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Viral Video: “The Newsroom” Is Reborn

in Media on May 1 at 12:01 am PT

Here’s a new trailer for HBO’s upcoming series “The Newsroom,” by famed Hollywood screenwriter Aaron Sorkin.
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All Things Hired: Bonnie Cha Is Our Latest ATD Reviewer

in News on April 23 at 1:01 pm PT

ATD adds another staffer to the team.
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Clicking on a Fortune: Facebook to Acquire Photo-Sharing Start-Up Instagram for $1 Billion

in News on April 9 at 10:03 am PT

A blockbuster exit for the popular and elegant mobile photo-sharing service.
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Sticks and Stones: Third Point Launches “Value Yahoo” Blog (Which Does Not Value Current Leadership)

in News on April 2 at 7:30 am PT

The war of words continues in the proxy battle with a new site, which calls for a number of things — mostly for Yahoo to let in activist shareholder Third Point.
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A Big Digital Kiss to Britannica: Change — It Is Okay (Look It Up!)

in Media on March 14 at 12:04 pm PT

Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky.
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To Stanch Layoffs, Yahoo Has Been Shopping Its Ad Technology Platforms to Google, Microsoft and Others

in News on March 14 at 8:04 am PT

There’s always yet another wacky money-making scheme on the horizon at Yahoo!
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News Byte

HuffPost PR Guy Escapes HuffPost for New Gig Repping … the HuffPost

in Media on February 21 at 3:06 am PT

Huffington Post communications head Mario Ruiz has certainly had one of the busiest jobs in online media over the last five years, as the news blog has grown into a global content powerhouse. Now he’s starting his own agency and his first big get is … the Huffington Post. Ruiz has been tireless in repping the AOL-owned site and its eponymous creator Arianna Huffington — and that is apparently not going to stop, even with a lovely new logo.

GigaOM Buys paidContent (Like Peter Kafka Said)

in Media on February 8 at 11:19 am PT

Guess what? Wait, we knew that.
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Tumblr’s Inflection Point Came When Curators Joined Creators

in Social on January 23 at 12:41 am PT

The average post on Tumblr is reblogged nine times, according to founder and CEO David Karp.
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Viral Video: The Making of “The Hobbit” — Part Five

in Media on December 27, 2011 at 12:19 am PT

Back to Middle-earth!
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Viral Video: First Trailer for “The Hobbit” Movie

in News, December 22, 2011 at 9:09 am PT

Google Currents News Reader Debuts (Phew!)

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

HuffPost and TED Will Ring Out the Year With an Online Idea-Thon

in Media, December 1, 2011 at 8:20 am PT

Introducing Lauren Goode

in Walt Mossberg, December 1, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Exclusive: Disney Acquires “Sophisticated” Mommy Blog Platform Babble Media

in Media, November 14, 2011 at 6:45 am PT

Adobe Admits It Is Saying Buh-Bye to Flash for Mobile Devices

in Mobile, November 9, 2011 at 10:15 am PT

Viral Video: More “Hobbit” From the Vlog Files of Peter Jackson

in Media, November 9, 2011 at 12:10 am PT

Saul Hansell Departs AOL to Be EIR at Betaworks

in News, November 8, 2011 at 1:57 pm PT

On The Verge of a New Tech Site, Which Finally Debuts

in Media, October 31, 2011 at 7:18 pm PT

There Are Seven Billion People on Planet Earth Right Now (Try to Keep Up, Facebook!)

in News, October 31, 2011 at 10:49 am PT

Gawker’s Nick Denton Loses a $100 Bet (Video)

in Media, October 13, 2011 at 7:21 am PT

Sellers of Lost iPhone 4 Prototype Get Probation

in Voices, October 11, 2011 at 8:21 pm PT

Barack Obama on Steve Jobs

in News, October 5, 2011 at 6:23 pm PT

HuffPost at One Biiiilllliiion Monthly Page Views: More Buying, More Launching, More Hiring

in Media, October 3, 2011 at 1:15 am PT

Google Calls Justice Department Second Request on Motorola Deal “Pretty Routine” (If Four Percent Is Routine)

in News, September 29, 2011 at 4:31 am PT