Comments on: Venture firms, other investors, aim for hostile takeover of CNET

By: Online publisher CNET lays off ten percent of workforce, in face of hostile takeover » VentureBeat

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:34:23 +0000

[...] the company is serious about operating more efficiently. It is facing an increasingly threatening hostile board takeover effort led by hedge fund firm Jana [...]

By: Court decides hedge fund can nominate CNET board » VentureBeat

Court decides hedge fund can nominate CNET board » VentureBeat — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:02:55 +0000

[...] including Spark Capital and Velocity Interactive Group in acquiring a large share of CNET (our coverage). Knowing their intention was to stage a hostile takeover, CNET adopted a so-called [...]

By: Roundup: Farber takes over at CNET, Mozilla’s new email subsidiary, Scribd iPaper, and more » VentureBeat

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:52:06 +0000

[...] of the tech world’s most recognized publications, takes on the role at a time that CNET is struggling with activist investors including Spark Capital and Jana Partners. His own thoughts on the transition are [...]

By: Don

Don — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:17:06 +0000

Traditional venture capital firms are more open to “alternative” investing opportunities than ever before. They have to find returns somewhere…

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:12:14 +0000

When does a venture firm cease being a venture firm? Is VIG really a VC firm or is that just a convenient moniker for some new thing?