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Mozilla's Revenue Growth Slows; No Firefox OS Coming
Revenue growth at Firefox-owner The Mozilla Foundation is slowing. Chairwoman Mitchell Baker said in her annual “state of Mozilla” letter that the foundation’s revenue—which it generates primarily from its deal to make Google (NSDQ: GOOG) the default search engine on its browser—increased five percent year-over-year. That, however, includes heavy...
Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Operating System, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Operational Accounting, Internet, Software, Finance, Search, Money, Earnings, Technologies / Formats, Browsers, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-11-19
Chegg Raises $57 Million For Online Textbook Rental Service
Looks like VCs are really loosening their wallets. College textbook rental service Chegg says it has raised $57 million in a fourth round of funding. It’s the latest company to pull in a big round this month; RockYou, Motley Fool, and Playdom have all raised $25 million-plus rounds over...
Tags: Round, Textbook, Chegg, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, E-Commerce, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-11-19
Google Shows Off Its Chrome OS
[Ongoing] Google (NSDQ: GOOG) isn’t launching its Google Chrome operating system quite yet—but it is ready to talk about it. During an event Thursday, VP of product management Sundar Pichai said the operating system was a “year away” from launch but said the company had “made tons of progress”...
Tags: Google Inc., Operating System, Operating Systems, Software, Technologies / Formats, Browsers, Companies, Google, Microsoft, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-11-19
Microsoft's Ballmer Defends His Company's Performance
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer hasn’t quite gotten the best reviews lately (Newsweek‘s Dan Lyons recently called Microsoft under his leadership the company’s “lost decade.”) But during the company’s annual meeting Thursday, Ballmer offered a defense of the company’s performance, saying that despite Microsoft’s first ever annual drop...
Tags: Performance, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Performance Management, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Finance, Mobile, Money, Companies, Microsoft, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-11-19
Microsoft Brings Social Networks?Starting With LinkedIn?To Outlook
With more people turning to social networks to communicate, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is adding a new feature to the next version of Outlook so that users can track the activities of contacts on social networks from within their e-mail inboxes. The feature—called Outlook Social Connector—aggregates social networking updates, a...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Outlook, Social Networking, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Social Media, Technologies / Formats, E-Mail, Companies, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-11-19
Alt Weekly Chain Creative Loafing Sold To Creditor For $5 Million
Creative Loafing, the second largest alt-weekly chain in the country, has been sold to hedge fund and creditor Atalaya Capital Management for $5 million. Creative Loafing filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September, only a year after purchasing the Chicago Reader and Washington City Paper, in a deal that...
Tags: City Paper Co., Chicago Reader Inc., Litigation, Investment, Financial Services, Personal Finance, Business Operations, Finance, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Money, Bankruptcy, M&A & Venture Capital, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-08-25
Top Microsoft Zune Marketing Executive Leaves For Universal Music
Chris Stephenson, who has overseen global marketing for Microsoft’s Zune music player since its debut in 2006, is leaving Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) to join Universal Music, the WSJ reports. Stephenson confirms he is leaving to the WSJ. At Universal, he will lead marketing for Interscope Geffen A & M...
Tags: Marketing, Apple iPod, Microsoft Zune, Universal Music Group, Microsoft Corp., Stephenson, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Industry Moves, Entertainment, Music, Companies, Microsoft, Vivendi, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-08-26
Delivery.com Buys Eats.com Owner Eats Media
Online food ordering service Delivery.com has purchased Eats Media, owner of restaurant portal and social networking site Eats.com. Financial terms of the deal were not released. Delivery.com pays commissions to users who recruit new restaurants and customers to its service, and the company says the addition of Eats “brings...
Tags: Media, Owner, Delivery.com, Social Networking, Portals, Financial Planning, Financial Accounting, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Finance, Advertising, Media & Publishing, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-08-26
The Problems With EveryBlock
Like it or not, hyperlocal is one of the buzzphrases in online news these days, and the site of the moment is EveryBlock.com. Founded two years ago, it was sold last week to MSNBC Interactive. Unlike other sites that provide their own local news, EveryBlock, which operates in 15...
Tags: MSNBC, EveryBlock, Blogging, Internet, Advertising, Local, Media & Publishing, Online News, Companies, Microsoft, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-08-26
RightsFlow Raises $1.5 Million For Music Licensing And Royalty Payment Platform
Music licensing and royalty service provider RightsFlow has raised $1.5 million in a first round of funding from Originate Ventures. RightsFlow’s music licensing and royalty payment technology platform is used by more than 1,500 music-related companies, including imeem, INGrooves, and E1 Entertainment. New funds will be used to expand...
