Media
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White House Correspondents Dinner: The Obama & O’Brien Show Draws Laughs, Highlights Gaffes (Video)
The president revisits birther conspiracy theory and takes aim at CNN, while Conan mocks Fox News and "Tonight Show" shuffle
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Journalist Agnes Taile, Fighting Corruption in Cameroon, Tells of Abduction
TheWrap has established a fund to help Taile buy a printing press in Cameroon to increase distribution of her paper
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Ed Helms, Zach Levi Star in ‘Tiny Commando’ for Yahoo (Exclusive)
It is one of several new web shows Yahoo will unveil on Monday
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Don’t Hate on Zach Braff – Rage Against Kickstarter’s Perry Chen
Guest blog: I can see it now … Julie Taymor, in her effort to redeem herself from the “Spider-Man” Broadway disaster, unleash a video pitch for “Logan,” a “Wolverine”-inspired musical cabaret starring Hugh Jackman
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BitTorrent to Hollywood: We’re Not Pirates – We Come in Peace
Because of its vast user-base, some executives think that Hollywood will have no choice but to eventually embrace BitTorrent
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Harvey Weinstein: Paying Royalties Won’t Break Google
Weinstein urged Congress to enact royalty law to protect the creative class from sites that "steal content"
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Fred Amoroso Steps Down as Yahoo Chairman
Director Maynard Webb Jr. will step into the role on interim basis
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Amazon Q1 Revenue Surges on Digital Content Sales
Online retail giant meets Wall Street's expectations with $16.07B in revenues
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YouTube’s First Ever Comedy Week Features Vince Vaughn, Sarah Silverman and Seth Rogen
The star-studded five days of laughs will begin May 19
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NY Times Revenue Declines; Will Offer Newly Priced Digital Subscriptions
Revenue at paper falls on declining ad rates
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Politico Takedown of NYT’s Jill Abramson: Same Old Sexism? Or a Real B—-?
These criticisms sound like stereotypical slurs so often leveled against women leaders
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Are Hollywood Millionaires Ruining Kickstarter? Let’s Ask the Internet
Social media erupted on the news that Zach Braff had launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund his next movie
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Can Netflix’s Stock Surge Last?
Some analysts think that Netflix will have a hard time maintaining the subscribers who joined the service because they were eager to see the Bluths back in action
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Apple Rebuts Naysayers as Earnings Best Predictions
Apple netted $9.5 billion in profits and $43.6 billion in revenue