Marissa Mayer

Yahoo's board is said to OK buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash

2013-05-19 10:19:00

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo's board of directors has approved a $1.1-billion cash acquisition of blogging site Tumblr. A deal could be announced as soon as Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. It's the biggest -- and riskiest -- deal yet for...

Will Yahoo splurge on $1-billion acquisition of Tumblr?

2013-05-17 10:31:00

SAN FRANCISCO -- Will Yahoo buy Tumblr? That's the $1-billion question du jour courtesy of All Things D. The struggling Internet giant is reportedly in serious talks to buy the blogging service in a deal that could be worth as much as $1 billion....

Yahoo plans announcement Monday in N.Y., Tumblr's hometown

2013-05-17 14:53:00

Yahoo is set to hold a news conference Monday, and many believe the company might announce it is acquiring Tumblr. Rumors began swirling Friday about the possible acquisition, saying Yahoo is interested in buying Tumblr, a social network whose...

Fox bets on stars! ESPN eyes Open. Pressure on Sony to split

2013-05-14 05:41:00

After the coffee. Before the ESPN and ABC upfronts. The Skinny: I got through the day without any pizza. Let's see if I can make it two in a row. Tuesday's headlines include Fox's new TV schedule for next season. Also, a hedge fund manager is pressuring...

Female tech entrepreneurs flourish in L.A.

2013-05-11 19:08:00

It seemed like a typical dinner party for the well-heeled set: eight women, some dressed in stilettos and skinny jeans, gabbing over glasses of wine and endive spears with goat cheese at a lavish Hollywood Hills home. But amid the Kate Middleton...

Silicon Valley is beginning to see 'delight' in a new light

2013-05-10 07:00:00

PALO ALTO — Ask Joshua Reeves about his online payroll service, and the last thing he'll want to discuss are its features and algorithms and software code and all that other cold jargon that usually comes pouring out of the mouths of Silicon...

Apple makes Fortune 500's top 10 for first time; Facebook makes list

2013-05-06 11:26:00

Despite having a rough year on Wall Street, Apple cracked the top�10 in the Fortune 500 list for the first time, jumping from No. 17 to No. 6. The Fortune 500, compiled by the business magazine Fortune, ranks the largest corporations in the U.S. based...

Yahoo's Marissa Mayer extends maternity, paternity leave

2013-04-30 12:27:00

In a bid to bring Yahoo Inc. more in line with competitors such as Google and Facebook, Chief Executive Marissa Mayer has expanded the company's family leave policy.� Yahoo said Tuesday that Mayer has doubled maternity leave and extended paternity leave...

Does losing 'Saturday Night Live' clips to Yahoo hurt Hulu?

2013-04-25 17:26:00

On the eve of the NewFront digital media presentations next week to advertisers, Yahoo! Chief Executive Marissa Mayer trumpeted a high-profile conquest: NBC's iconic sketch-comedy show "Saturday Night Live." Yahoo landed the exclusive rights to "SNL"...

Yahoo shares plunge on decline in 1st quarter display-ad sales

2013-04-16 14:04:00

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc.'s first-quarter earnings report was seen by some as an early test of Marissa Mayer's ability to turn around the troubled Internet company. Investors now seem to be worried Mayer might not pass that test. Shares that...

Apple and Yahoo said to be in talks for deeper iPhone partnership

2013-04-09 16:43:00

SAN FRANCISCO --�Yahoo is said to be in discussions with Apple to make some of its services more prominent on Apple's iPhone and iPad. The two Silicon Valley companies are talking about getting more sports and news content loaded onto Apple devices...

After Yahoo, Best Buy also rethinks telecommuting

2013-03-06 12:34:00

Electronics retailer Best Buy is calling its workers back into the office, shutting down its experiment with flexible workplace hours a week after Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer put the kibosh on telecommuting at her own company. Best Buy said...

Yahoo is expected to announce Monday that it is acquiring blogging site Tumblr as part of CEO Marissa Mayer's effort to make the Internet pioneer more popular with younger people.

2013-05-19 10:02:49

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer may be looking at acquiring the blogging service Tumblr.

2013-05-17 10:00:30

Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer, during an April conference call with analysts: "We want to put our users first and make their daily routines truly delightful." She is shown at the TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2013 conference in New York on April 29, 2013.

2013-04-29 00:00:00