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Big Media "Sliding Into the Abyss" as Execs Head to Sun Valley, Wolff Says

"Every big media company is up against a wall in a way they've never been and never imagined they would be," Wolff says. "They are looking at their very survival."

Jul 7, 2009 - Flash - source

Silicon Valley Hotshot Turns Prius Into High-Tech Batmobile

Say you're a successful entrepreneur and venture capitalist who wants a one-of-a-kind, show-stopping electric car. What do you do? If you're the very playful Satish Darmaraj, you build your own!

Jun 26, 2009 - Flash - source

Valley Legend Ron Conway on Twitter, OpenTable, Facebook's $10B Valuation a...

CARLSBAD, CALIF. -- After a Russian Internet-investment group, Digital Sky Technologies, invested $200 million in social networking giant Facebook earlier this week, the company's implied valuation ju... more

CARLSBAD, CALIF. -- After a Russian Internet-investment group, Digital Sky Technologies, invested $200 million in social networking giant Facebook earlier this week, the company's implied valuation jumped to $10 billion. less

May 28, 2009 - Flash - source

Valley Buzz: Blackberry Beating the iPhone, New Funding and Complications f...

It’s just weeks before the long anticipated launch of the Palm Pre, and the smart phone wars are raging. And Verizon’s recent buy-one-get-one promotion has finally given the Blackberry Curve an ed... more

It’s just weeks before the long anticipated launch of the Palm Pre, and the smart phone wars are raging. And Verizon’s recent buy-one-get-one promotion has finally given the Blackberry Curve an edge over the iPhone, according to new first quarter stats from the NPD Group. less

May 4, 2009 - Flash - source

Valley Buzz: Mixed Earnings for Tech, Mixed Exits for the Skype-Joost Duo a...

Yesterday was filled with plenty of mixed earning news in tech-land following the rosy Apple results. In great contrast to Apple, Microsoft’s profits fell 32% from a year ago, while sales declined... more

Yesterday was filled with plenty of mixed earning news in tech-land following the rosy Apple results. In great contrast to Apple, Microsoft’s profits fell 32% from a year ago, while sales declined 6%. It wasn’t a shock to most analysts who were expecting the slide, but it was the company’s first ever year-over-year quarterly sales decline. In Henry Blodget’s characteristic frank-talk he notes, “The online business blew.” less

Apr 24, 2009 - Flash - source

Valley Buzz: The New Media Effect, the Larry Ellison Effect, the Andreessen...

Sure, we all love a juicy breaking story. But there’s one sure-fire way to get bloggers’ attention: Talk about blogging. The Wall Street Journal penned an article today that said there are as many pro... more

Sure, we all love a juicy breaking story. But there’s one sure-fire way to get bloggers’ attention: Talk about blogging. The Wall Street Journal penned an article today that said there are as many professional bloggers in the U.S. as there are lawyers, setting up an endless amount of potential media/lawyer jokes. In numbers, the Journal said the U.S. has more than 20 million bloggers with 1.7 million profiting off of it. 425,000 say blogging is their primary source of income. That has to be good news for traditional media veterans looking at the New York Times first quarter results today and wondering when this dangerous ad revenue slide will end. At least someone’s making money writing! less

Apr 21, 2009 - Flash - source

Valley Buzz: eBay Undoes Bad Dealmaking and More

There is one big story that made the rounds yesterday that has two parts. It’s about eBay, and its attempts to undo the bizarre acquisitions made by former CEO Meg Whitman. The company announced t... more

There is one big story that made the rounds yesterday that has two parts. It’s about eBay, and its attempts to undo the bizarre acquisitions made by former CEO Meg Whitman. The company announced that it was spinning off StumbleUpon, a startup that helps people discover like-content on the Web, acquired for $75 million back in 2007. StumbleUpon has never been a fit with eBay, although the auction site’s cluttered inventory could certainly use some help on the search and discovery front. less

Apr 14, 2009 - Flash - source

Valley Buzz: Celebrities Are All A-Twitter, Good News from Google Consideri...

Ashton Kutcher has spent most of the last year trying to work his way into the Web 2.0 in-crowd. He launched Blah Girls at the TechCrunch 50 conference, did a Sundance reality show with Digg’s Kevi... more

Ashton Kutcher has spent most of the last year trying to work his way into the Web 2.0 in-crowd. He launched Blah Girls at the TechCrunch 50 conference, did a Sundance reality show with Digg’s Kevin Rose, and a content partnership with widget-maker Slide. With Twitter, he put aside the biz dev deal and took his “look-at-me-case” to the people. less

Apr 17, 2009 - Flash - source

Valley Buzz: eBay Announces a Skype IPO, Time Warner Backs Off Metering, an...

So much for our write up of Skype's founders buying itself out of eBay's clutches. eBay announced yesterday that they'd be taking Skype public in 2010 instead. In a statement, eBay's chief execu... more

So much for our write up of Skype's founders buying itself out of eBay's clutches. eBay announced yesterday that they'd be taking Skype public in 2010 instead. In a statement, eBay's chief executive John Donahoe said what analysts and reporters have been saying since the deal was announced, "It's clear that Skype has limited synergies with eBay and PayPal." Henry Blodget, for one, was excited enough to put an exclamation point in his headline. He notes that this could just be a negotiating ploy to get would be buyers to pony up now. Can Skype's founders come to the table with a sweeter offer? As a user, I'd rather see them take the product back then spin it into an IPO. less

Apr 15, 2009 - Flash - source

Valley Buzz: More Layoffs at Yahoo, More on the Skype IPO, More Pain for Ne...

More speculation surrounding TechTicker’s parent company, Yahoo. The New York Times reports that Yahoo may announce more layoffs as soon as Tuesday, when the company reports 1Q results. Kara Swisher e... more

More speculation surrounding TechTicker’s parent company, Yahoo. The New York Times reports that Yahoo may announce more layoffs as soon as Tuesday, when the company reports 1Q results. Kara Swisher expects it to be some 500 people or more. In classic public company style, Yahoo will announce the cuts now but not notify impacted employees until June. Soak up all the TechTicker you can until then, just in case! less

Apr 15, 2009 - Flash - source