Joost acquired by online ad company Adconion NEW YORK — The struggling online video startup Joost (juice-st) is being sold to an online advertising company that plans to continue operating its Web site under the same name. Full Article at Simple Thoughts

All he has to do now is manage board meetings with two of the more forceful personalities on the planet – new investor Marc Andreessen and cofounder/new investor Niklas Zennstrom. Well, that and keep this train on the tracks. Full Article at TechCrunch

Auction site eBay has sold off the Skype telephony service to a group of investors that includes Marc Andreessen's new Andreessen Horowitz group, Silver Lake, and the Skype co-founders' company Joltid. Full Article at ZDNet UK

MADISON, Wis. , Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Sharendipity (www.sharendipity.com), the web based application development platform, today announced that they were the winners of the first global Ning Appathon competition. Full Article at Street Insider

NEW YORK (CNET) ― Sold! Auction site eBay has, as long anticipated, sold off the Skype telephony service to a group of investors that includes Marc Andreessen's new Andreessen Horowitz group, Silver Lake, and the Skype co-founders' Joltid Ltd. Full Article at WCCO

II recently had a chance to catch up with one of my favorite Silicon Valley serial entrepreneurs Gauruv Dhillon. When I first met Mr Dhillon he was CEO of Informatica, one of the top software companies in Silicon Valley. Full Article at ZDNet