Jason Calacanis, the CEO and founder of Santa Monica search site Mahalo, is rumored to be in the running to replace Chris Dewolfe. Calacanis is not commenting on the rumors, but just posted a long email on what MySpace’s new CEO ought to do. Number one is “buy a search engine.”
ValueClick saw some some action in the markets today, on rumors that the firm may be acquired by AOL. ValueClick has been subject to rumors of an M&A since May, after a slew of Internet advertising related acquisitions in the industry.
Peter Adderton is finally out at Amp’d Mobile, after it filed for bankruptcy.
I posted a few days ago about the heavy trading of rumors on blog sites lately. The latest is an unsubstantiated rumor that Peter Adderton is out at Los Angeles MVNO Amp’d Mobile. For background, ValleyWag, the Silicon Valley “gossip” rag ran a piece yesterday claiming that Adderton is out as CEO at the firm; then, [...]
Thoughts and commentary from Benjamin F. Kuo, publisher of socalTECH.com.
