To many experts, New York’s City of Yes housing plan is modest — a set of zoning changes designed to induce gradual growth in low-rise neighborhoods. But to the people who spent two years shaping the plan and navigating its fraught politics, its passage on Thursday was nothing short of a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2024-12-06 19:03:00 UTC ]
Dave Limp, Amazon’s Senior Vice President of Devices and Services, has announced his pending retirement from the company. Limp has been with the company for nearly 14 years and, as his title suggests, oversaw Amazon’s transition into dedicated hardware devices like Kindle e-readers,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2023-08-15 18:23:15 UTC ]
Informa plc announced Tuesday that it has begun the process of replacing Derek Mapp, chairman of the London-based B2B publisher and exhibitions giant since 2008, with a successor expected to be installed by the end of the year. Mapp first joined Informa's board as a non-executive director in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2020-01-08 19:41:38 UTC ]
Private equity firm Apollo Global Management LLC is potentially interested in buying Tampa Bay's largest public company, according to a Tuesday report from Reuters. New York-based Apollo has approached Clearwater-based Tech Data Corp. (NASDAQ: TECD) with an offer to acquire the company for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-10-16 01:08:24 UTC ]
Facebook said it expects a fine of up to $5 billion from the Federal Trade Commission, which is investigating whether the social network violated its users' privacy. The company set aside $3 billion in its quarterly earnings reportWednesday as a contingency against the possible penalty but... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2019-04-25 02:15:00 UTC ]
Facebook Inc. estimated that it will cost as much as $5 billion to resolve a U.S. investigation into its privacy practices, as the social-media giant moves to put the fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal behind it. Facebook said Wednesday that it took a $3-billion charge related to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2019-04-24 22:10:00 UTC ]
Facebook Inc. estimated that it will cost as much as $5 billion to resolve a U.S. investigation into its privacy practices, as the social-media giant moves to put the fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal behind it. Facebook said Wednesday that it took a $3-billion charge related to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2019-04-24 22:10:00 UTC ]
Verizon is reportedly nearing a deal to purchase Yahoo for close to $5 billion, bringing to an end a months-long bidding process for a now-ailing company that was once an Internet trailblazer. The sale is still being deliberated, but could be announced early next week, according to Bloomberg.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Netflix earned more than $5 billion in 2014. No wonder companies want to be “the Netflix of” other kinds of digital media — ebooks, magazines, music. That’s not easy to pull off when you don’t ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
In late December, an eMarketer report confirmed that the long awaited mobile ad spend boom had finally arrived. Mobile, the report said, drove nearly all digital advertising growth in 2013. And the mobile pie is expected to grow by another $5 billion in 2014.For publishers looking to capitalize... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
For years, newspaper publishers have been saying Craiglist cut the legs out from under their industry by offering a cheap, easy online alternative to their classified advertising pages. For years, Craigslist’s creator, Craig Newmark, has be ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]