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The Internet Hasn’t Killed the Radio Star: Clear Channel CEO Bob Pittman’s Full Dive Into Media Interview

in Dive Into Media on February 9 at 11:07 am PT

The guy who helped build MTV, then AOL, is now running a radio giant in an Internet age. Why?
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Why American Newspapers Gave Away the Future (Excerpt)

in Voices on February 8 at 9:27 am PT

Maybe the extinction of newspapers was inevitable once digital publishing moved from proprietary services and the slow speeds of dial-up delivery to the open access of the worldwide Web.

Get Ready for Lots of Streaming Arianna With HuffPost Video Network

in Media on February 2 at 3:58 pm PT

The latest entrant in the video-newspaper category comes from none other than Huffington Post, which unveiled plans to stream 16 hours of live video on its site daily.
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Dude, Where’s My Facebook IPO Filing? (Ashton’s on Hold!)

in News on February 1 at 5:50 am PT

Mr. Kutcher really wants to know what’s what this fine IPO-awaiting morning.
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AOL Beats Low Expectations, Increasing Ad Revenue and Slowing Total Decline in Q4 (Plus Charts!)

in News on February 1 at 4:26 am PT

At AOL, down is the new up. No. Really.
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Clear Channel’s Bob Pittman on Facebook, Ryan Seacrest and More (Video)

in Dive Into Media on January 31 at 12:16 pm PT

The Clear Channel CEO and former AOL executive takes to the D: Dive Into Media stage to make the case that radio still matters.
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Radio Is Social, Says Clear Channel CEO Bob Pittman

in Dive Into Media on January 31 at 9:30 am PT

Radio whiz Bob Pittman talks about remaking Clear Channel, and fending off Pandora in the process.
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A Bargain for Tumblr

The joke now is what’s the first tech company that we acquire. I hear AOL’s going pretty cheap.

– David Karp, founder of Tumblr, to the Guardian’s Josh Halliday

BuzzFeed Bulks Up Again, With a Tech Section Run by Gizmodo’s Matt Buchanan

in Media on January 30 at 4:18 pm PT

Another well-known writer for a site that used to specialize in other people’s writing. This one says he’ll write about “tech for humans.”
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Sarah Lacy Debuts New Tech Site, PandoDaily — $2M+ in Funding and Guess Who’s Working for Her? (Video)

in Media on January 16 at 9:00 am PT

Here’s the brave woman who will be the new boss of Michael Arrington, M.G. Siegler and Paul Carr. (You read that right.)
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Huffington Post Tech Boss Leaves AOL, For Real

in Media, January 10, 2012 at 3:42 pm PT

Buzzfeed Raises $15 Million to Make More Buzzy Content

Final Tech Stock Tally for 2011: Rout-Roh!

in News, January 3, 2012 at 5:25 am PT

Get Your Zombie-Eaten Brain Ready for Some Big-Think Tech Books

in Media, December 28, 2011 at 7:18 am PT

Most Tech Stocks Were Naughty, Some Nice and Only Apple Merry, as Year Ends

in News, December 26, 2011 at 1:06 pm PT

AOL Defends Strategy Amid Investor Criticism

in News, December 22, 2011 at 1:20 pm PT

BermanBraun to Launch Three Non-HuffPost Sites — Including Weather — for AOL

in Media, December 15, 2011 at 8:27 am PT

Samsung Hires Former AOL and Google Content Exec David Eun to Lead Renewed Media Push

in Media, December 14, 2011 at 6:20 am PT

Content (Recommendation) Doesn’t Come Cheap: Outbrain Raises Another $35 Million

in Media, December 14, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

AOL PR Exec Hollars Becomes Andreessen Horowitz PR Partner

HP’s Whitman: We Have to Walk Before We Can Run With webOS

in News, December 9, 2011 at 12:47 pm PT

AOL Names Jim Norton as New Head of Sales

in Media, December 9, 2011 at 10:00 am PT

Google Currents News Reader Debuts (Phew!)

in Media, December 8, 2011 at 12:18 pm PT

In Your Hands, Just What You Want to Read

in The Digital Solution, December 6, 2011 at 9:05 pm PT

Mike McCue Talks! Flipboard Finally Launches App for iPhone. (Video)

in Mobile, December 6, 2011 at 9:01 pm PT