By the way: None of this is meant to take anything away from
    what founder Nick D'Aloisio did with Summly. That guy is a pure 
    hustler, and he earned every penny of his millions.

How can they say that after suggesting:

    Maybe Yahoo has decided spending $30 million to give one of 
    their disappointing startups a safe landing is a way to get on 
    their good side. 

If the deal was for Yahoo to gain favour with the investors (lining their pockets; Nick cashing out being an irrelevant side effect) how on earth did he "earn every penny"? If that is true then he was in the right place at the right time with the right investors.