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Hulu draws more bidders
Yahoo Inc., fresh off its $1.1-billion deal this week to acquire personal blogging site Tumblr, got in line Friday to pick up video streaming site Hulu. The late bid by the cash-rich Internet portal giant came on the same day that the Santa Monica...
Tags: ABC (tv network), NBCUniversal, YouTube, News Corp., Private Equity
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First-round bids due this week for Hulu
The first round of bids were due this week for Hulu, the popular online TV service whose prospective sale has attracted interest from digital media players as well as cable operators. An initial bid has been submitted by the Chernin Group, a next-...
Tags: NBCUniversal, ABC (tv network), Media Industry, DirecTV Group Inc., Global Expansion
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Chernin, Guggenheim, pay-TV distributors bid for Hulu
The initial bids are in for online media's most talked-about sale: Hulu. The online video site, which is jointly owned by News Corp., Walt Disney Co. and Comcast Corp.'s NBCUniversal, attracted bids this week from two of Hollywood's digital media power-...
Tags: NBCUniversal, Comcast Corporation, News Corp., Hulu, Media Industry
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Flickr photo-printing service could bring more revenue to Yahoo
This week’s flashy redesign of Flickr shifts the Yahoo-owned photo-sharing website away from subscription revenue and more toward ad revenue. But Yahoo also could look to monetize another Flickr feature: printing hard copies of photos. Flickr...
Tags: Google+, Media Industry, Facebook, Printing Service, Marissa Mayer
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Yahoo's challenge to be building Tumblr's advertising business
SAN FRANCISCO — To punctuate his company's $1.1-billion purchase by Yahoo Inc., Tumblr co-founder and Chief Executive David Karp let loose in a blog post with a celebratory expletive. It was classic Karp, a 26-year-old high school dropout who...
Tags: Media Industry, Companies and Corporations, Facebook, Rentals, Marissa Mayer
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Bold move: Yahoo makes $1.1 billion bet on Tumblr, Internet whiz kid in bid to be hip again
AP Technology WriterSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders. That goal led CEO Marissa Mayer to make a $1.1 billion bet on online blogging forum Tumblr in...Tags: Forrester Research Incorporated, High Schools, Prices, Companies and Corporations, Science and Technology
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Yahoo seeks turnaround with $1.1-billion deal to buy Tumblr
SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is attempting a bold — and risky — strategy to turn around the struggling Internet giant with the $1.1-billion acquisition of Tumblr, a trendy social blogging service popular...
Tags: Sales, Forrester Research Incorporated, Marissa Mayer, Sociology, Online Media Industry
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Yahoo buys Tumblr in $1.1 billion deal
ReutersYahoo Inc. said Monday it will buy online blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash. The deal is the largest since Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer took the reins in July in order to reverse a multi-year decline in Yahoo's business and its Web...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Media Industry, Manhattan (New York City), Marissa Mayer, Advertising
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Silicon Valley is beginning to see 'delight' in a new light
PALO ALTO — Ask Joshua Reeves about his online payroll service, and the last thing he'll want to discuss are its features and algorithms and software code and all that other cold jargon that usually comes pouring out of the mouths of Silicon...Tags: Apple Inc., Media Industry, Human Interest, Science and Technology, Stanford University
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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison makes Malibu real estate his own
On busy Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, some well-kept facades conceal a secret. Behind the Mediterranean with wooden doors, the white stucco two-story with a red tile roof, the long wall obscuring a three-structure compound, hides a singular,...
Tags: Patrick Soon-Shiong, Home Improvement, Real Estate Buyers, Companies and Corporations, Homes
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Yahoo's Marissa Mayer extends maternity, paternity leave
In a bid to bring Yahoo Inc. more in line with competitors such as Google and Facebook, Chief Executive Marissa Mayer has expanded the company's family leave policy. Yahoo said Tuesday that Mayer has doubled maternity leave and extended paternity leave...Tags: Media Industry, Marissa Mayer, Google Inc.
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Yahoo shares plunge on decline in 1st quarter display-ad sales
SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc.'s first-quarter earnings report was seen by some as an early test of Marissa Mayer's ability to turn around the troubled Internet company. Investors now seem to be worried Mayer might not pass that test. Shares that...Tags: Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Marissa Mayer, Japan, Advertising, Online Media Industry
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