Yahoo partners with papers — but what does it leave the papers?

Yahoo partners with papers — but what does it leave the papers?

Yahoo announced a partnership with a consortium of more than 150 newspapers, in an effort to let the struggling newspaper industry find greater distribution for things like their job ads.

Yahoo struck the deal several major newspaper companies, each of which own scores of newspapers, including MediaNews (publisher of Silicon Valley’s Mercury News), Hearst (publisher of the SF Chronicle), and Cox Newspapers.

The Mercury News summary of the deal is here. Note that CareerBuilder, the site the… Continue Reading

Dan Primack launches PEHub, a private equity blog and forum

Dan Primack launches PEHub, a private equity blog and forum

Dan Primack, the guy who holds court at PE Week each morning and rants about the world of private equity, is launching a blog site Monday. It is called PEHub.

He’ll be blogging, there will be columns from buyout and VC guys, and other ways for folks to participate. Dan, based in Boston, is the most entertaining blogger out there on private equity, but he’s been stuck in an email format thus far. Congrats, Dan. It’s… Continue Reading