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September 24, 2015September 24, 2015

Who Would Buy Yahoo?

After I wrote my post about Tumblr’s hidden value the other day, Ben Schenker and I got into a conversation about if Yahoo! might present an appealing takeover target, similar to Verizon’s acquisition of erstwhile internet behemoth AOL. It’s hard to imagine, but AOL also seemed equally improbable. Despite its somewhat dated brand image, it’s still … Continue reading Who Would Buy Yahoo?

July 15, 2012

Even Websites Have their Fifteen Minutes

News aggregator Digg was recently sold for $500,000 to Betaworks, another news-oriented website, with LinkedIn and The Washigton Post purchasing other pieces of Digg for another $16 million. Digg, which in 2008 was rumored to be mulling a $200 million sale to Google, had steadily lost ground to Reddit, largely due to cosmetic changes that … Continue reading Even Websites Have their Fifteen Minutes