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Biden Worries About Journalists Should Trump Win 2024 Election: 'He's Threatened To Put Them In Jail'
Friday, February 23, 2024 - 6:01pm | 455President Joe Biden believes that some journalists fear what will happen to them if his Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump, wins the November general election. What Happened: At a recent fundraising event in California, Biden reportedly told journalist Katie Couric, who was in...
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Yahoo Or Buzzfeed? Snapchat Says Only One Knew How To Connect With Millennials
Monday, October 19, 2015 - 6:00pm | 399A few months ago, Snapchat removed Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) from its Discover section. The app replaced Yahoo videos with Buzzfeed videos. For those unfamiliar with Snapchat’s Discover feature launched in January, the idea is simple. When users tap on the Discover button, the app...
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How Yahoo Is Using Tumblr To Increase Revenue
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 11:50am | 615Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) CEO, Marissa Mayer wants to reverse the company’s decline in advertising revenue. She thinks the best way to do it is through a stable of digital magazines on a variety of topics including food, technology, movies and travel. Mayer’s goal is to get people...
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Yahoo Continues Start-up Buying Spree With QuickIO
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 - 3:46pm | 697Is Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) setting some sort of record for number of company acquisitions made in a year? WebProNews, calculates the QuikIO deal is at least the 24th acquisition made by this year by Yahoo – which just last week bought Ptch, another video streaming start-up, and is reported to be...
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Market Wrap For November 25: Nasdaq Breaks 4,000 Level For First Time Since 2000
Monday, November 25, 2013 - 5:57pm | 1904The Nasdaq index traded above 4,000 for the first time since 2000. The other major indices were flat for the day as markets couldn't hold on to early gains that were boosted by an international accord with Iran. Economic news was rather light and there were no comments from a Fed chairperson that...
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Katie Couric's Jump to the Internet: A Game-Changer for Content Producers?
Monday, November 25, 2013 - 2:20pm | 593Word of Katie Couric's jump from television to online has the entertainment and digital industries abuzz with speculation. Does her hiring as a "Global Anchor" on Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) signal the latest seismic shift in how consumers are getting their video content, or is it just a way for the...
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Les Moonves: "I'm Very Fond Of Charlie Sheen" (CBS)
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 1:48pm | 190Les Moonves, the President and CEO of CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS), told CNBC that with regards to the former star of Two and a Half Men, “Look, I'm very fond of Charlie Sheen. There are a lot of legal matters so I can't comment any further.” When asked if he could see the show going on without...