Saturday, August 22, 2009
The Odd Tale of Facebook, TipJoy, the Deal that Didn’t Happen and the Hire that Did
Facebook offered to buy TipJoy, then changed its mind. Now the micropayment start-up has closed, and a co-founder is working for…Facebook.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Twitter’s Astonishing Hockey Stick
Yes, everyone who invested in Twitter and everyone who runs it wants to figure out how to make money from it one day. But for now, Twitter’s growth–now pegged at 131 percent a month–is the real story.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
A Win for Project Playlist: EMI Drops Suit, Signs On
EMI Music Group, which sued Web music start-up Project Playlist nearly a year ago, has dropped its suit and will start providing its catalog to the site, which offers free streaming music. The settlement, in conjunction with an earlier deal struck with Sony’s Sony Music Entertainment, means that Project Playlist now has deals with two of the big four music labels. But Warner Music Group and Vivendi’s Universal Music Group are still suing the company.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Twittering Inferno: “Holy Crap. This Is an Actual Fire”
Nat Turner, the co-founder of Philadelphia-based advertising start-up Invite Media, was in a fire Thursday night. How do we know? Because he broadcast the experience via Twitter and documented it on Flickr.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Mark Cuban’s Start-Up Investing Tips: Buy Now! Bonus Advice: How to Manage 5,000 Emails a Day
The billionaire investor explains why a recession is an excellent time to invest in start-ups–and how to manage a Gmail account that gets up to 5,000 messages a day. He’s also got a request for Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Here to Save Iceland, Start-Ups: Björk
Iceland’s economy is shattered. Who better to save it than a popstar (sort of) willing to lend her name to new venture fund? Good news for anyone with an idea that will “that create value through the uniqueness of Iceland’s nature and culture.”
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Twitter Launches Another Business It Doesn’t Make Money From: Trading Site StockTwits Raises $800,000
Twitter’s executives and investors tend to roll their eyes when people ask them when they’re going to start, you know, generating revenue. Maybe that’s because there’s a really obvious answer: Start collecting money from the many companies that are using Twitter’s infrastructure and service to create their own businesses. Newest example: StockTwits, a Twitter-based bulletin board/chat room for individual investors
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
[UPDATE] Time Inc. Layoffs: Publishers, Top Execs at Southern Progress and Cooking Light Out
Time Inc. is cutting something like 600 employees, but for the past few weeks it has been doing so in small steps: 10 here, 30 there. That will change today when up to 250 people at Time Warner’s magazine unit are expected to get pink-slipped. Leaving the company along with them, executives from Cooking Light and Southern Progress.
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