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Ben Ling to Leave Facebook
Earlier this afternoon, sources told BoomTown that Ben Ling (pictured here) was leaving his job at Facebook, a high-profile departure given that the social-networking company grabbed the well-known...
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Ben Ling Lands (Back) at Google–This Time, at YouTube
Please see this disclosure related to me and Google. Ben Ling–the high-profile Facebook platform exec who came from Google less than a year ago and then up and left the social-networking site earlier...
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The Curious Case of Facebook's Benjamin Ling and Sheryl Sandberg
Here’s one certainty in the hubbub that has resulted in the wake of the departure of high-profile exec Ben Ling from Facebook last week: COO Sheryl Sandberg is definitely not responsible for the...
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Cue Anti-Ullyot Facebook Groups in 3 … 2 … 1
“Ted has extremely strong connections with the Republican party, and we think that’s a good thing.” That’s what Elliot Schrage, Facebook’s vice president of communications and public policy, had to say...
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Liveblogging the Facebook Our-ToS-Is-Your-ToS Press Conference
BoomTown is impatiently cooling heels, waiting for a press conference to begin about “new steps Facebook is taking to improve user understanding and ownership of the Facebook terms of service and,...
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The Entire Facebook Goodbye-Gideon-We-Are-the-Money-Champions Memo
Dear Elliot Schrage: BoomTown wins. As Sheryl knows from experience, don’t mess with the Swish. Or Texas. Or Zohan. Just don’t mess. For everyone else, here is the entire memo that Facebook sent out...
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Kara Tours the New Facebook HQ (And Gets Ripped): The Uncut Video!
Last week, in anticipation of Facebook’s Press Open House tonight for its spanking new HQ in Palo Alto, Calif., BoomTown hightailed it down there for an early look-see at just what the...
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BoomTown's Top 10 List of Fact-Challenged Revelations That Should Be in the...
How much is BoomTown and everyone else in Silicon Valley trying to nab a copy of Ben Mezrich’s likely-to-be-entirely-made-up-but-who-cares tale of dirty doings at Facebook? Muchety-much! So much so...
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Digital Management Musical Chairs: The Tooth-Free Edition
Brad Garlinghouse’s appointment to a new job at AOL today as its new communications czar is yet another sign of an interesting trend for those keeping score of the comings and goings of top Internet...
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Exclusive: Facebook Poaches Yet Another Major Googler–This Time, Ad Exec...
David Fischer–who was VP of Global Online Sales & Operations for Google and more recently, was heading up its local efforts–is taking a job at Facebook as VP of Advertising and Global Operations,...
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Facebook Lands Former Bebo CEO (And ex-Googler) Joanna Shields
Facebook is beefing up its European sales team with a big name in social networking circles: It is adding former Bebo CEO Joanna Shields, who will runs sales and business development in Europe, the...
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Liveblogging Facebook's F8: Behind the 8-Ball on a Stairway to Heaven!
So, BoomTown was at the Design Center Concourse in San Francisco today for Facebook’s f8 developers conference. There is a giant logo of an 8-Ball looming over it all, which suggested a questioning...
View ArticleFacebook Execs Defend Changes as D.C. Eyes Privacy Regulations
Facebook executives defended recent changes to the social-networking site that have upset some users and privacy advocates, telling reporters Wednesday that Facebook users simply need time to get used...
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The Facebook Movie Will Not Be Using Facebook to Market the Facebook Movie
You might think a huge target audience and golden marketing opportunity for a high-profile Hollywood movie on Facebook, titled “The Social Network,” would be the 500 million members of Facebook. Maybe...
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Appeals Court Judges Seem Skeptical of Winklevii Claims
Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have spent a lot of time in court, and the rulings rarely seem to go in their favor. But the Olympic rowers and one-time social networking entrepreneurs–one twin’s suit was...
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OutCast Agency Head Joins Facebook as Tech Communications Lead
Caryn Marooney (pictured here), the co-founder of one of Silicon Valley’s premier tech communications firms, OutCast Agency, is joining Facebook to lead its tech public relations strategy. Facebook...
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Facebook Communications Kingpin Joins Pixazza as Strategic Adviser and Board...
Yesterday, BoomTown posted a video interview with Pixazza CEO Bob Lisbonne about the photo tagging service that has nicknamed itself “AdSense for images.” Now, the Mountain View, CA, start-up has added...
View ArticleFormer Obama Aide Robert Gibbs May Join Facebook
Facebook is trying to hire Robert Gibbs, the former White House press secretary and Barack Obama communications director. Gibbs, who left the White House in February, would report to Facebook’s Elliot...
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Facebook Hires Former White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart
Joe Lockhart, who served as White House press secretary during President Bill Clinton’s eventful second term, will join Facebook as VP of global communications next month. Lockhart, currently founding...
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Exclusive: Randi Zuckerberg Leaves Facebook to Start New Social Media Firm...
Randi Zuckerberg, who is director of marketing at Facebook and also the sister of CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg — is leaving the company after six years to start a new media firm to help...
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