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Google has a problem, say search pros at Betaday

[Posted on November 18, 2009 at 5:00 AM]

'Google has a problem, and it's not a technical problem,' said serial entrepreneur Keith Teare on a panel about real-time search at Betaday, an annual event hosted by Betaworks for its portfolio companies.
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Convergence diary: AOL spin

[Posted on November 17, 2009 at 4:05 PM]

The rational for building and breaking apart content production and distribution empires is still up in the air as Time Warner breaks off AOL, Comcast covets NBC and Cablevision divests Madison Square Garden.
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News Corp. no fan of NBCU

[Posted on November 13, 2009 at 11:19 AM]

News Corp.'s president and chief operating officer Chase Carey said that his boss Rupert Murdoch wouldn't make a last-minute bid for NBC Universal.
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Why Iconix would buy Playboy

[Posted on November 12, 2009 at 3:59 PM]

Playboy Enterprises' stock has risen 66% since Bloomberg reported that the publisher is in discussions to sell itself to Iconix Brand Group.
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The TV recession

[Posted on November 12, 2009 at 7:30 AM]

Is there hope for an advertising recovery?
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Tech Layoffs: AOL, Sprint, Electronic Arts

[Posted on November 10, 2009 at 2:19 PM]

AOL, Sprint Nextel and Electronic Arts are the latest tech companies announcing layoffs in November, following RealNetworks and Microsoft.
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Cuban waiting on deck for Dodgers

[Posted on November 10, 2009 at 12:56 PM]

Billionaire Mark Cuban hasn't totally closed the door on owning a Major League Baseball franchise.
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MySpace drags down News Corp.

[Posted on November 9, 2009 at 1:34 PM]

For Rupert Murdoch, new media has not been so kind to News Corp. MySpace continues to drag down the media conglomerate.
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Reid Hoffman on why he joined Greylock

[Posted on November 9, 2009 at 5:59 AM]

LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman tells The Deal why he joined Greylock Partners, which just closed a new $575 million VC fund.
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Time Warner publishing unit's woes continue

[Posted on November 4, 2009 at 5:02 PM]

Despite Time Warner's third-quarter profit of 61 cents a share, the media giant's publishing arm is bleeding as ad revenue fell 22% to $129 million, contributing to the cutting of 280 jobs.
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Cablevision spinning off MSG by end of 2009

[Posted on November 4, 2009 at 9:24 AM]

Cablevision chairman and CEO James L. Dolan confirmed that a Madison Square Garden spinoff will happen by the end of the year.
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Road to Travel Channel buyer hits some detours

[Posted on November 3, 2009 at 1:39 PM]

Talk of News Corp. possibly dropping out of the running, according to Reuters, has surfaced while parent Cox Communications is considering a JV as another possible scenario to offload its asset.
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David Carr and the death of aspiration

[Posted on November 2, 2009 at 12:30 PM]

David Carr buries the business magazines in a shallow grave in The New York Times Monday, but there are any number of reasons to be skeptical of this broad and gloomy diagnosis.
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