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Historians will look back at the past 20 years as a unique period, a time when there was great opportunity to see deep into…

CNN to buy Mashable for $200-million [Rumour]

Rumour has it that international news giant CNN is in possible talks to buy popular tech news site Mashable for upwards of US$200-million. The…

Yahoo! ‘We know exactly what we want to do’

Yahoo! says that it has not been knocked off course by the firing of CEO Carol Bartz and that it would continue trying to…

Michael Arrington, ‘unpaid blogger’ launches Uncrunched

TechCrunch founder and former editor-in-chief Michael Arrington has launched a new blog. The site, called Uncrunched, recently went live with a solely user-generated post…

AOL, Microsoft, and Yahoo! partner to fight Google

In the wake of the firing of its colourful CEO, Carol Bartz, Yahoo! has dominated headlines with stories of boardroom politics and rumours of…

Despite her wishes, Carol Bartz leaves ‘doofus’ filled Yahoo! board

After having called the rest of the board “doofuses”, colourful ex-Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz has tendered her resignation from the Yahoo! board. This is…

AOL names new TechCrunch editor

AOL has named Erick Schonfield as the new editor of popular US technology blog TechCrunch. The announcement puts an end to days of controversy…

AOL and Yahoo! in possible merger talks following Bartz’s axing

A recent report from Bloomberg claims that AOL and Yahoo! are in early merger talks just a week after the firing of former Yahoo!…

Making AOL look foolish: Arrington continues to post on TechCrunch

It is becoming increasingly clear that Mike Arrington lost his job at TechCrunch over his insistence to be an investor in his beat companies….

TechCrunch ‘on the precipice’

In the wake of reports that founding editor Michael Arrington would be resigning, senior TechCrunch blogger MG Siegler believes the renowned blog may be…

Best and worst list: Tech CEOs that got our attention

Steve Jobs’ recent departure from Apple spurred us to create a list of the best and worst tech CEOs over the years. Read, digest…

The outlook’s still good: 29 years of email [Infographic]

Email turns 29 this year. That’s right, the medium so few of us can do without has been around for the best part of…

Will Bitcoin be another failed global eCurrency?

Memeburn already ran an article on Bitcoin before, where Matthew Stone brought us up to speed on this new crypto-currency that seems to be…

Complicated email — There’s no central authority

Earlier this year Facebook announced a 95% reduction in certain kinds of spam. Taken at face(book) value, that sounds like a tremendous breakthrough, but…

More on Techcrunch editor’s ‘conflict of interest’ disclosure

There is a widespread perception within the Silicon Valley community, that when it comes to the media, as long as everything is disclosed about…

Is there a future for hyperlocal media?

Local is the new frontier. Local ads, deals, and services represent a massive business opportunity for the Internet giants and media companies. But local…

Investigation forced TechCrunch founder to disclose investment

Kara Swisher, editor of “All Things Digital,” reported that TechCrunch Editor Mike Arrington disclosed his investments in startups following her questions about the matter,…

TechCrunch founder admits conflict of interest with investments

Mike Arrington, editor and founder of TechCrunch, an AOL company, today disclosed his investments in some high profile startups. He said he had refrained…

Arianna Huffington dismissive of ‘unpaid bloggers’ lawsuit

Arianna Huffington, co-founder of The Huffington Post, has dismissed as “utterly without merit” a lawsuit filed against the website claiming compensation for unpaid bloggers….

Huffington Post sued by journalist

American news website and content aggregating blog, The Huffington Post, was sued by a freelance journalist claiming unpaid bloggers should be compensated for the…

AOL cutting over 900 jobs in US, India

Internet company AOL is cutting more than 900 jobs as it joins forces with world-famous blog The Huffington Post and seeks to reinvent itself…

HuffPo backlash: Money changes everything

As is to be expected, there are a number of things that change when you are suddenly US$315-million richer. One of the first things…

AOL and Huffington Post: Media’s possible decline?

Dan Lyons of US-based news and opinion site, The Daily Beast, nails it in his look at the AOL acquisition of The Huffington Post…

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