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How YP Is Growing A Giant Tech Team In Glendale

One of the largest concentrations of technical talent in Los Angeles is in Glendale, at YP -- staffed with a surprising number of Los Angeles startup vets.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Dapper, Bessemer Venture Partners, Koprol

Tue May 21, 2013

KMPH-TV Fresno

Yahoo looks to regain its cool with Tumblr deal

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Related Topix: Tumblr, Dapper, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Representative Mary Fallin, Republican, US House of Representatives, Oklahoma

Money Morning

Yahoo-Tumblr Deal a Hail Mary Pass That May Never Pay Off

Cherry-picks the very best investment opportunities from all 11 research services - in energy, commodities, currencies, biotech, and more.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Canaan Partners, Koprol, Dapper, Bessemer Venture Partners

Daily Mail

Former Yahoo! employee killed after falling from roof during San...

A former Yahoo! employee died over the weekend after falling from the roof of a four-story house in San Francisco while attending a party for the city's annual 'Bay to Breakers' foot race.

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Related Topix: Dapper, San Francisco, CA, Demandforce

Mon May 20, 2013

AmericanBankingNews.com

Yahoo! PT Raised to $27.00 at Piper Jaffray

The firm currently has a "neutral" rating on the stock. The analysts wrote, "Yahoo! acquired Tumblr, a blogging platform, for $1.1 billion in essentially all cash.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Canaan Partners, Dapper, Bessemer Venture Partners, Koprol

SiliconValley.com

Biz Break: Porn could be Yahoo's Tumblr stumbling block; SolarCity and Apple gain

Today: Yahoo confirms $1.1 billion deal for Tumblr, but faces a quandary about content vs.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Tumblr, Dapper, Bessemer Venture Partners, Koprol

Business Journal

Pricetag puts Tumblr in rare company

David Karp is in pretty rare air. He's just sold his microblogging service, Tumblr, for $1.1 billion, a price rarely achieved for a venture-backed company.

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Related Topix: Tumblr, Startups, Yahoo!, Canaan Partners, Koprol, Bessemer Venture Partners

Forbes.com

Interview With Tumblr Investor, Spark Capital

Spark Capital is located on Boston's swank Newbury Street. But in recent weeks it has taken up some very ritzy media real estate for the $450 million it raised in the first quarter of 2013 and its leading role in keeping Tumblr going long enough for Yahoo to pay $1.1 billion in cash according to the New York Times for the blogging service.

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Related Topix: Tumblr, Dapper, Publishing, Media, New Times, Venture Capital, Emerging Technology, Boston, NY

KTEN-TV Denison

Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr

Experts say the officer who killed a Long Island college student and a home invasion suspect on Friday was confronted with a split-second choice.

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Related Topix: Dapper, Tumblr, Oklahoma, Lottery

Sun May 19, 2013

Examiner.com

Yahoo to buy Tumblr: $1.1 billion cash offer according to source

Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash says a source close to the deal according to The New York Times.

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Related Topix: Dapper, Blog News, Startups, Facebook

Alabama Live

Report: Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash

Yahoo! Inc. is set to purchase Tumblr, a blogging tool, for $1.1 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Canaan Partners, Dapper, Bessemer Venture Partners, Koprol

Sat May 18, 2013

CBS Local

Yahoo Reportedly Nearing $1.1B Acquisition Of Tumblr

Yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the Internet company's website and mobile applications.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Canaan Partners, Dapper, Bessemer Venture Partners, Koprol

Fri May 17, 2013

Benzinga

Time Warner Cable Looking to Buy Hulu Before Yahoo

According to Bloomberg , discussions are "at an early stage and a transaction isn't certain." Another, unidentified pay-TV company is also interested in acquiring Hulu.

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Related Topix: Publishing, News Corporation, Startups, Yahoo!, Canaan Partners, Dapper, Bessemer Venture Partners

Thu May 16, 2013

Mashable

Is Marissa Mayer About to Buy Tumblr for $1 Billion?

In a deal that would vault Yahoo into the premiere league of social media, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is said to be closing in on a $1 billion acquisition deal with David Karp , the CEO of New York-based Tumblr .

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Related Topix: Tumblr, Dapper

Wed May 15, 2013

The London Free Press

Hedge fund billionaire Daniel Loeb says Sony reminds him of Yahoo

Billionaire hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb says Sony Corp reminds him of Yahoo Inc before he waged a bitter proxy fight that triggered a boardroom shake-out at the Internet company last year.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Reuters, Google, Facebook

Home

Yahoo to woo younger users in effort to be cool again

Yahoo plans to ramp up advertising and marketing efforts as it seeks to break its reliance on an "aging demographic" and become more relevant among young adults, the company's finance chief said on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Canaan Partners, Dapper, Bessemer Venture Partners, Koprol

Tue May 14, 2013

MarketNewsVideo

Analyst Moves: YHOO, V, SODA

This morning, Cantor Fitzgerald increased its price target on shares of Yahoo! to $30 based on the increasing value of its stake in Alibaba.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Canaan Partners, Dapper, Bessemer Venture Partners, Koprol

Insider Monkey

Hedge Fund News: Dan Loeb, David Tepper, Dell Inc.

Editor's Note: Related tickers: Dell Inc. , Sony Corporation , Yahoo! Inc. , SEI Investments Company , Deutsche Bank AG , Citigroup Inc , The Clorox Company , Netflix, Inc.

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Related Topix: Computers, Dell, IGN Entertainment, Startups, Archive Systems, Scalent Systems, Force10 Networks

Russia Taday

American billionaire calls for breakup of Sony

The manager of a leading American hedge fund, one of Sony Entertainment's biggest shareholders has a 6.5 percent stake and plans to boost the Sony share price by 60%. Notorious for in his power play breakups and dismissals at both Yahoo and Google, Daniel Loeb, the chief executive of Third Point, now has his sights set on Sony.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Search Engines

Daily Political

Yahoo! Receives "Conviction-Buy" Rating from Goldman Sachs

's stock had its "conviction-buy" rating reaffirmed by research analysts at Goldman Sachs in a report released on Tuesday, StocKRatingsNetwork.com reports.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Canaan Partners, Dapper, Bessemer Venture Partners, Koprol

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