Possibly signaling dimming video ambitions, Web portal Yahoo (YHOO) has closed Yahoo Screen, a video hub launched by the company in 2013 to unite the company’s many original and syndicated programs under one roof, according to a media report on Monday. Yahoo Screen showcased everything from the recent streaming of an overseas NFL game and clips of “Saturday Night Live” to a lineup of original series launched last year, including the former NBC
Web portal Yahoo (YHOO) is looking for a buyer for a 48.6-acre undeveloped site that the struggling company owns in Santa Clara, Calif., the latest development capping a rough year that’s been marked by major cost-cutting and calls for significant layoffs and the resignation of Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer. Yahoo doesn’t yet have a buyer for the site, located about four miles from Yahoo’s headquarters in nearby Sunnyvale, Calif., according a report in
It’s not like getting a Nobel Prize or an Oscar for best picture, but Facebook (FB) has received the Company of the Year title by Yahoo (YHOO) Finance. Facebook certainly has the cachet and performance to receive the award. The company has consistently turned in double-digit growth or better in its quarterly earnings reports for years. And in the third quarter, daily active users surpassed 1 billion for the first time. “Other companies talk about