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Yahoo started the bidding process in the first place, and is now completely out of the picture because of recent strategic reviews.

AllFacebook Marketing Conference returns to San Francisco on June 28-29! Join us and get a how-to guide for marketing to Facebook’s 800 million users. A full agenda will be announced soon. Keep an eye on our event site for more information. Special early pricing is available for only $249 until this Wednesday, February 15, so register today.

Foursquare co-founder and CEO Dennis Crowley told the Wall Street Journal in an interview that his company is passing on daily coupons from these marketing partners to Foursquare users while taking a cut of the revenue. “We are trying to see if our targeting works and how users will react,” Crowley told the Journal.

If the story is not true, then WSJ and LA Times will look rather silly. Still, we have some conflicting sources to the story with a slight similarity to the overall story. I don’t think this just came from out of the blue. WSJ and LA times most likely have a valid source, so Hulu is up to something, and I suspect that something is Hulu taking offers to sell the company.

Looking for a job? Here’s a way to really write about what you know. FINS.com, the new career hub in the Wall Street Journal Digital Network, is on the hunt for a managing editor who can oversee the daily production of the site.

If hired, you’ll drive the editorial direction of FINS, focusing on finance, technology, sales and marketing. You’ll also establish workflow, manage a team of reporters and editors and be the liaison to the editorial teams at WSJ, Barrons, MarketWatch and other Dow Jones and Newscorp divisions. The site is looking for someone with a true understanding of what its readers want, so draw inspiration and insight from your own job search and experiences to really wow them.

To be considered, you must have at least four years of supervisory editorial experience, and a demonstrated ability to mentor and develop young journalists. A background in careers, finance or technology is strongly preferred, and the ability to analyze traffic and user trends is a major plus. Interested? Apply here.

MySpace is partnering with the Wall Street Journal for a citizen journalism contest this year. One lucky MySpace user can win a trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland for the event later this month, along with a press pass, Congress and Media Center access, and syndication of their MySpace blog via WSJ.com. See here for details.
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