"This approach and idea that Pandora is intimately interested in the success of independent artists rings quite hollow," artist Blake Morgan writes to Pandora founder Tim Westergren.
Big data firm Bluekai signed a deal with MLB Advanced Media to create custom ad products to "reach an affluent, engaged male audience." MLB Advanced Media is Major League Baseball's interactive media arm.
Epocrates, the startup whose mobile apps provide drug reference advice to more than half of American health care providers, is being acquired by Athenahealth, the data management platform for doctors--a marriage of two Most Innovative Companies.
Airbnb has rocketed to more than 5 million bookings and a reported $500 million in transactions. But a report out this week suggests that roughly 85% of listings are inactive. What does this mean for Airbnb?
If Y Combinator is the next PayPal Mafia, then Paul Graham is Silicon Valley's godfather. Graham is the cofounder of Y Combinator, the investment firm that plugs seed money ($18,000 on average) into early stage startups in exchange for mentorship and access to its ever-growing network of alumni.
What do you get when you cross Walmart with Mother Teresa? And how in the world do you compare--and rank--such dynamic, eclectic businesses as Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google?
