A few years ago, we published a list of companies who ruled the Internet each year, from 1994-2007. Then, we forgot to update it for 2008-2010. On this week’s HipMojo show, we run down the list and picked a company for 2008, 2009, and 2010… and then open it up for you to suggest companies for 2011. Vote for the company of the Year below in the Comments, feel free to vote for the company you work for, but explain WHY, what was the one thing or many things that made the company stand out from the noise? continue reading...
If complementary product lines is one consideration in successful mergers, another one might very well be a shared set of values and a vision to tackle the future challenges and opportunities facing an organization.
In that context, I am thinking that maybe CBS/CNET and NYT/About.com would make for good merger buddies. I will give this some more thought… but this is a potentially interesting merger not only because of the fits in terms of content and media, but also because both management teams seem to be opening up their data more and more. continue reading...
You try not to read too much into this, but NYT is being pursued by activist shareholders, then its subsidiary About.com sees its CEO Scott Meyer resign… the company line is that this was amicable and planned.
Maybe. But then why is NYT Digital dean Martin Nisenholtz taking over? continue reading...
For the longest time, I’ve been hinting at private equity firms to give me a call so we can rescue Yahoo! That might happen, it might not. But to pull that off, you need a good $40B or so. With Yahoo! at $25B - and reporting earnings as we speak - it might happen.
But today, an easier target. No, I’m not talking about CNET - though I’d love to manage CNET and whip it into shape, too. CNET is in fact facing a hostile takeover from Jana Partners, who has built up a 20% stake in the company. continue reading...
Shareholder activism.
Get used to it. Something tells me that we’re going to see more and more of this. As a Yahoo! shareholder with a 6-digit investment in the company, I am personally growing tired of Yahoo!’s direction, management and rhetoric. Last week I published a post called “Memo to Yahoo!: Barbarians at the Gates.” continue reading...
Within the last eight months, About.com has made two acquisitions and today made its third one, according to the NYT.
One was a Web site that provides access to information about hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and doctors, UCompareHealthCare.com. continue reading...
