Alibaba and Yahoo! agree to divorce

Breaking up is so very hard, Yahoo! - click here to view

Google and antitrust

The European Commission puts the ball into Google’s court - click here to view

Facebook's flotation - That sinking feeling

The shine quickly comes off the social network’s huge IPO - click here to view

The wheel of fortune - the future of bosses

"There will never be a shortage of people jostling to be the boss. But the wheel of fortune is spinning more quickly than ever, and the knives and arrows are flying more thickly"

Russian Internet Challenging TV

From the Moscow Times today Click here for the article

Vkontake Founder Throws Money Away

Money, Money, Money Click here for the article

Eurovision - from the Moscow Times

On the other hand, Russia's heartwarming Buranovskiye Babushki were the favorite act among journalists in the first semifinal — according to a pressroom vote — and they look to be in with a chance. I just hope Russia doesn't use Olimpiisky again

Simon Kuper in today's FT - Футболономика

Samuel Eto’o, who earns even more at Anzhi Makhachkala in Russia, is probably the world’s best-paid footballer

Simon Kuper on Youtube - click here to watch

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Jonathan Margolis - Financial Times

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Technologies of the Future...?

Derk Sauer - Independent Media

The Future of Independent Media

The real reasons for Warren Buffett's newspaper deals

"Buffett's recent newspaper acquisitions don't indicate the industry has returned to health. But if he starts selling, you'll know that it's dead."

Eurovision 2012 - Baku in her finest

The question is whether decking itself in finery will win Azerbaijan the adulation its government wants, or will just shine a brighter spotlight on the country's poor human-rights record, its glaring wealth inequality, its corruption and its growing international isolation

Jonathan Margolis on the trail of Steve Jobs

He was the ultimate tastemaker, but Apple co-founder Steve Jobs lived in surprising suburban ordinariness in Silicon Valley. Jonathan Margolis follows his trail

New Conference Speaker - Derk Sauer

"In many ways, the history of Independent Media reflects the modern history of Russia — the same ups and downs and reversals"

Good business; nice beaches - the future of CSR

Today’s iteration of CSR is less self-abasing and more constructive. It is encouraging businesses to become more frugal in their use of resources and more imaginative in the way they think about competitive advantage

Mediaset: End of an Era

Italy’s television-advertising market declined by 6%. Mediaset did worse, with its Italian ad revenues down by a tenth. On May 8th it announced profits of just €10.3m, down 85% from the first quarter of last year

With friends like these...

Therapists fear that social networking is changing the way we relate to each other

Advertising on Facebook - Outdated logic

...echoed by a senior media buyer at a major Detroit ad agency, who asked not to be identified by name because he is not authorised to discuss strategy with the press. Based on clicks-throughs alone, he says, Facebook “doesn’t pay off.”

The internet business in Russia

Europe’s great exception - Why local firms dominate the Russian internet

Selling Clothes Online in Russia

Two Germans have a mission: to clothe the Russian middle classes

Facebook's Flotation: The final countdown

...more than half (57 percent) of Facebook users surveyed said they never click on ads or other sponsored content when they use the site

Обычный порошок

The Greatest Media Strategy in History

MTS & Mastercard Turning Phones Into Credit Card

The Future of Shopping...?

How Facebook got to c.1 Billion

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/video/2012/may/15/facebook-biggest-social-network-animation

'Avengers' Reaches $1 Billion Worldwide

The Avengers is Disney's fifth billion-dollar movie following Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ($1.066 billion), Toy Story 3 ($1.063 billion), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides ($1.044 billion) and Alice in Wonderland ($1.024 billion). No other studio has more than two billion-dollar movies.

Facebook must adapt to rise of smartphone

“[Facebook] is a pioneer, an attacker, a disrupter...In many ways, it’s terrified of being disrupted by mobile.”

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Anti-social Media : BrewDog vs. Diageo

"BrewDog’s brilliant shaming of its bigger rival, for all its online firebells and whistles, has more in common with that pre-internet campaign than most digital marketing punks want to admit"

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Death Greatly Exaggerated ?

Newspaper Extinction Timeline

From Prometheus to Spider-Man: summer blockbuster preview

If Brave doesn't hit the target, a reborn Bourne just might. The Guardian looks at this year's big-budget crowd-pleasers

Pretty profitable parrots

For businesses, being good at copying is at least as important as being innovative

Valuing Facebook

Despite the hype as it prepares to launch its IPO, the giant social network still has plenty to prove