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Yahoo! May Lose their Asian Stronghold Alibaba.com
Yahoo!’s decision to relinquish Alibaba.com was not very forward thinking, but I guess it’s their way of saying, we don’t know how much of a future we should be planning for.
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Twitter’s Purchase of Summify Gives Insight to New Products
So, as we now learn that they’ve purchased Summify, our speculations of niche and topic specific news and events handling, seems to be coming to fruition, right before our eyes.
‘Me Too’ Group Buying Sites Dropping First But Data Shows That All Should Be Concerned
I remember putting together a document for a client on group buying, and at that time I remember adding commentary about it being a saturated market. CB Insights has released supporting information
Facebook Purchases Snaptu: Israeli Based Mobile App. Company
It was confirmed today that Facebook has purchased the Israeli based social network Snaptu.
Our Take on the AOL Huffington Post Acquisition
With the AOL announcement of it’s purchase of Huffington Post this morning, the road map for the once search and ISP dominant has become clear. Their stake in Patch, TechCrunch and now Huffington Post,
Daily Beast and Newsweek Possible Merge to Compete in the Online News Space
It looks like Newsweek will be changing hands again, but for the purposes of fueling a rivalry between Tina Brown and Airianna Huffington.
Philly Newspaper Guild Takes Steps to Save Newspaper Jobs
In a move you don’t see too often, the Philly Newspaper Guild (union) agreed to pay-cuts for the 500+ Philadelphia Media Group newspaper employees that it represents. The move was done to keep the newly owned group of newspapers out of bankruptcy.
Washington Post Co. Reports Second Quarter Profit
Washington Post Co. reported better than expected second quarter financials, marking a profit for the company.
Black Press Revives Community with the Addition of Rossland News
When so many publishers are closing their doors or lessening the number of publications, we see Black Press in Canada add another!
Paul Godfrey & Wall Street – What will they do with Canwest media properties?
The publishing industry has been ladened with today’s news about the Canwest sale to unsecured investors, led by Paul Godfrey (National Post CEO). Godfrey led the group of investors (JP Morgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley) that bought the debt ridden newspaper group for $1.1 billion.
