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Turmoil at BlackBerry: a new CEO, BB10 delays, and buyout rumors

Contributors: Verge Staff

It has been a tough year for RIM. The BlackBerry PlayBook has not seen much success, its co-CEO structure buckled under intense pressure as the company appointed Thorsten Heins as the new CEO, and its next-generation operating system has been delayed and renamed. We've rounded up all the dark tidings in one spot.

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January 3, 2014
BlackBerry suing Ryan Seacrest's keyboard startup (updated)

By Josh Lowensohn
Source BlackBerry | Via Variety

127 comments / new
December 25, 2013
BlackBerry founder Mike Lazaridis won't pursue bid for company

By Russell Brandom
Source Wall Street Journal

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December 16, 2013
BlackBerry set to lose two more executives as leadership cull continues

By Rich McCormick
Source The Wall Street Journal

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December 5, 2013
BlackBerry's brush with fame: reaching Justin Bieber, discos, and the NFL

By Jacob Kastrenakes@jake_k
Source Bloomberg Businessweek

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December 2, 2013
BlackBerry CEO John Chen says company is 'very much alive' and returning to its roots

By Chris Welch@chriswelch
Source BlackBerry | Via Business Insider

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November 25, 2013
Three key BlackBerry executives ousted as new CEO tries to salvage the company

By Kwame Opam@kwameopam
Source BlackBerry | Via Bloomberg (Twitter)

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November 11, 2013
BlackBerry's new CEO gets $85 million to stick around

By Jacob Kastrenakes@jake_k
Source BlackBerry (SEC) | Via Business Insider

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November 8, 2013
BlackBerry reportedly refused to break up company despite interest from Apple, Microsoft

By Chris Welch@chriswelch
Source Reuters

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November 4, 2013
Berry picking: a look back at BlackBerry's long list of potential buyers

By Jacob Kastrenakes@jake_k

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November 4, 2013
Who is John Chen, BlackBerry's new CEO?

By Jacob Kastrenakes@jake_k
Source Bloomberg Businessweek, Network World, The New York Times, and Computer Business Review | Image The Walt Disney Company

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November 4, 2013
BlackBerry CEO steps down as company secures $1 billion funding from investors

By Vlad Savov@vladsavov
Source BlackBerry (Yahoo! Finance) | Via The Globe and Mail

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November 1, 2013
Banks afraid of joining $4.7 billion BlackBerry bid, says Reuters

By Bryan Bishop@bcbishop
Source Reuters

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October 29, 2013
BlackBerry and Facebook met to discuss potential buyout, reports WSJ

By Chris Welch@chriswelch
Source The Wall Street Journal

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October 17, 2013
Lenovo is looking into acquiring BlackBerry, says report

By Dante D'Orazio
Source The Wall Street Journal

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October 14, 2013
BlackBerry says it isn't failing yet in open letter

By Jacob Kastrenakes@jake_k
Source CrackBerry | Via Reuters

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October 10, 2013
BlackBerry's co-founders considering acquisition of company, according to SEC filing

By Chris Welch@chriswelch
Source SEC

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October 9, 2013
Top BlackBerry 10 designers and developers quit to form a new design company

By Jacob Kastrenakes@jake_k
Source Topp | Via CrackBerry

A reunion for The Astonishing Tribe

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October 4, 2013
BlackBerry reportedly in talks with Google, Samsung, and others about potential sale

By Bryan Bishop@bcbishop
Source Reuters

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October 2, 2013
BlackBerry's dark road ahead detailed in new filings

By Jacob Kastrenakes@jake_k
Source BlackBerry (SEC) | Via The Wall Street Journal and All Things D

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September 27, 2013
Bleak BlackBerry Q2 results highlight nearly $1 billion in unsold Z10 phones

By Dante D'Orazio
Source BlackBerry (MarketWired) | Via All Things D

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September 25, 2013
T-Mobile no longer stocking BlackBerry products at retail stores

By Chris Welch@chriswelch
Source Reuters

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September 23, 2013
BlackBerry says BBM messaging app for Android and iOS isn't coming this week

By nateog
Source Inside BlackBerry

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September 23, 2013
BlackBerry receives $4.7 billion buyout offer from Canadian investment company

By Adi Robertson@thedextriarchy
Source BlackBerry (MarketWired)

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September 21, 2013
BlackBerry co-founder Mike Lazaridis reportedly considering bid for his former company

By Nathan Ingraham
Source The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal

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September 20, 2013
BlackBerry to retreat from consumer market, lay off 4,500 employees

By Aaron Souppouris
Source BlackBerry (Marketwatch)

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