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@ D6: Facebook’s Zuckerberg, Sandberg; Beacon Was “Big Mistake”; End Goal Isn’t IPO - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 28 May 2008 05:55 PM PST

Updated with video clips, after the jump, courtesy of AllThingsD: Facebook’s still-new COO Sheryl Sandberg and CEO Mark Zuckerberg are in the D spotlight’s glare now ... Kara Swisher actually…

@ D6: TW’s Bewkes: AOL Doesn’t Get The Respect We Deserve - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 28 May 2008 03:06 PM PST

Updated with video clips, after the jump, courtesy of AllThingsD: Following a TMZ video about how brutal this interview is going to be, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes has just…

@ D6: The Defiant Yang: I Bleed Purple - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 28 May 2008 02:25 PM PST

The best and slightly desperate part from Yang yet, in his keynote Q&A at the D conference: “The perception of us being a company under siege is not accurate. The…

@ D6: Yahoo’s Yang and Decker: It Is Like You Break Up With Your Girlfriend in High School - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 28 May 2008 02:05 PM PST

Updated with video clips, after the jump, courtesy of AllThingsD: The most anticipated keynote interview is on now: Jerry Yang and Sue Decker, and Walt dives right in asking about…

@ D6: Diller On The Liberty Spat and Life After - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 28 May 2008 11:09 AM PST

Updated with video clips, after the jump, courtesy of AllThingsD: Barry Diller is on stage at D conference, speaking about the Liberty spat and his stint at Delaware court: “Partnerships…

@ D6: Stringer on Digital Music: The Vanishing Album Is An Issue - 3 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 28 May 2008 10:13 AM PST

Howard Stringer, the CEO of Sony (NYSE: SNE), is on stage talking about, among other things, Sony’s position in music: “We have sold about 170 million music enabled phones, which…

@ D6: Activision CEO On Social Gaming - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 28 May 2008 09:29 AM PST

Activision (NSDQ: ATVI) CEO Bobby Kotick on social gaming: “It is bringing new users into the gaming market...you are seeing a lot of traffic on those sites and places like…

@ D6: Bezos: Amazon To Launch PPV Video Streaming - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 28 May 2008 08:46 AM PST

Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is on the verge of launching an a-la-carte pay-per-view video streaming service, Jeff Bezos told attendees at D6. The service is meant for a subset of people…

@ D6: Sony’s Stringer: PS3 Not On Life Support Anymore - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 28 May 2008 08:26 AM PST

Sir Howard Stringer is doing a star turn as chief salesman for Sony (NYSE: SNE). One of his top messages: Playstation 3, which was “sort of on life support before”…

@ D6: Jeff Bezos: Kindle Contributes 6 Percent Of Title Sales - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 28 May 2008 08:21 AM PST

Walt Mossberg and Jeff Bezos are talking Kindle. No details on actual unit sales or downloads but Bezos does toss a news bone—the Kindle is now responsible for 6 percent…

@ D6: Serendipity Supper: Gates Holds Court - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 28 May 2008 08:05 AM PST

It’s 8 am and I’m sitting in the Four Season auditorium listening to Jill Sobule sing about dying record companies—“I’ve got nothing to prove, once I was as miserable as…

You Tell Me…. - 3 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 27 May 2008 11:05 PM PST

Ballmer and Zuckerberg at the D conference....

@ D6: Gates, Ballmer: Scale Is Key; Still Great Team Without Yahoo - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 27 May 2008 06:33 PM PST

Here at D listening to the Bill and Steve show—Gates and Ballmer this year, no repeat of last year’s star turn by Steve Jobs. It starts with the Microsoft-Gates farewell…

@ D6: Les Hinton: We Stand For Journalism - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 27 May 2008 06:28 PM PST

In the middle of apprehensions about the major editorial changes at Wall Street Journal, some reassurance from Les Hinton, the new-ish CEO Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS), at the opening of…

Live From D6: The Schwag Bag This Year - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 27 May 2008 03:45 PM PST

As has been customary for the last two years I have attended the D conference, the first post is always about the schwag bag...and there is a reason for it:…

@ NCTA: Interview: Philippe Dauman, CEO, Viacom: ‘Some Models Sound Great, Don’t Work Well’ - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 22 May 2008 11:32 PM PST

The Viacom (NYSE: VIA) booth is usually a swirl of activity at The Cable Show and this year was no exception—Dora The Explorer posing for photos, the Nick animators doing…

@ NCTA: All In The Same Canoe But Can They Row Together? - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 19 May 2008 09:00 PM PST

The partner of the Clearwire-Sprint (NYSE: S) JV when it comes to The Cable Show buzz: cable advertising consortium Project Canoe, which comes with more hype—and hope—right now than details.…

JPM Tech Conference: CNET: CFO Zander Lurie On CBS Sale; Cross-Selling And Promotion; Scale; TV.com - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 19 May 2008 11:55 AM PST

During a Q&A with analyst Imran Khan at the JPM Technology Conference, CNET CFO Zander Lurie had one major topic to discuss: the company’s recently announced planned $1.8 billion sale…

@ NCTA: Comcast’s Roberts: Pivot Was A ‘Me-Too’ Service Cable Ops Weren’t Vested In, Didn’t Need - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 18 May 2008 10:11 PM PST

I’m in New Orleans at The Cable Show, where the Clearwire-Sprint (NYSE: S) WiMax JV owns some of the biggest buzz. Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) CEO Brian Roberts and Intel (NSDQ:…

Weekend Video: Stats Blast From eMarketer CEO Geoff Ramsey - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 16 May 2008 03:16 PM PST

The Online Publishers Association’s Forum For The Future in London on Thursday handed the task of engaging delegates after lunch to Geoff Ramsey, founder of digital research analyzer eMarketer. He…

@ OPA: Faltering Economy Doesn’t Scare Some Web Advertisers, Publishers - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 15 May 2008 02:57 AM PST

Advertisers and publishers on this morning’s State Of Advertising panel, at the Online Publishers Association’s Forum For The Future in London, appear convinced of two things - the economy’s going…

EconSM Video: Getting Real: Grown-Up Start Ups - 1 Comment
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Sat 10 May 2008 05:05 PM PST

In our second video from EconSM 2008, Social Approach’s CEO Shawn Gold moderated Getting Real: Grown-Up Start Ups with Dalton Caldwell, imeem’s founder and CEO, Seth Goldstein, SocialMedia Networks’ co-founder…

@ Needham Digital Media Con: Tom Clarke: TheStreet.com To Rebrand Itself?; Going Hard After Bankrate - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 08 May 2008 03:28 PM PST

At the Needham Internet and Digital Media Conference, Thomas Clarke, CEO of TheStreet.com (NSDQ: TSCM), gave an almost identical presentation to one he gave at a Jefferies conference earlier this…

@ Needham Digital Media Con: Interview: David Pakman, CEO, eMusic: ‘Adults Still Buy Music’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 08 May 2008 11:19 AM PST

For a while there, eMusic was notable as the online music retailer that didn’t have DRM, but that differentiator is pretty much gone. During a panel on the ‘long tail’…

@ Needham Digital Media Con: Spanfeller: Economy Isn’t Only Factor In Slower Growth; Forbes.com IPO? - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 08 May 2008 11:11 AM PST

Brand advertising growth has slowed down online, but the weakening economy is just one factor, according to Jim Spanfeller, CEO of Forbes.com. During a keynote interview with senior analyst Mark…