Kara Swisher

100 Expected To Be Let Go From AOL Today - Posted November 10, 2009
AOL is expected to cut 100 jobs today, according to various reports. The move comes one week after AOL's parent company Time Warner announced its third quarter earnings and its magazine division, Time Inc., started cutting jobs of its own. However, as Kara Swisher at All Things Digital reports, today's cuts are... [FishBowlNY]

Lunch: Christiane Amanpour Draws an A-List Crowd - Posted September 16, 2009
— DIANE CLEHANE On the menu at Michael's today: a tasty stew of media mavens and moguls with a heaping helping of famous faces on the side. We could barely keep up with the goings-on in the dining room, since every other minute there was some boldface name heading to the Garden... [FishBowlNY]

Lunch: Christiane Amanpour Draws an A-List Crowd - Posted September 16, 2009
— DIANE CLEHANE On the menu at Michael's today: a tasty stew of media mavens and moguls with a heaping helping of famous faces on the side. We could barely keep up with the goings-on in the dining room, since every other minute there was some boldface name heading to the Garden... [FishBowlNY]

Will You Use HuffPo's New Social News Service? - Posted August 17, 2009
Today, the Huffington Post announced a new venture with Facebook called HuffPost Social News, which allows you to share HuffPo stories, news and comments with your friends through Facebook. According to our sister blog WebNewser, HuffPost Social News will allow its users to "automatically create personalized profile pages; keep track of... [FishBowlNY]

Twitter Wants Your $$$ - Posted May 27, 2009
Speaking yesterday at The Wall Street Journal's D: All Things Digital conference, Twitter co-founder Evan Williams told the audience, "there will be a moment when you can fill out a form or something and give us money." From the Associated Press: Williams and Twitter co-founder Biz Stone mentioned possible revenue-generators, including a... [FishBowlLA]

EXCLUSIVE: Yahoo! To Lay Off 1,500 In California on Wednesday; 200 In L.A. - Posted December 9, 2008
Yahoo!, via an email from departing CEO Jerry Yang, told its California employees that on Wednesday, as many as 1,500 employees will be tossed, inside sources confided to FBLA. No details were available regarding the email, but one employee who read it said Yang talked about the need to make cutbacks. This... [FishBowlLA]

Yahoo Execs On Their Way Out - Posted November 3, 2008
Kara Swisher reports two top Yahoo execs are expected to announce their departures this week: SVP Scott Moore, who runs Yahoo's media group out of its offices in Santa Monica, Calif., and also Alan Warms, who came to Yahoo from its BuzzTracker acquisition last year, will both be leaving, although it is... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 03.25.08 - Posted March 25, 2008
Good morning Washington. It's Emily Lawrimore's birthday (Hat Tip: Playbook), the 2008 Dart Award Winners have been announced, Dana Priest and Anne Hull have won yet another award, yesterday was Monica Lewinsky's 34th birthday and on this day in 1634, the first colonists to Maryland found the settlement of St. Mary's... [FishBowlDC]

Morning More Like Noon Reading List, 01.04.08 - Posted January 4, 2008
Good morning Washington. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | JOBS We blame Iowa for the delay. REVOLVING DOOR Washington Post reported yesterday, "Discovery Communications will announce today that company veteran Mark Hollinger will be promoted to the newly created job of chief operating... [FishBowlDC]

Walter Mossberg's Cool Mil - Posted May 7, 2007
The New Yorker's Ken Auletta turns in a profile of Walter Mossberg, the Wall Street Journal's longtime consumer technology columnist and white goateed gadget guru. Fine profile, but here's the key passage: Few tech columnists, though, write as clearly about the subject as Mossberg. Nor is it likely that any print journalist... [FishBowlNY]