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Lo dice Bloomberg Chief Executive Officer Tim Armstrong is talking with advisers to Yahoo! Inc. to gauge its interest in combining the companies after the ouster of CEO Carol Bartz, according to two people familiar with the matter. Armstrong is discussing options for a combination aimed at strengthening the two Internet companies, said the people, … Leggi tutto
Via Business Insider Well, it’s official: The Huffington Post Transition team has just eliminated all AOL freelancers and contractors (at least those in business and finance–everything under Peter Goodman). But we have been invited to continue contributing for free. We will be replaced either by a handful of people Goodman has in mind, or with … Leggi tutto
Via All things digital qui la versione di Wired According to several people close to the situation, the New York-based Internet giant will lay off up to several hundred staffers starting tomorrow in very targeted areas of the company’s U.S. operations, in a move that its CEO Tim Armstrong signaled last week was coming. Sources … Leggi tutto
Via ReadWriteWeb Neighborhood news aggregator Outside.in has been acquired by AOL, according to multiple reports this morning. Apparently it’s being bought for less than the big pile of money that high-profile investors put into it, back when hopes were high. It’s sad, really: the ambitious hyper-local news technology services of the last few years don’t … Leggi tutto
Via All Things Digital In a bold and definitive move, AOL is paying $315 million in cash to buy the Huffington Post, one of the Web’s most prominent news and opinion sites. As part of the deal, Huffington Post Co-founder Arianna Huffington (pictured here)–who was derided by some when she co-founded the left-leaning site in … Leggi tutto
Via GigaOm UPDATE: conferme della trattativa del WSJ UPDATE2 : E’ ufficiale: Aol ha comprato Techcrunch AOL, the New York-based online media company, is on the verge of acquiring TechCrunch, the online blogging network started by former attorney, Michael Arrington. The deal is at a sensitive stage and might fall apart yet, but I don’t … Leggi tutto