Douglas Macmillan, Brad Stone

Recent Articles by Douglas Macmillan, Brad Stone

January 24, 2012

Facebook Trades Are Said to Be Halted for Three Days This Week

Shareholders face a three-day suspension of trading on secondary markets this week. Yet that doesn't mean Facebook's IPO filing is imminent

November 22, 2011

In Some Virtual Worlds, the Thrill Is Gone

Zynga and other social game developers search for the next FarmVille-scale hit

September 7, 2011

Yahoo's Revolving Door Spins Again

With CEO Bartz gone, the board weighs sales of assets in Asia

September 6, 2011

Carol Bartz Fired as Yahoo CEO Amid Plans for Strategic Review

Yahoo ousts CEO Carol Bartz and says it's embarking on a strategic review aimed at boosting growth prospects

July 21, 2011

Google+’s Circle Logic

Will the search giant’s easy way to organize one’s life in “circles” allow it to catch archrival Facebook?

July 6, 2011

Zynga’s Quest for Big-Spending Whales

A tiny number of virtual-goods high rollers supply the bulk of the game maker’s revenue

March 17, 2011

Are Four Words Worth $25 Billion for Groupon?

(Corrects spelling of SCVNGR.) On a frigid Chicago morning in early March, Andrew Mason stood on a street corner outside his company's offices to reveal his ambitious ...

December 7, 2010

When Groupon Dodged Google

Every so often in the land of high tech, a large merger or acquisition is assigned epochal significance, as if it marked a geologic shift under Silicon Valley. The ...