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Sarah Lacy is a freelance business reporter and a fixture on the Silicon Valley scene. Gawker media mini-mogul Nick Denton once called her “the hottest reporter in the tech world—ever.” So when she conducted a video interview for Yahoo with Elon Musk, the futurist in chief behind fledgling electric car company Tesla, she was on familiar ground. Very... READ MORE»
Last night, purple-pushing internet company Yahoo! announced that co-founder and C.E.O. Jerry Yang would be stepping down from his management role, which he's had since June 2007. Mr. Yang will continue to sit on the company's board and take back his old title (we kid you not): Chief Yahoo!. Jessica E. Vascellaro of The Wall Street Journal framed it as follows: Yahoo Inc. co-founder and Chief Executive Jerry Yang will step down after the company finds... READ MORE»
Yahoo! and Jon Hamm (Don Draper on Mad Men) broke out the whiskey yesterday in celebration of APT, the media company's new digital advertising system (check out the site here). At a press conference in New York, in celebration of Advertising Week festivities, Mr. Hamm joined Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and President Sue Decker to talk about how much easier and faster companies can buy online ads with the Web-based service with a drag-and-drop... READ MORE»
In case you missed it, Mike Bloomberg was on The Today Show this morning to announce that the city will phase in hybrid vehicles into the city’s taxi fleet over the next five years as part of his overall effort to reduce local pollution. The mayor was joined by two other guests. One was Yahoo’s Vice President of Marketing, Patrick Crane, whose company donated 10 hybrid taxis to the city. “And," the mayor... READ MORE»
Anybody who shares a name with an elected official, candidate, or press aide, can sympathize with Maureen Donovan whose last name is one letter off from the very busy press aide to congressman John Sweeney (of the infamous 911 calls). Here's Donovan's automated response to from Donovan's Yahoo account: If you are trying to e-mail Maureen Donovan w/info re: political campaigns, news stories, or visits to NYC, you have the wrong Maureen Donovan! ... READ MORE»
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Yahoo/AP has a good story this morning on plans to create a beach on the Hudson, at Piers 52/53. The story misses a growing movement led by boaters to revive the city's beaches. For instance, the argument is raging now in Community Board 1 over providing access to a beach on the East River just below the Brooklyn Bridge. This beach exists already, and is about 250 feet long—but barriers make it... READ MORE»
Daily News editor Dawn Eden writes in response to criticism of a recent piece in her section that, to me, seemed to gloss over the politics of abortion, and that led a reader to apparently discover that the profile subject was spreading misinformation: "Moral rehab for reporters" --I like that. Thanks for the plug, Ben. Regarding Ms. Chapman’s grievances, I stand by Colin O’Brien’s excellent story. As the story states, abortion is not Bridge to Life’s... READ MORE»
On a slow night, Anne, a 23-year-old assistant at an art consultancy, will get drunk at home with he... READ MORE»
Wednesday 30th Sit down, folks, because Joan Rivers is doing stand-up again , even if it hasn't... READ MORE»
It's another down day for Internet stocks, and Lehman Brothers'star Internet analyst Holly Becker is... READ MORE»
I have often wondered if Manhattan might be a better place without any automobiles.... READ MORE»
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Old-School Eakle Hypes a Client, With Some Help From Dan DorfmanRichard Eakle is a busy... READ MORE»
It's 1999, and the Internet stock boom is flooding Silicon Alley, New York City's "new media" zone, ... READ MORE»
