SEC Watch: SpinVox CEO Used Company 'As A Current Account' While Clocking Up Massive Losses

SpinVox’s CEO Christina Domecq had to pay back �£125,000 to the company after an investigation in to her use of corporate finances, according to a detailed 70-page filing made by new owner Nuance to the SEC.

PaidContent Quick Hits 02.09.2010

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Google To Get Social With 'Buzz'

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is trying once again to make a social play with the introduction of a new service that makes it easy for users of its products to post and share updates online.

@ Local Online: Facebook's Kendall: Facebook Ads Are Content (And Vice Versa)

With Facebook’s Beacon ad targeting debacle a distant memory for most, Tim Kendall, Facebook’s director of monetization, tried a soft sell on publishers and marketers at Borrell Associates’ Local Online Advertising Conference.

Yahoo To Close Yahoo Tech Vertical

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is closing yet another of its properties down. The company is shutting down Yahoo Tech, the consumer-focused tech site it launched four years ago.

Diller: 'Ask Is Not For Sale'

In case you didn’t get it the first few times, yes, IAC (NSDQ: IACI) Chairman and CEO Barry Diller still believes the search market will consolidate—and no, he isn’t trying to make it happen.

@ Local Online: McClatchy's Pruitt: We're Comfortable With Ad-Supported Model

Taking the podium during day two of Borrell Associates’ Local Online Advertising Conference, McClatchy (NYSE: MNI) chairman and CEO Gary Pruitt described his mixed feelings of ease and discomfort standing there.

MySpace And TargetSpot Partner On Audio Ads

MySpace has begun rolling out 30-second audio ads, as the News Corp (NYSE: NWS). site continues its shift from a general social network to an entertainment showcase.

WMG's Bronfman Does A Murdoch, iTunes Will Be 'Dwarved'

Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. couldn’t have made it more clear - the music industry wants to ween itself off its Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) dependency, and it will get do just that when iTunes comes under massive competition pressure from new unlimited and mobile services…

“Digital growth has slowed following iTunes’ introduction of a variable pricing model in April 2009,” he told analysts on WMG’s Q1 earnings call.