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AOL Turnaround Could Actually Be Working [Analyst Report]

AOL Turnaround Could Actually Be Working [Analyst Report]

Brian Pitz and Brian Fitzgerald, analysts for UBS believe AOL may finally be turning things around, predicting that the company will have earned $532 million in Q3 revenue, ahead of industry expectations set at $525 million. In their report the […]

Demand Media Cutting Out Most Contributors, Focusing On Lengthy Content

Demand Media Cutting Out Most Contributors, Focusing On Lengthy Content

Facing drastic cuts on pageviews and ultimately revenue, content mill Demand Media announced on Monday that they will cut down on the number of eHow related articles they create and instead focus on lengthy articles written by journalists with at […]

Yahoo Reportedly Loses Hulu Bidding As Google Hangs On

Yahoo Reportedly Loses Hulu Bidding As Google Hangs On

The bidding process for Hulu is slimming down and reports are now circulating that Yahoo, Inc. has dropped out of the process after placing a big in the vicinity of $1 billion to $2 billion. The Wall Street Journal revealed […]

Microsoft Not Ready To Place Yahoo Bid

Microsoft Not Ready To Place Yahoo Bid

Insiders close to Microsoft announced on Wednesday that the company is nowhere near ready to place a bid for Yahoo! Inc. According to those same insiders Microsoft officials are planning to examine Yahoo’s financial information when it circulates later this week, […]

Federated Media Acquires Lijit

Federated Media Acquires Lijit

Colorado-based advertising and analytics company Lijit has been acquired by Federated Media, the companies announced in a press release earlier today. Terms of the sale were not disclosed, but both companies are said to be “thrilled” with the purchase details. […]

Huffington Post Launches Four New Destination Sites Including ‘HuffPost Gay Voices’

Huffington Post Launches Four New Destination Sites Including ‘HuffPost Gay Voices’

  Continuing with their rapid expansion plans the Huffington Post Media Group on Monday announced the launch of four new destination sites. The sites include :Huff/Post50 (www.huffingtonpost.com/50), HuffPost Gay Voices(www.huffingtonpost.com/gay-voices) and HuffPost Weddings(www.huffingtonpost/weddings) and HuffPost High School. HuffPost/50, a site geared towards people […]

Huffington Post Media Group Acquires Online Engagement Platform ‘Localocracy’

Huffington Post Media Group Acquires Online Engagement Platform ‘Localocracy’

The Huffington Post Media Group(“HPMG“) has announced the acquisition of online engagement platform Localocracy. The platform providers users with the capabilities to solve problems in their communities through online engagement. Moving over from the Localocracy team to Huffington Post Media Group are […]

AOL Partners With VivaKi To Push Video Ad Spend Forward

AOL Partners With VivaKi To Push Video Ad Spend Forward

AOL on Monday announced a new partnership with VivaKi, a union they hope will help them push forward their online video advertising platform. VivaKi is viewed as an innovative player in the online video ad spend arena and their research […]

Yahoo and ABC News Team Up To Share Content

Yahoo and ABC News Team Up To Share Content

Yahoo and ABC News on Monday announced a new plan that will allow the two media company’s to share stories and web videos from across their networks. Under the new partnership Yahoo and ABC News will reach more than 100 […]

AOL Spent $130,000 On Lobbying Efforts Last Quarter

AOL Spent $130,000 On Lobbying Efforts Last Quarter

AOL wants to make sure their own agenda is met when it comes to internet regulation, privacy, computer security and other online issues and to reach those goals the company spent $130,000 in lobbying efforts during the last quarter. According […]

Should Google Curate Content to Curb Prominence of Sensational News?

Should Google Curate Content to Curb Prominence of Sensational News?

Back in June on Real Time With Bill Maher- on an episode with David Carr of the New York Times and documentary filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi- Maher lamented the model of coverage saturation when it comes to web news. Maher said: “The New […]

Fifth NYT Writer Defects to Huffington Post, Paper Loses Motherlode Blogger

Fifth NYT Writer Defects to Huffington Post, Paper Loses Motherlode Blogger

Another New York Times staffer has left the venerated paper for webbier pastures, bringing the total number of employees who have fled to the Huffington Post to five. NYT writer Lisa Belkin- who authors the site’s popular parenting blog Motherlode- is […]

Engadget Named CEATEC 2011 News Source

Engadget Named CEATEC 2011 News Source

Tech blog Engadget has been named the “official news source” for Japan’s upcoming CEATEC 2011 conference. CEATEC is the largest electronics exhibition and conference in Japan and Engadget will be responsible for streaming content in both Japanese and English to […]

Mean Old Sartorialist Blogger Mocks Tavi Gevinson and Her Stunning Rookie

Mean Old Sartorialist Blogger Mocks Tavi Gevinson and Her Stunning Rookie

As a former Sassy reader during my apparently very formative years, I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for Tavi Gevinson and continue to be impressed by the quality of her new Sassy-esque blog, Rookie. Gevinson’s new venture has […]