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July 25, 2008

Nuggets from Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting 2008

Posted by David Hunter at 9:27 AM ET.

Microsoft logoYesterday Microsoft held their annual Financial Analyst Meeting for 2008 and while you can view the full video and (nearly unreadable) transcripts of the presentations, it was mostly predictable fare. However, there were a few newsworthy nuggets::

Steve Ballmer (Chief Executive Officer) 

Bill Veghte (SVP, Online Services)

Chris Liddell (CFO)



Filed under Acquisitions, Advertising, Christopher Liddell, Coopetition, Executives, Facebook, IE8, Internet Explorer, Live Search, Microsoft, Satya Nadella, Steve Ballmer, William Veghte, Windows Live, Yahoo

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November 7, 2007

Microsoft a wallflower at the big Facebook bash

Posted by David Hunter at 11:55 AM ET.

Yesterday was Facebook’s big debut party for their new platform designed to milk some cash from their faithful members via “social” advertising. Any sarcasm on my part would be superfluous after Nicholas Carr’s application of a flamethrower, but one interesting aspect was that Microsoft, who a year ago was working with Facebook “on future technology and advertising initiatives” and recently bought a slice of the company, was relegated to the position of being merely one of 60 initial advertisers on the new platform.

So where does Microsoft fit into Facebook’s overall advertising plans? Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg explains:

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Filed under Advertising, Alliances, Coopetition, Facebook, General Business, Legal, MSN, Microsoft, Privacy, Windows Live, Windows Live ID, adCenter

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October 25, 2007

Facebook gets additional $500M from hedge funds?

Posted by David Hunter at 12:01 PM ET.

Among the unanswered questions surrounding yesterday’s Microsoft-Facebook deal was whether there were any other investors besides Microsoft in this round of financing. Now rumors are circulating that two hedge funds also chipped in for an additional $500 million.

The early (and possibly incorrect) presumption is that the hedge funds are each getting an equity share equivalent to Microsoft’s %1.6, but of course they aren’t getting any of the ad business. That in turn raises another unanswered question: what kind of advertising revenue share did Microsoft give Facebook? Both parties are taking pains to maintain the fiction of two separate Microsoft-Facebook deals in order to preserve the pristine nature of the $15 billion valuation, but one can’t help but wonder how much Microsoft really paid in total to play with Facebook.

Update 11/1: Facebook board member and investor Jim Breyer says this rumor is incorrect.



Filed under Advertising, Alliances, Coopetition, Facebook, General Business, MSN, Microsoft, adCenter

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October 24, 2007

Microsoft wins big bucks battle for a sliver of Facebook

Posted by David Hunter at 8:38 PM ET.

The long series of rumors finally came true today as Microsoft won the bidding to acquire a small equity interest in the Facebook social networking site and got the rights to foreign ad sales:

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Filed under Acquisitions, Advertising, Alliances, Coopetition, Facebook, General Business, MSN, Microsoft, adCenter

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