Laura Hazard Owen
Sep 8, 2011 11:50 AM
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is expanding its push into local content with its acquisition of Zagat, which started out as a New York City restaurant guide in 1979 and now publishes guides in 13 categories and over 100 cities. It’s good news for Zagat, which unsuccessfully put itself up for sale…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Oct 12, 2010 6:40 PM
Google (NSDQ: GOOG), which has slowly been ramping up its local efforts, has now appointed one of its most-visible executives to lead the initiative. Marissa Mayer, Google’s VP of search product and user experience, will now head geo and local, while Udi Manber, a VP of engineering for web search,…
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Alex Ferreyra
Oct 22, 2009 4:46 PM
The Robert Thomson quote machine was in full force during the obligatory Web 2.0 Summit look at the future of journalism. Federated Media’s John Battelle moderated the often chippy session featuring WSJ top editor Robert Thomson; Huffington Post CEO Eric Hippeau; New York Times digital head Martin Nisenholtz; and designated…
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Staci D. Kramer
Feb 28, 2008 5:32 PM
As expected, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt used his closing-day keynote at HIMMS08 today to make a major statement about the plans for Google Health. (News.com has the details.) It’s not really a launch—the initiative has been underway internally for a long time, the Cleveland Clinic pilot…
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