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Yahoo may be considering selling off its stake in joint venture with Japanese Internet giant Softbank. What would it do with the $8 billion?

MySpace, the floundering social network site, may be on the verge of massive layoffs.

Can 700 more layoffs really solve Yahoo's problems?

Will Facebook email succeed just because it's Facebook? Maybe not.

The faltering social network is relaunching as a multimedia platform aimed at Gen Y. It's a radical departure from the format that made it the world's largest social network -- before Facebook stole that crown and ran with it. The new MySpace takes more of a portal approach.

Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz has been praised for her blunt, foul-mouthed management style. But with shares of the company down more than 14% this year, her $39 million pay package is a little hard to swallow.

Disney is appointing two co-presidents of Interactive Media Group to fill the shoes of long-time leader Steve Wadsworth, who resigned last month.

Yahoo has been trying to leverage its leading position in the portal business into a comparable dominance of premium content. But it's not so easy for a technology company to build a culture of journalism -- as the defection of one of its high-profile journalists illustrates.

The value of huge social networking operation Facebook is a matter of endless debate among experts. The company has over 500 million members, but by most estimates will have revenue of only $1 billion to $1.5 billion this year. Could it really be worth over $33 billion?

Facebook advertisers have gone on a spending spree, according to the world's largest social media site, with some companies boosting their ad budgets by 2000%. Facebook rivals must be concerned. The site now ranks fourth among all Internet destinations in the U.S.