Ross Levinsohn
Tom Krazit
Oct 17, 2011 7:39 PM
A world-weary Ross Levinsohn of Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) appears to be getting used to the idea of an executive circus taking place over his head. With yet another chaotic search topic taking place for yet another CEO, Levinsohn said Yahoo is focused on premium video services and taking advantage of…
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Amanda Natividad
Sep 27, 2011 5:00 AM
Given the recent news of Carol Bartz’s departure as CEO, a Q&A with EVP of Americas Ross Levinsohn couldn’t have come at a more opportune moment. He took the stage at paidContent Advertising conference for his first post-Bartz appearance, addressing efforts with Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and AOL (NYSE: AOL) to…
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Staci D. Kramer
Sep 24, 2011 1:30 AM
With all the attention on Groupon, HP (NYSE: HPQ), AOL (NYSE: AOL) and Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), it might have been a good idea for Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) to lie low. Instead, the company’s board and interim CEO decided Friday was a good day for a couple of rounds of virtual…
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Ingrid Lunden
Sep 15, 2011 9:19 AM
Between having its CEO unceremoniously ousted by the board and current talk of a major ad alliance with AOL (NYSE: AOL) and Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has made the headlines a lot more than usual lately. Ross Levinsohn, EVP, Americas, Yahoo, sat down with paidContent editor Staci D.…
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Staci D. Kramer
Sep 6, 2011 8:45 PM
More than an hour after the news broke that Carol Bartz was out as CEO of Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), the board finally has weighed in with details of how the company will operate during the search for a new CEO. (Although, honestly, why couldn’t they simply segue to another CEO…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jun 9, 2011 2:00 PM
Is the MySpace sale saga nearing a close? News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). may finally be near the end of the painful process of finding a resolution for an acquisition that turned from triumph to unprofitable distraction. Earlier this week it seemed a spin-off partnership might be most likely. Now Kara…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jun 6, 2011 5:00 AM
Three Junes ago, Ross Levinsohn and his investment partner Jon Miller were caught up in the drama of Yahoo as Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) tried to acquire the company. Their names, individually and separately, were bandied about as possible board members or candidates to run Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO). Now both are…
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Amanda Natividad
Staci D. Kramer
Jan 12, 2011 3:18 AM
MySpace has done what few can claim to have accomplished so far this new year: cut its weight nearly in half by slashing close to 500 jobs from the payroll. The social-network-turned-social-entertainment-hub skyrocketed to attention after its 2004 launch and by 2005 was viewed by mainstream media like Viacom (NYSE:…
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Staci D. Kramer
Oct 27, 2010 7:20 PM
Ross Levinsohn is coming in from the investment cold for one of the top jobs at Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), EVP-Yahoo Americas. The ex-News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). exec, who helped Rupert Murdoch invest about $1 billion on digital, including MySpace, will succeed Hilary Schneider, who announced her decision to leave several…
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Staci D. Kramer
May 4, 2010 8:29 PM
Maybe Ross Levinsohn had a worst-case scenario where nearly five years after the acquisition of MySpace for $580 million, top News Corp (NYSE: NWS). execs told analysts MySpace was a “work in progress” with a goal of being cash positive next year. Maybe, but if that was the case, I…
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Rafat Ali
Oct 20, 2009 10:34 AM
Yesterday we mentioned that BeJane, the home improvement social network based in Burbank, CA, was acquired by an unnamed buyer. Today we know the name: Austin, TX-based Builder Homesite, the national homebuilder listing company, with sites such as newhomesource.com. BHI was formed in 2000 as a consortium of 36 of…
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Staci D. Kramer
May 28, 2009 12:00 AM
Napster (NSDQ: NAPS) wasn’t enough. Big box retailer Best Buy, which bought the music service in September for $121 million, is launching a new media digital fund to invest in areas including music, video, games and personal media management. The fund, with Best Buy as the sole limited partner, will…
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Rafat Ali
Aug 15, 2008 12:49 PM
This is the number one question I get when people talk about Jon Miller and Ross Levinsohn and their VC firm Velocity...now they are have cleared it up a bit with Richard Siklos of Fortune: “they insist Velocity is not just a parking spot until another big corporate job comes…
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Rafat Ali
Jun 30, 2008 6:28 PM
Among everything being thrown against the wall when it comes to Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), another scenario being bandied about is Ross Levinsohn and Jon Miller jointly at the helm of Yahoo, according to sources Kara has spoken to. This and all other options are on the table as Yahoo gears…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Apr 29, 2008 7:17 PM
The final panel at EconSM was the deals panel, which ContentNext Editor and Publisher Rafat Ali described as the “flagship” panel. Economy and outlook for 2008: Geoff Yang, Redpoint Ventures: “There’s been a lot of money raised in the venture business, but there aren’t that many spaces that have a…
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Amanda Natividad
Mar 17, 2008 4:03 PM
In a keynote conversation on the fracturing content landscape and how to make money from it, Velocity Interactive Group’s general partner Ross Levinsohn and founding partner Jon Miller pointed to interactive media as the big monkeymaker. Facilitated by Jack Feuer, editorial director of UCLA Magazine and MediaX columnist for MediaPost,…
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Rafat Ali
Jan 17, 2008 12:00 AM
Broadband Enterprises, the online video advertising and distribution provider based in New York City, has received $10 million in funding from Velocity Interactive Group, the investment group including Jon Miller and Ross Levinsohn. This is Velocity’s first announced investment in a company…it recently merged with ComVentures. Velocity partner Jon Miller…
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Staci D. Kramer
Dec 18, 2007 12:01 AM
Just four months after finally announcing their investment firm Velocity Investment Group, former FIM (NYSE: NWS) president Ross Levinsohn and former AOL (NYSE: TWX) chairman Jon Miller are merging with ComVentures to form Velocity Interactive Group. Call it the investment equivalent of marrying for love—and into money. ComVentures brings more…
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