Seeking youth, QVC buys Zulily for $2.4B - NetZero

Seeking youth, QVC buys Zulily for $2.4B      (Inquirer)

Thomas Lee buyout firm in lead for Ebay Enterprise

         
Boston-based buyout firm Thomas H. Lee was reported by Reuters to be in the lead for King of Prussia-based Ebay Enterprise, originally GSI Commerce.

The price was said to. be in the $1 billion range, although price negotiations were still
irn a state of flux.



A key Ebay Enterprise client,TOYS R US, just announced it was planning to
move its ecommerce operations inhouse.

U.S. Antitrust Lawyers Said to Be Leaning Against Comcast Merger (Bloomberg)

Is Philly on its way to tech hub status after lagging behind? (Upstart)

LLR Partners invests in WennSoft (PE Hub)

AT&T, but not Verizon and Comcast, sue FCC over net neutrality
(Ars Technica)

Companies are throwing money at what Salesforce calls ‘the greatest product’ it’s ever built (Business Insider)

Comcast fights hometown, says report on poor customer service “inaccurate” (Ars Technica)

Links 4/7: SAP cofounder Tschira dies

Klaus Tschira, Who Co-Founded Software Maker SAP, Dies at 74 (Bloomberg)

Informatica to go private in $5.3 billion leveraged buyout (Reuters)


Why a $5.3 billion leveraged buyout is VERY good for hot startup MuleSoft (Business Insider)

The new chapter for Infor (Diginomica)

Portland tech powers Comcast's new X1 cloud DVR (The Oregonian)

Comcast Recruits Its Beneficiaries to Lobby for Time Warner Deal (New York Times)

Comcast to Invest $4 Billion in New Firm With CFO Angelakis (Bloomberg)

Health care, e-commerce driving economy as Lehigh Valley grows jobs, officials say (Lehigh Vally Live)

Actually, The Weather Company isn't ditching Amazon for IBM (Business Insider)


TWC Boss: ‘Accuweather Can Not Serve Viewers During Severe Weather Like We Can’ (TVNewser)

Salesforce buys mobile authentication startup Toopher (VentureBeat)

Links 3/31: Charter to buy Bright House; Angelakis to head new Comcast venture unit

Charter To Buy Bright House For $10.4B
(Multichannel News)

Comcast to form investment company with CFO at helm (Reuters)

COMCAST
CORPORATION AND MICHAEL J. ANGELAKIS TO CREATE A NEW, STRATEGIC COMPANY (Comcast Voices/ Comcast Corporate Blog)

Exclusive: Cablevision to make $1 offer for New York Daily News (Reuters)

Is Yuengling now bigger than Samuel Adams? (Fortune)

Etsy IPO Price Expected At Between $14-$16 A Share, Starting Roadshow Tomorrow (TechCrunh)

Cuomo Budget Said to Include $100 Million Venture Capital Fund (Bloomberg)

How IBM and The Weather Channel's new deal can save you money (Fortune)