Tags: Payment, Music, RightsFlow, Operational Accounting, Finance, Entertainment, Media & Publishing, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-08-26
Wordster?'A Wikipedia For Words'?Gets Funding
Wordster, an Atlanta startup that is set to soon launch what it calls a ‘Wikipedia for words’ has raised $440,000 of a $1.25 million round, according to an SEC filing. Southern tech site TechDrawl profiled the startup in May and said that it would work as a semantic reference...
Tags: Microsoft Word, Word, Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Media & Publishing, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-08-26
Google Expands Ad Revenue Sharing On YouTube
A year-and-a-half after first giving select users a cut of the revenue generated by ads that run near their clips, YouTube is greatly expanding the program. In its current setup, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) shares revenue mostly with users who regularly post videos on the site that reach big audiences...
Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Advertisement, YouTube Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, Operational Accounting, Marketing, Finance, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-08-25
PartyGaming Buys World Poker Tour For $12.3 Million
Online gambling firm PartyGaming has purchased “substantially all of the assets” of World Poker Tour owner WPT Enterprises for $12.3 million, along with a five percent cut of revenue generated by the assets. The deal includes World Poker Tour-related properties, including the World Poker Tour TV show which is...
Tags: PartyGaming Plc., Games, Asset Management, Personal Technology, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Entertainment, Gaming, Technologies / Formats, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-08-25
Time Warner Will Put Clips On YouTube
YouTube’s plans to up the amount of premium content on its site got a big boost Wednesday, as Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) agreed to put content from a wide range of clips from its TV shows and movies on the video site. Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) reached a similar...
Tags: Time Warner Inc., Advertisement, YouTube Inc., Corporate Communications, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-08-19
CrimeReports.com Raises $7.2 Million In Third Round For Crime Mapping
CrimeReports.com—which lets people find listings of nearby crimes by typing in an address—has raised $7.2 million in a second round of funding led by Austin Ventures. Existing investor vSpring Capital also participated. The site is ad-free, although CrimeReports charges law enforcement agencies between $49 and $199 a month to...
Tags: Crime, Round, CrimeReports.com, Social Networking, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Marketing, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-08-19
AOL-Owned Patch Launches Two New Local Sites, Names Publisher
First, EveryBlock gets sold and now another heavily talked about hyperlocal startup has its own bit of news to announce. AOL-owned Patch is launching new sites in Summit, New Jersey and Darien, Connecticut, bringing the total number of hyperlocal sites in its network to eight. Three more are listed...
Tags: America Online Inc., CEO, Patch, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Financial Accounting, Internet, Finance, Advertising, Local, Media & Publishing, Online News, Companies, Time Warner, AOL, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-08-19
Yahoo, DivX Settle Lawsuit Over Toolbar Distribution Deal
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and digital video technology firm DivX (NSDQ: DIVX) have settled a ten month old lawsuit over an advertising deal between the two companies. DivX initially sued Yahoo in September, saying that Yahoo had backtracked on a two-year deal, under which it paid DivX so that customers...
Tags: Lawsuit, DivXNetworks, Yahoo! Inc., Toolbar, Litigation, Business Operations, Legal, Companies, Yahoo, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-08-19
ShowClix Raises A First Round For Online Ticketing
ShowClix, a two-year-old startup trying to challenge Ticketmaster’s dominance of the online ticketing industry, has raised a first round of funding from Pittsburgh Equity Partners. ShowClix is not disclosing how much it raised, but an SEC filing indicates the company brought in $570,000 of an $850,000 round. In the...
Tags: Round, Ticketmaster Corp., ShowClix, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, E-Commerce, Payment Systems, Entertainment, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-08-20
YouTube Tests New Recommendation Systems To Get Vistors To Watch More Clips
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) continues to strike deals to up the amount of professional and long-form content on YouTube, but it’s simultaneously pursuing a more straightforward strategy in order to get more money from the site: It’s trying to get YouTube visitors to watch more of the content that’s already...
Tags: YouTube Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Social Media, Video, Companies, Google, YouTube, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-08-20
Universal Music Buys International Rights To Sinatra Albums
Universal Music has purchased the international rights to Frank Sinatra albums from the Sinatra Family and Warner Music, the Financial Times reports. Under the terms of the deal, Universal can reissue albums that Sinatra released for Reprise, the record label he founded in 1960 and later sold to Warner...
Tags: Album, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group Corp., Entertainment, Music, Companies, Vivendi, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-08-20
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