Hearst Gets Its Million Digital Subscribers

A few months behind schedule. But who’s counting? (Besides us.)
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Startup Studio Science Hires Digital Veteran Jason Rapp

The Mahalo, IAC and New York Times veteran joins the startup factory.
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David Carey Says Hearst Is No Time Inc.

That is: The magazine publisher thinks his industry can come back. Here’s his plan.
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Here’s a Marissa Mayer M&A Candidate You Haven’t Heard Of

Grab Media, a video distribution company. Tim Armstrong bought one in 2010, and that worked well for him and AOL.
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Listen Up! Beats Boss Jimmy Iovine Comes to Dive Into Media.

Next month’s lineup is groaning with heavy hitters, but there’s always room to add a music icon to the list.
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Hearst Tries a New iPad Pitch: “Read Them Here First”

Want to get your hands on Megan Fox (or whoever’s on the cover of Esquire) before anyone else?
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Game On! Xbox Bosses Mehdi, Tellem Come to Dive Into Media.

The Xbox is a Web TV player that also happens to work for games. Meet the people in charge of making it an even bigger deal in the media world.
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BuzzFeed’s Investors Are Back for $19 Million More

BuzzFeed, the fast-growing, Facebook-friendly Web publisher, has raised another $19.3 million. The deal comes a year after the company rounded up $15.5 million in funding, and involves the same set of investors, including New Enterprise Associates, Lerer Ventures, Hearst Media, Softbank and RRE. BuzzFeed has raised more than $46 million since 2008, and says the money will go into international expansion, among other plans.

Meet the Man Who Wants to Blow Up the TV Business: Dish Network’s Charlie Ergen Comes to Dive Into Media

A rare appearance from a maverick billionaire with big plans.
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Old Media, New Tricks: The New Republic’s Chris Hughes and USA Today’s Larry Kramer Join Dive Into Media

Two very smart guys with very different backgrounds and a similar problem: How do you transform iconic print publications for the digital era?
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Finally, a Reason to Read Magazines on a Tablet

Time Inc. Magazines Make It to the Kindle Fire, After All

Hearst Passes 300,000 Monthly Digital Subscribers, Takes a Bow

Most — But Not All — Big Magazine Publishers Sign On for Amazon’s Tablet

The Financial Times Tries an Apple End-Run

"Hulu For Magazines" Opens Its Android Newsstand

News Corp.'s IGN Buys Hearst's UGO In Preparation For Game Site Spin-Off