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Vevo Made $150 Million Last YearVevo generated $150 million in revenue last year, President and CEO Rio D. Caraeff revealed at AllThingsD‘s media conference on Tuesday. The two-year-old music video platform, a joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Abu Dhabi Media, has paid out $100 mill... Why Social Recommendation Services Need to Get Even More PersonalYen Lee is the founder and president of Uptake, a social travel company that pairs personalized recommendations from friends with an extensive, searchable catalog of expert and consumer travel insights. Yelp, TripAdvisor and Amazon user reviews aren’t enough anymore. Crowd insights are no l... Petitions Demand Apple Improve Foxconn ConditionsTwo online petitions beseech Apple to improve working conditions in the Chinese factories that make its products. The petitions, both filed within the last two weeks, follow a renewed round of criticism directed at the company over labor practices at overseas facilities like the Foxconn factory i... Facebook: Here Are the 35 Things That Could Kill Our CompanyHere’s one of the more painful parts of taking a company public: You have to make an honest public assessment of all the things that could kill your business. Facebook is no exception. In its SEC filing, as required by law, the company outlined a whopping 38 “risk factors” that... Colbert’s Super PAC is Back, But Who’s the Biggest Donor?One video game developer is hungry to see a “Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow” as soon as possible. Stephen Colbert’s Super PAC (Political Action Committee), “American’s for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow” has raised more than $1 million since its creation in Ju... VW’s Sequel to ‘The Force’ Super Bowl Ad Features Dog, Vader [VIDEO]A chubby dog gets in shape to chase a Beetle in Volkswagen’s long-awaited sequel to its “The Force” Super Bowl ad from last year. And don’t worry, there’s a shout out to Star Wars as well. Mark Hunter, CCO of Deutsch LA, which created “The Force” and the n... Sheryl Sandberg Was Facebook’s Best-Paid Employee in 2011Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, got paid $30.87 million last year, making her the most highly compensated employee at the company in 2011. That disclosure, including in Facebook’s S-1 filing with the SEC on Wednesday, further outlines that Sandberg got $295,833 in sal... Facebook: Zynga Generates 12% of Our Revenue and We Need ThemLots of interesting numbers emerged from Facebook’s IPO filing Wednesday — including that one client, game-maker Zynga, accounts for a full 12% of the company’s revenue. Facebook generated $3.71 billion in sales last year; some $445 million of that came from its partnership wit... 10 Giant Things Less Valuable Than FacebookFacebook filed for initial public offering today, and simultaneously announced that it is planning to raise $5 billion, a more conservative number than initially estimated. According market analyst estimates, however, Facebook’s total value has reached a staggering $100 billion. That means if... Facebook IPO Reveals How It Made $3.71 Billion in 2011Facebook filed for its IPO today, and it revealed a great deal about how it makes money. It’s not too surprising that Facebook said it generates “a substantial majority of our revenue from advertising,” though it also revealed just how much it makes via its partnership with Zyng... |