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Yahoo Hiring Strategic Advisers to Plot Next Moves - All Things Digital (blog)
Yahoo is preparing to hire investment bankers and other strategic advisory firms, said sources close to the Silicon Valley Internet giant, as it seeks to figure out what to do next at the company. The board of Yahoo, which ousted its CEO Carol Bartz ...
How Market Fares After Labor Day Will Determine Groupon's IPO Status - All Things Digital (blog)
Several sources close to the situation said that while Groupon's management and board have not ruled out such a scenario, they will not make any determination about such a drastic move until after the landscape becomes clearer and also after the summer ...
New Kind of Marketing Company From Former Apple Exec - All Things Digital (blog)
Allison Johnson, who had been a top marketing exec for Apple, is finally close to launching on a new kind of marketing firm, sources said, with backing from Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey and Malaria No More co-founder Ray Chambers. ...
Twitter Poised to Close a Two-Stage $800M Funding, With $400M Payday - All Things Digital (blog)
According to several sources close to the situation, the complex transaction could be completed within two weeks. Along with basic funding needs, this is largely being done this way to give those with stakes in the San Francisco microblogging company ...
Yahoo Pushes to Settle Alibaba Dispute Before Earnings - All Things Digital (blog)
In fact, said several sources close to the situation, such a settlement is now unlikely without some major push this weekend. Yahoo's interest in getting the issue off Wall Street's radar makes sense, of course, since investors are focused on Yahoo's ...
Apple iOS 5 Includes Social Contacts for Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn and ... - All Things Digital (blog)
The developer, who asked not to be named, pointed out that the social integrations are a bit buggy. For instance, adding a Myspace handle brings up an unlimited number of fields, and the social fields only come up when you create a new contact. ...
Nokia and Microsoft Not in Acquisition Talks, Sources Say - All Things Digital (blog)
Although Nokia and Microsoft have hitched their smartphone fortunes to one another, there have been no talks of a Microsoft acquisition of the Finnish cell phone giant, according to sources close to both companies. Rumors of a Microsoft acquisition bid ...
Yahoo Grabs Top Editor From AOL's Huffington Post - All Things Digital (blog)
According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo has grabbed one of Huffington Post's top editors, Jai Singh, to become its editor-in chief. The move is a big one in the online editorial arena. Before moving to the HuffPo as managing ...
Former AOL Media Exec Marty Moe Being Hired at SB Nation - All Things Digital (blog)
And now, according to sources close to the situation, the former AOL content head is close to hiring another former top AOL media exec, Marty Moe (pictured here), to manage it and also more niche sites the blog network is contemplating ...
Groupon's Rob Solomon Departure Email and Update - All Things Digital (blog)
The Palo Alto, CA, company declined to comment on its new funding efforts, which sources said had recently accelerated. While that valuation might change, several sources considering the investment said it is unlikely to go down in the current frothy ...
Kno Student Tablet Start-Up Considering Shedding the Tablet Part - All Things Digital (blog)
... aimed at making tablet computers focused at students–is considering selling off the entire hardware part of the business and is in talks with two major consumer electronics manufacturers to do so, according to sources close to the situation. ...
Gilt Groupe Secures a $15 Million Line of Credit for Warehouse Build-Out - All Things Digital (blog)
According to our sources, who declined to be named, only $5 million of the $15 million has been drawn down from the facility, and it's one of three lines of ...
Google Among Bidders for $2 Billion Building - All Things Digital (blog)
... building it occupies as its New York City headquarters in a deal that could be worth nearly $2 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter. ...
You've Got Ads - All Things Digital (blog)
... ad format that it hopes will attract more ad dollars from big brands and help revitalize its business, according to people familiar with the matter. ...
Will Dell Drop Out of 3Par Bidding War with HP? - All Things Digital (blog)
After all, HP has the bigger wallet and sources close to the company say it's willing to dip into it again if Dell should trump its offer before Wednesday. ...
Comcast Gets Static on Net TV - All Things Digital (blog)
... up distribution rights to television programming on the Internet, which would block potential competition, according to people familiar with the matter.
Top AOL Media Exec Marty Moe To Depart (Other Rumors of David Eun Ankling Not ... - All Things Digital (blog)
According to sources close to the situation, one of AOL's top and longtime media execs, Marty Moe (pictured here), is leaving the company. ...
Brands Friending Social Gaming Amid New Web Craze - All Things Digital (blog)
... has signed an ad deal with “Farmville,” the hit farming game on Facebook from Zynga Game Network Inc., according to people familiar with the matter. ...
ITA Becomes Hot Ticket - All Things Digital (blog)
... keep it out of Google Inc.'s (GOOG) hands—several potential buyers are circling ITA Software Inc., according to people familiar with the matter. ...
Going, Going, Almost Gone: Foursquare Poised to Get New VC Funding, After ... - All Things Digital (blog)
According to numerous sources close to the situation, Foursquare is in the final stages of striking a funding deal with the very venture ...
Facebook Makes Ad Inroads but Still Trails Rivals in Revenue - All Things Digital (blog)
... more than $500 million in revenue in 2009 and is forecasting revenue of more than $1 billion in 2010, according to people familiar with the matter. ...
Exclusive: AOL Hires Microsoft's Alex Gounares as CTO - All Things Digital (blog)
According to sources close to the situation, AOL has hired Alex Gounares (pictured here) as its CTO. Gounare's departure was announced ...
Close Encounters of the Regulatory Kind: Google-AdMob Brace for the Worst - All Things Digital (blog)
... multiple sources close to the situation said that the pair now expect the Federal Trade Commission to try to block the acquisition of the small mobile ...
Welcome to the Hotel California: Here's What's Really Happening in the ... - All Things Digital (blog)
From VCs to Facebook to Yahoo (YHOO)–the only serious bidder to acquire Foursquare so far–sources close to every single player mentioned in the hubbub ...
BoomTown Reimagines “Hamlet” Soliloquy for Foursquare Founder Crowley, as ... - All Things Digital (blog)
But sources close to the situation said that Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley is holding his cards very close to the vest about whether Foursquare will accept ...