The disruption in media and real-time politics at paidContent 2012
As part of paidContent 2012: At The Crossroads on May 23 in New York, I'll be talking with venture capitalist Fred Wilson about the future of media and with Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo and Vivian Schiller of NBC News about real-time politics.
Facebook Reveals How Much Stock Each Bank Got, Morgan Stanley Nabbed $6 Billion Worth
Just after the markets closed on its first day of public trading, Facebook amended its S-1 with a complete prospectus detailing how much stock each underwriter got to sell. Morgan Stanley, the lead-left bank, received 162.1 million shares ($6.15...Facebook Beefs Up Its Mobile Arsenal With Karma, a Social Gifting App
Facebook became a publicly traded company a few hours ago, but it's not wasting any time making new moves. The social networking giant acquired Karma, a mobile app...
What you need to know about that $15 billion Facebook privacy case
Lawyers tried to ruin Mark Zuckerberg's big day with a sprawling lawsuit that portrays the Facebook founder as a rogue hacker, and accuses the company of tracking users on their computers and iPhones. We have a plain english Q&A.
Zuckerberg Says “Our Mission Isn’t To Be A Public Company” In Pre-IPO Opening Remarks
Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg received a hoodie from the NASDAQ CEO and thanked his site's users in opening remarks recorded before he rang the NASDAQ opening bell this morning.
In his short speech that just aired on Bloomberg TV Zuckerberg...Facebook’s opening price values Instagram at $1.27B and Kevin Systrom at $506M
Facebook is looking mighty fine today — especially if you’re Instagram, the photo-sharing company that sold its hit mobile application to the social network one month ago for a cool $1 billion in cash and stock.
But wait. Did we …
After Months Of Waiting, Facebook Surges In Opening Moments As A Public Company
From here on out, Facebook will not be measured by the number of registered users, the number of photos being uploaded every minute or the number of likes and...
Need A Little Context On Facebook’s IPO? The Social Network Made More Money Than…
Today's Facebook IPO is a momentous, historical occasion. It's set to be the biggest tech IPO ever, and the third largest IPO in U.S. history, second only to Visa and General Motors. The company that was...How To Buy Facebook Stock
Facebook goes public Friday. It could be worth well over $100 billion dollars. Want to get a piece of that? It's going to be very tricky for mere mortals to get Facebook stock in the IPO. If you want shares, here's what you have to do.
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Facebook IPO: Here is the best of the web
Feeling overwhelmed with all the Facebook chatter? Is all this talk of the IPO making you yearn for the weekend already? Well, we are going to make life a little easier for you and find you best stuff for you to read. Keep checking often.
Everything You Need to Know About the Social Media Bubble
Are we or aren’t we? When it comes to social media bubbles and whether or not we’re in one, there is no shortage of people willing to argue...
European Activists Could Force Facebook’s New Privacy Changes To A Worldwide Vote
The European activists “europe-v-facebook.org”, led by a group of Austrian students, say that they have reached the 7,000-comment threshold on a Facebook privacy proposal, first raised last week, which would force the company to take the revisions to a worldwide vote....