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Talent Management Start-Up PeopleMatter Raises $14M, Led by Morgenthaler

Kara Swisher in News on February 26 at 7:00 pm PT

The Charleston, N.C.-based software company, which focuses on hourly workers, said the new investment will be used to for product innovation and customer acquisition strategies.

Louie Swisher Hearts Redbox–But Hollywood Not So Much

Kara Swisher in News on August 31, 2009 at 3:10 pm PT

If you want to get Hollywood movie studio types irked, mention Google. And if you want them steamed, bringing up Netflix will usually work. But if you want to see the tops of their heads blow off, Redbox is just the ticket. Except not to their movies, it seems, if the major movie studio execs have their way in an ever-growing legal battle with the DVD-rental kiosk company. A typical consumer named Louie Swisher, though, begs to differ.