Yahoo!

Web company once again has been left in the hands of an interim CEO. Last time it was CFO Tim Morse; this time global media leader Ross Levinsohn gets to handle the wheel until a new chief is found. Thompson's departure came a little over a week after... Full Article at TechNewsWorld

According to comScore, viewers spent an average of 434.8 minutes in April watching video on Google channels, a grouping the mainly includes the assets of YouTube. That represents an uptick of 55 percent over April 2011. On Yahoo channels, meanwhile,... Full Article at paidContent.org

Beyond Yahoo's patent litigation against the social media giant, Facebook is the subject of a class action suit over privacy concerns. Facebook users on Friday filed an amended consolidated class action complaint in federal court in San Jose, Calif. ... Full Article at Top Tech News

There are some small changes at the bottom of comScore’s top 10, with Amazon making a reappearance in seventh position with 30 million viewers and Turner Digital dropping out of the list. Google’s sites, of course, continue to dominate the charts with... Full Article at TechCrunch

Registering allows you to sign up for any of our free emails, participate in polls or comment on stories. If you are trying to get to subscriber-only content, or wish to receive weekly copies of Ad Age, then you'll need to subscribe. We offer several... Full Article at Advertising Age

The site has not been without its successes: According to Experian and comScore, Bing has overtaken Yahoo as the number-two search engine. Of course, Bing's search technology now powers Yahoo, so you could add that sites numbers, putting Bing-powered... Full Article at PC Magazine

Top 10 Video Content Properties by Unique Viewers Google Sites, driven primarily by video viewing at YouTube.com, ranked as the top online video content property in April with 157.7 million unique viewers, followed by Yahoo! Sites with 53.6 million,... Full Article at PR Newswire

Shareholder suits are likely.) The crisis couldn’t have come at a worse time for Yahoo, an Internet pioneer and owner of what was once the world’s most visited Web site. Yahoo rejected a lucrative takeover bid from Microsoft in 2008, has struggled... Full Article at The New York Times

Facebook Hands Yahoo Legal Smackdown in Patent Fight: Days after Yahoo was once again forced to bid adieu to one of its CEOs, the company has apparently made a bit of a blunder in its patent battle against Facebook. Blizzard Apologizes for 'Diablo III'... Full Article at PC Magazine

The N.F.L.’s version of a swarm of insects (Bountygate) got its latest installment courtesy of Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma filing a defamation lawsuit against Commissioner Roger Goodell, which was a popular move among players who intensely dislike... Full Article at The New York Times

“Not Google, Netflix, Yahoo or, YouTube can compete with our scale,” Fox Broadcasting entertainment chairman Peter Rice told advertisers and their agencies Tuesday. “They’re now buying shows — good for them. In reality they’re going to find they’re in... Full Article at paidContent.org

Facebook would ask for payment. In response, however, Facebook said it has "no plans to charge for Facebook. It's free and always will be." Let's hope they stick to that promise. Farewell, Social Readers: Facebook last year rolled out apps across its... Full Article at PC Magazine

But Yahoo just didn't look in the right places. Facebook located a document that contradicts Yahoo's claim, along with evidence that Yahoo never tried to access the document. As background, Yahoo sued Facebook in March, alleging that the company... Full Article at Ars Technica

In The Oklahoman, Berry Tramel writes that the Game 1 blowout didn’t reveal much about the team, but that Wednesday’s showing was all about heart. For Chris Mannix at Sports Illustrated, the game revealed Kevin Durant’s killer instinct, and Marc J.... Full Article at The New York Times

As detailed by patent blogger Florian Mueller, Facebook recently handed Yahoo an embarrassing legal smackdown. Yahoo accused the social network of not providing the U.S. Patent Office with a required sworn declaration related to two of Facebook's 10... Full Article at PC Magazine

A company like Facebook needs to retain its entrepreneurial roots and not lose its startup cred. But it also has to evolve and change in ways that only its newcomers can teach it to do. More from On Leadership : The art of the Zuckerberg hoodie Why... Full Article at The Washington Post

TransFire supports *Facebook *Gtalk *Yahoo! Messenger. Send messages to your buddies in any language. All incoming messages will be auto-translated to your native language! Discuss what's on your mind with people from around the world. All chat... Full Article at Macworld

Ted Cruz , another candidate in a competitive Republican Senate primary, got Palin’s endorsement last week. His campaign manager reported a “flood” of new donations. “Phones are ringing, online contributions are pouring in, and supporters are more... Full Article at The Washington Post

Yet Yahoo, with the help of Flickr, hasn't completely fallen off the face of the Internet, he said. "It's easy to say Yahoo missed several boats -- social networking, social gaming, mobile. And Yahoo even coined the phrase 'social commerce.' But look... Full Article at TechNewsWorld