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Another deal I have had to keep under wraps….. Techcrunch and F***edCompany are set to release news of a merger tonight at around 9pm Pacific Time. Mike has blogged it early due to rumors circulating on the web. Techmeme has it here.

Om Malik has the scoop but this is something I have been keeping under my hat for several weeks. Heather Harde, former Fox Interactive Media executive, responsible for Mergers and Acquisitions, is to be the new CEO of TechCrunch.
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UPDATE
Mike has now confirmed the news here.
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Heather was a key figure in Fox’s strategy to acquire the [...]

TechCrunch reports that Salim Ismail is to head the Yahoo Brickhouse project. Yahoo’s intention is to create an internal incubator - think Google Labs - and so encourage innovation and productizing akin to forming lots of internal startups.
Salim is a great choice for this role. Currently heading up Confabb (to be replaced by David Dell) [...]

My edgeio co-founder Mike Arrington has chosen the edgeio classified boards product to power his Crunchboard listings marketplace.
Crunchboard is focused on job listings and charged $200 per month for a listing. previously it was a home grown solution that was expensive to build and to run. Now Mike gets the service for free and we [...]

Om Malik reports that Google Finance has had a makeover. it doesn’t seem like a lot but I think the direction is great.
Video and Audio are a big part of investor relations these days. For example the entire Morgan Stanley Technology conference is being WebCast.
Expect Google to increasingly “organize the finance worlds information”. That will [...]