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Adobe Adds Another $400 Million to Its Ad Business Shopping Spree

Last month, Adobe said it was buying search marketing firm Efficient Frontier, but didn't disclose a purchase price. Yesterday, it came clean.

Jeff Israely: For a news startup, fundraising isn’t just paying the bills: It’s how strategy gets built

This is the hardest post: On Fundraising. The process of raising money for a startup can seem deceptively similar to other professional activities. I'd come from a line of work that involves asking all sorts of things of perfect strangers (their time, their secrets, maybe even their soul) — but never their money. My business...

Google’s Motorola Buy Has Wall Street Selling

Google is down more than 4 percent since the Motorola announcement. It should go lower, says Standard & Poor's, which has issued a rare "sell" rating.

Here’s Why Wall Street Is Killing AOL

Tim Armstrong says it would be "hard to comprehend" why investors would dump his shares while other stocks go unscathed. Here's the bear case in 5 bullet points.

LinkedIn Gives Wall Street a Tiny Bit of Cheer, Then Something to Worry About

Next question: What does a job-hunting site that sells ads do during a (gulp) recession?

Peer39 Raises Another $5 Million for Ad Targeting That Promises Not to Invade Your Privacy

The display ad company adds fuel with an inside round.

Was TweetDeck’s Sale a Good Deal? That Depends on Bill Gross.

TweetDeck investors are getting some cash, and a lot of equity, in their $30 million sale to UberMedia. So if Bill Gross can build a Zynga to Twitter's Facebook, they'll be in great shape. If not...

Pandora’s Music Fees Are Huge! And Not That Bad.

The Internet radio service is handing over half of every dollar it brings into the music industry. But things could be a lot worse. And the royalty system that taxes Pandora also allows it to thrive.

TweetDeck Finds a Home, and $30 Million, at UberMedia

UberMedia, the holding company that specializes in Twitter-based start-ups, has added its highest-profile company to date: Tweetdeck, the biggest Twitter application not owned by Twitter itself.

Arianna Huffington on Her New AOL Job: "I Want to Stay Here Forever"

"I want this to be the last act of my life," says AOL's new content boss. CEO Tim Armstrong's translation: It's a "multiyear contract"

AOL Says HuffPo Will Be a $50 Million Business This Year

Ahead of an investors' conference call, AOL has laid out its financial expectations for its newest acquisition: It thinks the Huffington Post will earn $10 million on sales of "over $50 million" in 2011. It also says it will spend around $20 million on "restructuring charges" due to "cost overlap" stemming from the deal. I.e.:...

Roll ’Em Up! Video Back-End Company KIT Digital Buys KickApps, Kyte, Kewego

One buyer, three exits: KIT Digital, which helps big companies manage Web video delivery, has picked up three start-ups for a total of $77 million.