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by Dan Richman on December 8, 2016December 8, 2016 at 2:06 pmComment

Moving to Amazon Web Services is proving pricey for Matson, a Honolulu-based shipping company that last month announced it has abandoned its four data centers in favor of going all-in with AWS.… Read More

Zillow Group revenue up 7% to $169.4M, but News Corp suit cuts into profits, and shares dip 10%

by Todd Bishop on February 11, 2016February 11, 2016 at 3:03 pm 7 Comments

Real estate media giant Zillow Group just posted fourth-quarter revenue of $169.4 million, up 7 percent over the same quarter last year and exceeding the expectations of analysts polled in advance.… Read More

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Trulia settles lawsuit with Move, will lose ListHub data on April 7

by Blair Hanley Frank on March 12, 2015March 12, 2015 at 1:20 pm1 Comment

SAN FRANCISCO — Trulia will have less than a month to wean itself off real estate listing data from ListHub. At a hearing in San Francisco Superior Court today, lawyers for ListHub parent… Read More

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ListHub data will continue to flow to Trulia after judge grants temporary restraining order

by Blair Hanley Frank on February 24, 2015February 24, 2015 at 1:42 pm 4 Comments

Trulia will contine to get a feed of information about homes for sale from ListHub, at least for the time being. A judge has granted a temporary restraining order against… Read More

Zillow Group files for restraining order against ListHub to keep listings on Trulia

by Blair Hanley Frank on February 20, 2015February 20, 2015 at 7:31 pm 4 Comments

Zillow has filed for a restraining order against real estate listing aggregator ListHub to try and stop a disruption in the flow of listing data to Trulia. ListHub revealed yesterday… Read More

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Move-owned ListHub terminates deal with Trulia, listings to disappear next week

by Blair Hanley Frank on February 19, 2015February 20, 2015 at 7:32 pm 2 Comments

Trulia will be losing some of its real estate listings on February 26, after listing aggregator ListHub terminates its relationship with the online home search site. ListHub, which is owned by Move… Read More

Zillow CEO unconcerned by News Corp’s acquisition of Realtor.com

by Blair Hanley Frank on January 28, 2015January 28, 2015 at 3:17 pm 2 Comments

Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff isn’t particularly concerned about News Corp.’s acquisition of Realtor.com operator Move last year. Although Rupert Murdoch’s massive media conglomerate is poised to take a major swing… Read More

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by Taylor Soper on March 6, 2014September 5, 2014 at 11:07 pm 5 Comments

CloudPress, a content creation platform co-founded in Egypt by three University of Washington computer science graduates, today announced that it has been acquired by News Corp. Allen Chen, Mohamed El-Zohairy and… Read More

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by Taylor Soper on December 3, 2012December 3, 2012 at 1:05 pm1 Comment

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