• Yahoo! acquires URL-shortening startup Bread

  Bread, a startup that launched back in 2011 offering URL-shortening with a side order of monetization, has announced an acquisition by Yahoo. Such a move comes at a time when the startup was reportedly low on funds and actively pursuing a buyout from a bigger company, and brings with it a 30-day…

• Yahoo Acquires -- And Will Shut Down -- Social Advertising Startup Bread

  Yahoo is adding some tech talent to its advertising staff via an acquisition, buying social advertising company Bread, the startup's CEO Alan Chan announced in a blog post on Friday. Bread makes a URL shortener that displays an ad between the time that someone clicks on the shortened link and…

• Yahoo Acquires Bread, Will Shut Down The URL Shortener That Earned You Money

  Yahoo has just acquired Bread, a 2.5 year old startup that had raised $3.5 million [Update: and we hear was low on cash and shopping itself around to several companies]. Bread let people make money or generate donations by designing interstitial ads. These ads could promote a product or cause and…

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