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more about #deals more comments → raincoaster: If they want to churn the Suggested Users List, which they should, they should just automatically include everyone the elite who are already on the li... more » skymotel: The sequence of events behind the Twitter-Bing deal isn't working in an expected order. Twitter users are already (re)tweeting news about Twitter sign... more » Alaska Miller: If the 400 employees put up $12k themselves--the price of a Hyundai--they could have gone independent and kept it solvent and perhaps growing. more » RonMwangaguhunga: R'uh-roh. more » ModestProposal: No way the FCC lets one company own 2 broadcast networks, leaving aside the issues around local tv stations. more » Sneeze In Bed: Shame...this would have made a fantastic storyline for "30 Rock". more » momof3wildkids: Rupert looks like he is happy he ate that plate of prunes yesterday. more » raincoaster: I'll bid what they're charging minus 20%. And you can pay me on Paypal! more » shostakobitch: i think i'd grant access to my firehose for around $1,500 too. more » Voyou_Charmant: Why hasn't Comcast denied that it raped and murdered a girl in 1990? more » Magister: My worry would be Hulu and online TV in general. I'm sure Comcast would prefer people to use their subscription service (cable) and Murdoch has been... more » dirtydeer: But what does this all mean for the Sheinhardt Wig Company? more » daveyjonesisdead: A purchase would mean Comcast is doubling-down on it's bleak future - tv will be via the internet, internet will be wireless. revenues won't support b... more » the fung: Comcast, which owns cable and internet pipes but not the stuff that goes through them, has always wanted to own a content company, and made a failed p... more » Trulymadlyme: Not happening. Fucking impossible antitrust implications. more » -
#startups
The Retreat of King Twitter
With great power comes great responsibility, and with great responsibility comes great headaches. So after years as the hottest, most talked about startup in Silicon Valley, Twitter is ready to relinquish some control of the national conversation. More » -
#breaking
Bloomberg Buys BusinessWeek
As expected, Bloomberg has won the bidding for Businessweek magazine, beating out the investment firm ZelnickMedia. They ended up paying more than the cost of McChicken, after all. More » -
#mediatitans
Oh, Fun: Rupert Murdoch's Supposedly Interested in Buying NBC Universal
Bill O'Reilly, call your office: Citing CNBC, Reuters says Rupert Murdoch is interested in buying a piece of NBC Universal, which could lead to a major embarrassment when O'Reilly draws Keith Olbermann in the corporate Secret Santa program. More » -
#twitter
Selling Your Tweets to the Enemy
Tech bloggers are in a tizzy over the prospect of tech giants Google or Microsoft getting real-time access to the thoughts of Twitterers, but Valleywag has learned that cash-hungry Twitter is already selling access to its "firehose" of data. More » -
#deals
What Would a Comcast Purchase of NBC Universal Mean?
Everyone's talking about The Wrap's report last night that cable giant Comcast is in talks to buy NBC Universal. We don't know if it's true or not, but one thing's for certain: If it is, Tina Fey is screwed. More » -
#deathofprint
Ebony Searches for a Savior
Newsweek's Johnnie L. Roberts reports that Ebony, which was founded with a $500 loan in 1942, is in "big, big trouble" and shopping itself to Time Warner and Viacom. More » -
#deals
Whitley Strieber, author of The Hunger and Nature's End, has signed with Gersh Agency.
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#nerdfight
Jealous Geeks in $2 Billion Wrestling Match Over Skype
How did a group of private investors snag Skype for $2 billion+ when big public corporations like Google were too scared to bid, thanks to lawsuits? With stolen computer nerd sorcery, allegedly. More » -
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#deals
Twitter's Journey to $1 Billion
Twitter is poised to close a $50 million funding round that values the microblogging startup at a staggering $1 billion, according to TechCrunch and AllThingsD. Since closing its last venture round in February, then, the startup's value has grown fourfold. More » -
#beingandnothingness
Gimmick Blogs To Conquer Television
If you're tired of hearing tales of how your downstairs neighbor got a book deal for his online compilation of images of his bad hair days, we've got news for you. Brace yourself to hear about his TV development deal. More » -
#deals
Yahoo Learns New Definition of 'Safe'
In September, Yahoo touted Firefox to Internet Explorer users as a "safer" browser. Now it's doing just the opposite. Funny what an innocent little "search agreement" can do to one's perception of the world. [TechCrunch] -
#acquisitions
How a 'Made' Startup Was Clipped
Two years ago, music service iLike appeared to be set: Its CEO said it was "made," its investor mused it could be a "billion-dollar winner," and the press was enthralled. Now the poster child is a cautionary tale. More » -
#deals
The Trouble with Taking Charity
Adrian Holovaty has sold his hyperlocal news startup to MSNBC.com, allowing the programmer to cash out and keep his staff employed. For most entrepreneurs that would be unalloyed good news. But Holovaty isn't just any entrepreneur. Just ask his critics. More » -
#cubicleculture
What You Wear to a $50 Million Deal Closing in Silicon Valley
FriendFeed grew out of Google's casual engineer culture, and the team didn't bother dressing up to sell the social aggregator to Facebook for $50 million, either. This picture does indeed speak volumes. More » -
#deals
Facebook's Narcissism Empire Grows with FriendFeed Buy
Facebook confirmed it will buy the social aggregation service FriendFeed on undisclosed terms. It would appear that narcissism is a bounded phenomenon. More » -
#deals
Microsoft to Slowly Devour Yahoo
Today's deal between Microsoft and Yahoo is officially a partnership. But the 10-year search deal, assuming it clears regulators, inevitably ends one way: With Yahoo's annihilation. More » -
#deals
Yahoo, Microsoft To Go Steady Tomorrow: Report
After a failed romance last year, tears; then fighting and the nastiness; followed by a slow, painful reconciliation starting earlier this year. Yahoo and Microsoft have finally — finally — united with an advertising deal, All Things D reports. More » -
#startups
Barry Diller Just Bought This Kid a TV Studio
At the ripe old age of 28, Ricky Van Veen is finally putting CollegeHumor.com behind him. He's leaving the site he co-founded and starting a production company called Notional. But the young man remains in Barry Diller's well-padded nest. More » -
#flackery
Amazon Buys Zappos, Gives Press the Boot
Amazon.com bought Zappos, the beloved online retailer of shoes, for $920 million, mostly in stock. Amazon's announcement was as direct as its business model; while reporters were calling the company in vain, CEO Jeff Bezos was dishing via YouTube. More » -
#rumormonger
Onion Sale Announcement Monday?
Earlier this week, we heard the Onion was in talks to sell to a large media company; now we're told there's some sort of announcement or internal meeting scheduled Monday in relation to the rumored buyout. More »
