Twitter Acquires Revue, a Newsletter Company
OAKLAND, Calif. — Twitter said on Tuesday that it had acquired an email newsletter service, Revue. The purchase, for an undisclosed sum, is part of Twitter’s effort to compete with …
Daniel M. Tellep, Engineer Who Steered Lockheed’s Growth, Dies at 89
Daniel M. Tellep, an aerospace engineer who initiated a merger between Lockheed and Martin Marietta to form the world’s largest military contractor, then became its first chief executive, died on …
Amazon Buys Wondery as Podcasting Race Continues
Amazon is acquiring Wondery, the company behind podcasts such as “Dirty John,” “Dr. Death” and “The Shrink Next Door,” as the race to grab parts of the audio market continues. …
Axios Buys Charlotte Agenda, a Digital Start-Up, as Part of Push Into Local News
He added: “I think media is a very simple business that people tend to overcomplicate.” Mr. Williams, who grew up in a Florida beach town and played on the golf …
‘It’s Hard to Prove’: Why Antitrust Suits Against Facebook Face Hurdles
One challenge the F.T.C. will face is explaining why it decided not to block Facebook’s acquisitions of Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014. Those deals, which took place during …
Uber Jettisons Flying Car Project
A day after Uber handed its autonomous car project to a Silicon Valley start-up, the company is doing the same with an ambitious and money-intensive effort to build flying cars. …
Uber Giving Self-Driving Car Project to a Start-Up
In 2016, Uber acquired the autonomous trucking start-up Otto, led by Anthony Levandowski, a former Google engineer. When Google first tested its self-driving car on public roads a decade ago, …
As Deadline Lapses, Trump Administration Continues TikTok Talks
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will allow a Friday deadline for TikTok’s Chinese parent company to sell the viral video app to lapse, said a person with knowledge of the …
Marc Benioff Sets His Sights on Microsoft
SAN FRANCISCO — Five years ago, Marc Benioff negotiated to sell Salesforce, the software company he co-founded in 1999 and has run ever since, to Microsoft. If the deal had …
Salesforce to Acquire Slack for $27.7 Billion
SAN FRANCISCO — Salesforce on Tuesday said it would buy the workplace software company Slack for $27.7 billion in cash and stock, the latest in a wave of deals as …