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Are AOL, Yahoo and Microsoft desperate?
Word leaked that the three players may work together in the ad space -- and the initial reaction is nothing short of discouraging.
FORTUNE -- Could the news that Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo (YHOO) and AOL (AOL) are planning to join together to sell ads on each other's sites be a trial balloon –- a leak designed to test reaction?
If so, the early responses aren't so encouraging. AllThingsD broke the news on MORE
Dan Mitchell, contributor - Sep 15, 2011 2:30 PM ET -
Today in Tech: Gamestop testing Android tablet
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* Gamestop (GME) president Tony Bartel revealed that the videogame retail chain is testing the sale and distribution of a branded Android tablet that will likely stream console games to it. (GamesIndustry)
* It's (still) official: TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington confirmed at the tech blog's Disrupt conference yesterday morning that he's no longer an AOL MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Sep 13, 2011 3:30 AM ET -
Yahoo's next CEO? Meet the candidates
At this point, the ultimate fate of the beleaguered Internet company is anybody's guess. But here are some of the executives that may get a chance at taking the top spot.
FORTUNE -- It's impossible to guess who might be Carol Bartz's replacement at Yahoo because it's impossible to guess what Yahoo might look like when a replacement is named. It could be a totally different company before a CEO is MORE
Dan Mitchell, contributor - Sep 8, 2011 2:39 PM ETPosted in: Alibaba Group, Amazon, AOL, AT&T, Bloomberg TV, Carol Bartz, Comcast, Disney, Google, Hulu, Jack Ma, Jason Kilar, Jerry Yang, Jonathan Miller, Michael Arrington, Microsoft, MySpace, NBC Universal, News Corp., Peter Chernin, PLanet of the Apes, Ross Levinsohn, Rupert Murdoch, TechCrunch, Tim Armstrong, Tim Morse, Yahoo, Yahoo Japan -
Today in Tech: Should Yahoo's board be fired next?
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* Om Malik over at GigaOm proposes that Yahoo's (YHOO) slow-moving board should ousted too, and offers up a few new board candidates. (GigaOm)
* AOL (AOL) execs have decided to fire TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington, though how they plan to do it remains unclear. The timing perhaps couldn't be MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Sep 8, 2011 3:30 AM ETPosted in: AOL, Apple, Eric Schmidt, Facebook, Google, HTC, iPhone, Michael Arrington, Turntable.fm, Yahoo -
The "end of TechCrunch"? It might not be such a bad thing
What would the startup scene be like without the blog that currently animates it? A whole lot better, actually.
FORTUNE -- At TechCrunch's Disrupt conference earlier this year, Michael Arrington brought Arianna Huffington on stage and the two played "The Odd Couple" for 10 minutes. "How the hell did we both end up at AOL?" Arrington asked, musing on AOL's purchase of TechCrunch for a reported $25 million and The Huffington MORE
Chadwick Matlin - Sep 7, 2011 2:17 PM ET -
Today in Tech: A peek at Amazon's new Kindle
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"I am TechCrunch and TechCrunch is me." -- Michael Arrington (The New York Times)
* David Carr over at The New York Times looks at TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington's path to becoming a venture capitalist and how his latest move -- Crunch Fund -- further complicates TechCrunch's editorial MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Sep 6, 2011 3:30 AM ETPosted in: Amazon Kindle, Android, AOL, Apple, Cover Flow, Gamestop, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Jonathan Ive, Jony Ive, Justin Bieber, Michael Arrington -
Today in Tech: Netflix lets Starz go
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* The Netflix-Starz partnership is no more, meaning all Starz content on the movie and TV-streaming service will be unavailable beginning next February. In a statement, Netflix (NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings told Business Insider that domestic viewership of Starz content has declined to 8% given increasing content from MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Sep 2, 2011 3:30 AM ETPosted in: AOL, AT&T, Economic Policy Institute, Facebook, Michael Arrington, Netflix, PC, Reed Hastings, Sequoia Capital, Sprint, starz, T-Mobile, TechCrunch, Twitter -
Tim Armstrong's AOL dream may be ending
The CEO of the struggling firm meant to turn it into the 21st century's Disney -- a thriving, diversified media powerhouse. Now, it looks like things may not turn out that way.
FORTUNE -- Tim Armstrong, the CEO of AOL (AOL), is a romantic. That's laudable, not to mention rare in modern American business. Unfortunately, modern American investors don't look favorably on romantics if they can't bring profits along with their lofty MORE
Dan Mitchell, contributor - Sep 1, 2011 12:18 PM ET -
Steve Jobs as his neighbors see him
A glimpse into his private life from a writer who lives down the street
Here's portrait of Apple's (AAPL) famous CEO that I suspect is unlike any you've read over the past week.
It was posted Monday by his Palo Alto neighbor, Lisen Stromberg, on AOL's Patch and on her personal blog.
Her kicker:
While Newsweek and the Wall Street Journal and CNET continue to drone on about the impact of the Steve Jobs era, I won't be pondering the MacBook MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 1, 2011 6:13 AM ET -
Today in Tech: Is Groupon running out of money?
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* Is Groupon running out of money? Henry Blodget over at Business Insider does the math and concludes -- among other things -- that as of June 30, the leading daily deal site owed $392 million to merchants for sold Groupons, significantly more than the $225 million of MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Aug 18, 2011 3:30 AM ET
