahoo employees are said to be ready to jump ship as morale at the company hits an all-time low amid acquisition bids and talks of a minority stake sale in the organization. In […]

Yahoo Sued By Shareholders Looking To Maximize Returns

Yahoo Sued By Shareholders Looking To Maximize Returns

    Yahoo! Inc., has been exploring their various acquisition and strategic content development options for months and now the company is being sued by a group of shareholders who simply want the company to grab the best possible price […]

Yahoo Shutting Down Four Entertainment Websites

Yahoo Shutting Down Four Entertainment Websites

  Yahoo is continuing to trim the fat on the content development side of their business announcing plans to shut down four of its entertainment based websites. On the chopping block are TV blogs The Projector and The Set, music […]

AOL CEO Armstrong Says Company Hopes to Get 10% of Revenue via Mobile in Next 18 Months

AOL CEO Armstrong Says Company Hopes to Get 10% of Revenue via Mobile in Next 18 Months

This year, AOL has seen a lot of big expenditures- like in the hyperlocal market with their Patch product- seemingly without revenues to balance out the spending. CEO Tim Armstrong said back in September that profitability is a huge concern […]

New York Times Adds Gawker-Like Commenting Section

New York Times Adds Gawker-Like Commenting Section

Or so says Gawker. Actually, the New York Times itself posted yesterday about the new commenting system on its site, and Gawker posted about that, adding that the staid paper is a total copycat. The Times says: The first thing you’ll probably […]

Yahoo’s Top 10 Year In Search: iPhone Wins, Steve Jobs Doesn’t Make The List

Yahoo’s Top 10 Year In Search: iPhone Wins, Steve Jobs Doesn’t Make The List

It wasn’t a person or event that took this years most searched spot via Yahoo, instead it was a device, the iPhone to be specific. Yahoo revealed their top 10 years of 2011 during the company’s 10th annual “Year In […]

Alibaba Attempting To Team With Softbank, Plans To Buy Yahoo

Alibaba Attempting To Team With Softbank, Plans To Buy Yahoo

Alibaba is rumored to be in talks with Japanese cellular carrier Softbank, a partnership that would allow the group to purchase all assets owned by Yahoo, Inc. According to sources at Bloomberg also involved in talks with the two company’s are Blackstone […]

WordPress Simplifies Monetization For WordPress.Com Bloggers With WordAds Release

WordPress Simplifies Monetization For WordPress.Com Bloggers With WordAds Release

The confusion between WordPress.com blogs and the self-hosted WordPress.org blogs is generally one of the first distinctions those new to blogging have to make when setting up their WordPress blogs. Now users of the former can more easily make a […]

Yahoo Eyes End Of Year Sale, May Start In A New Direction

Yahoo Eyes End Of Year Sale, May Start In A New Direction

  Reports are circulating that Yahoo Inc. executives would like to sell a minority stake in the company by year end. If a minority stake is not sold the company could also move in an entirely different direction according to insiders familiar […]

Twilio CEO Tries To Buy Yahoo Using WePay Donations Page, Offers Board Member Positions

Twilio CEO Tries To Buy Yahoo Using WePay Donations Page, Offers Board Member Positions

Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson wants to buy Yahoo for $18 billion and to reach that goal he has decided to skip private equity firms and instead raise the money using a grassroots campaign. Lawon this week started a WePay donations […]

The UAE a dangerous place for bloggers as another goes to jail for 3 years

The UAE a dangerous place for bloggers as another goes to jail for 3 years

Over here in the part of the world where the worst we can get for expressing our opinions is some pepper spray in the face or getting a little roughed up by law enforcement. In other places in the world […]

Future Publishing Sees $1 Million Earnings After Six Weeks Of Apple Newsstand Use

Future Publishing Sees $1 Million Earnings After Six Weeks Of Apple Newsstand Use

UK owned Future Publishing has taken advantage of Apple’s Newsstand in a big way, earning $1 million since launching their digital titles such six weeks ago. Future Publishing currently offers 65 titles via Newsstand that service various verticals cycling and […]