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»  A wood-pellet company owner named Paul Ceglia is suing Mark Zuckerberg, claiming that the two had an agreement in which Ceglia would get a large ownership porti...
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Today we had our paidContent Mobile: Leveraging the Smartphone Boom conference at Columbia University in NYC. During the full-day event we discussed the blurring of lines between online and mobile and the resulting opportunities in the industry for mobile content companies, online giants, marketers, app developers and venture capitalists alike. Some highlights:

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»  Founders Fund has closed its third fund with $250 million in capital commitments. The firm had raised $220 million for its second fund in 2007.»&...
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»  Redbox is developing an online streaming strategy to compete with Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX).»  E! co-founder Alan Mruvka is launching a celeb...
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»  Google (NSDQ: GOOG) News gets a redesign in response to users’ complaints.»  Former Google News and Bing engineers team up for digita...
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»  Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music plans to open its own online store dedicated to classical music.»  Yellow Pages will get 39 percent of revenues f...
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»  Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is cutting 285 part-time jobs because it’s automating envelope opening.»  New Facebook feature creates inst...
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—Activision Blizzard: Marketing and ads vet Eric Hirshberg has been named CEO of Activision (NSDQ: ATVI) Publishing, effective September 7. He assumes the position from Mike Griffith, who was promoted to vice chairman of Activision Blizzard, and will report to the company’s COO, Thomas Tippl. Hirshberg comes from Deutsch LA where he...
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»  Web designer claims he owns an 84 percent stake in Facebook.

»  Conde Nast’s Reddit successfully signs on 6,000 subscribers, likely making $60,000-90,000.

»  Less time is being spent on Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) sites.

»  Chinese internet regulator vows to reduce web anonymity in the country. [Read more »

»  Conde Nast’s largest web property, Reddit, implores users for contributions.»  The Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News...
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