
Fortune magazine launched during the Great Depression, and it's still with us today. But The Big Money, a business site launched by Slate during the dark days of September 2008, is going away. The smart site never got much traction. But then again, it didn't seem to get that much support.
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Tags: Advertising, Brendan Monaghan, digital, Fortune, internet, iPad, Jacob Weisberg, Jim Ledbetter, Media, Peter Kafka, Slate Group, The Big Money, time inc., Time Warner, washington post
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Ripple effect: Facebook's non-move gives Zynga more time before it goes public too. Meanwhile, if you're dead set on buying some of Zuck's company next year, Digital Sky Technologies may be able to help.
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Tags: Advertising, Bloomberg, digital, Digital Sky Technologies, entertainment, facebook, internet, IPO, mark zuckerberg, Media, Peter Kafka, Zynga
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When will Spotify, the best music service Americans can't use, finally make it to the U.S.? No time soon, according to a new report from Billboard. The good news for impatient people: There are plenty of substitutes available right now.
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Tags: Advertising, Apple, Best Buy, Billboard, entertainment, Google, internet, iPhone, Media, Mobile, Mog, music, Music labels, myspace, MySpace Music, napster, News Corp, Peter Kafka, Rdio, RealNetworks, Rhapsody, Software, Spotify, Thumbplay
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New Blog Post - Online Media and Social Networking by #PBS @NewsHour @KateGardiner - #DCMM
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Tags: Blogs, facebook, internet, Media, Monitoring, pr, Social Media
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The Orchard, which distributes digital music and video to the likes of Apple's and Amazon's online stores, is going off the public market. The New York-based company is being bought out by its parent, private equity shop Dimensional Associates, and stops trading tomorrow. Shareholders will get $2.05 per share, and they're apparently okay with...
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Tags: Amazon, Apple, digital, Dimensional Associates, e-music, iMeem, internet, Media, music, newsbyte, Peter Kafka, The Orchard
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Why did ESPN kill a pretty tame Web story about the most famous athlete in America? Hard to guess. In any case, it doesn't matter now: On a slow summer day, it's perfect fodder for bored Web surfers.
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Tags: Advertising, Arash Markazi, Blogs, Deadspin, entertainment, entertainment feature, Entourage, ESPN, ESPN.com, internet, LeBron James, Media, Peter Kafka, SB Nation, The Awl
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This is one way to get longer-form content on YouTube. What prompted the change? Google's site says it's because copyright owners aren't nearly as crabby as they used to be.
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Tags: Advertising, Content ID, copyright, entertainment feature, Google, internet, Joshua Siegel, Media, Nikesh Arora, Peter Kafka, sesame street, Stevie Wonder, television, Video, youtube
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Web publishers and TV networks are doing just fine. But if you're in the radio, newspaper or magazine business, it's a different story.
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Tags: Advertising, Anthony DiClemente, aol, Barclay's, CBS, digital, entertainment, GE, Google, internet, Media, NBC Universal, News Corp, Peter Kafka, television, Time Warner, Video
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Why ask why? Facebook has a question service because everyone has a question service. Couldn't be clearer, right?
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Tags: Advertising, Ask, beta, Blake Ross, facebook, internet, Media, Peter Kafka, question services, Quora, Search, social network, yahoo
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n Tuesday July 20th 2010, NDN hosted a speaker panel titled Advancing Internet Freedom: Tackling Barriers to the Global Free Flow of Information. This event featured Daniel Calingaert and Anita Ramasastry two prominent authorities on the topic of internet censorship and the power of online freedom of speech. During their presentations, both presenters discussed...
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Tags: internet, law, Media, Open Source, Politics
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