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Upfronts Show Cracks in the Facade of Networks
VarietyForgive the major broadcast networks for feeling a bit like the evil "Queen in Snow White" and the Seven Dwarfs these days. When asking their Magic Mirror for positive reinforcement, the answer is seldom completely satisfying. Still the fairest of them...Tags: Entertainment, TBS (tv network), Downton Abbey (tv program), Media Industry, Netflix Inc.
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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: Demographics, Computer Networking and Internet, Marissa Mayer, Media Industry, Rentals
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Tumblr users take to blogs to express fear over 'Yahoo takeover'
Many Tumblr users are already up in arms over worries that their beloved blogging service could lose its hip edge under Yahoo's control. The blogging website was filled with rants after Yahoo announced on Monday it was acquiring Tumblr for $1.1 billion....
Tags: Sociology, Culture, Strawberries, Arts and Culture, Marissa Mayer
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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: Microsoft Corporation, Computer Networking and Internet, Business, Media Industry, Yahoo! Inc.
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Is Yahoo's billion-dollar bet on synergy worth it?
When Google went public in 2004 for $85 a share, I wrote a column questioning such a high valuation for a company built on a math equation. Wasn't it inevitable that someone would come along with a better search algorithm? Google closed Monday at $908....
Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Computing and Information Technology Industry, AOL LLC, Marissa Mayer, Marketing
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Sprint buys Kansas City-based social media company Handmark
The Kansas City StarCellphone giant Sprint Nextel Corp. has bought a small innovative Kansas City company with an eye on collecting lots of advertising revenues. The deal to buy Handmark Inc., which owns social media app maker OneLouder, is expected to be formally...Tags: Sprint Nextel Corporation, Marketing, Media Industry, CBS Corp., Social Media
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Bankruptcy bidding will decide fate of isle microbrews
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserThe fate of two of Hawaii's oldest microbrew beer brands -- whether they continue to be made and where -- could be decided today at a U.S. Bankruptcy Court auction in Honolulu. Current owners of Hilo-based Hawai'i Nui Brewing LLC, which produces...Tags: Trials, Bankruptcy, Marketing, Financially Distressed Companies, Companies and Corporations
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Personal touch
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserNewlyweds Shinya and Miki Ito looked like kids building a sand castle as they painstakingly piled treats in a bag during a shopping spree at GIFT, Sheraton Waikiki's new store where guests can chose their own amenities. The couple had filled the bag...Tags: Apple iPad, Employees, Customs and Tradition, Trips and Vacations, Media Industry
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The Honolulu Star-Advertiser The Buzz column
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserJune Mulhall was a shoe addict who turned her passion into a business and has enabled untold numbers of other shoe addicts for 33 years. Oh yeah, let's not forget C. June Shoes' selection of purses and accessories. "Ask any woman if she has heard of...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Radio Industry, Breast Cancer, Chemotherapy, Health Treatments
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Lack of facilities moves pharmacy college to edge
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserThe state Legislature's denial of $38 million for a College of Pharmacy building at the University of Hawaii at Hilo is expected to lead to the college being found "noncompliant" in one of 30 criteria for accreditation, a top school official said. A...Tags: Politics, Students, Daniel Inouye, Teaching and Learning, Marketing
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Mayor tells Council to shrink spending or raise taxes, fares
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserMayor Kirk Caldwell has warned the City Council that it will need to cut spending or raise either property taxes or bus fares to balance the city's $2.09 billion operating budget. But Council Budget Chairwoman Ann Kobayashi said Council staffers have...Tags: Politics, Taxation, Local Government, Finance, Marketing
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Yahoo confirms $1.1 billion deal to buy Tumblr blogging service
San Jose Mercury NewsYahoo (YHOO) confirmed Monday that it will pay $1.1 billion for the popular blogging service Tumblr, in a bold but risky move that CEO Marissa Mayer called a "game-changer" aimed at adding new and younger users to Yahoo's web audience. "On many levels,...Tags: Science and Technology, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Computer Networking and Internet, Marissa Mayer, Media Industry
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