Media
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U.S. Authorities Looking Into Murdoch Foreign Payments
The FBI has found scant evidence of phone hacking, but foreign bribery may fell some of Rupert Murdoch’s employees
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Consumers Like Cloud Technology — Just Don’t Ask Them to Pay
People are interested in services like UltraViolet and iCloud, but they are still confused about the benefits of digital rights lockers
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Redbox Buys Rival NCR Corp.’s Kiosks for $100M
Redbox snaps up NCR kiosks on same day parent company Coinstar posts strong 4Q earnings and announces Verizon deal. The stock surges
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Congressman Darrell Issa Unveils Crowdsourced Anti-Piracy Bill
Congressmen Darrell Issa and Ron Wyden modified the OPEN Act, an anti-piracy bill, based on online suggestions
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NBC’s Richard Engel Launches iPad-Based Series, Tours With Lucifer
NBC’s chief foreign correspondent talks about his new series, which will debut on the iPad — a product he doesn’t own
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Steven Van Zandt: Why I Went ‘Gangster-in-the Snow’ for Netflix’s ‘Lilyhammer’
Netflix aims to lure subscribers with eight episodes of the very Norwegian “Lilyhammer,” available for streaming on Monday
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Kanye West Plans a Movie in the Persian Gulf (Report)
Kanye is talking with Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Qatar about serving as the backdrop for his next short film (or long music video) to “Runaway”
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Super Bowl Parties: ‘You can smell the G6 Jet Fuel on Him’
Les Moonves, Jerry Bruckheimer are front-and-center for the Maxim bash, Snoop Dogg and Mark Cuban hit the pseudo beach and Katy Perry belts it out at the HD Net-DirecTV event
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Rupert Murdoch Tweets Up a Storm on Super Sunday Morn (Updated)
News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch takes to Twitter with praise for the U.K. and Gordon Brown and a caution on the Middle East, then gets up for the kick-off
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Forget Romney, Obama: Tim Tebow Tops Reuters Poll
The Denver Broncos’ Tim Tebow tops list of NFL Playoff QBs that voters say they’d like to see in the White House in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll
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Super Bowl Ads: Which Ones Generated the Most Pre-Game Buzz?
Dannon, Samsung and Coke all scored with commercials via Twitter before the Super Bowl, according to data survey. It also suggests who dropped the ball by not advertising. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 pm ET
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From Ellen DeGeneres to Susan G. Komen: Social Media Proves Unstoppable
Weeks after running SOPA and PIPA into the ground, the power of Facebook and Twitter was on display again this week
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Facebook IPO: Mark Zuckerberg’s Bizarre Ode to Hackers
In a letter along with the IPO filing, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says there’s a lot to learn from “the hacker way”
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Huffington Post to Launch Live Online Streaming Network
AOL and the Huffington Post showed a demo of the Huffington Post Streaming Network to reporters on Thursday
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News Corp. Names Bloomberg Executive Lex Fenwick CEO of Dow Jones
Lex Fenwick, a 25-year Bloomberg veteran, will oversee the Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires and other properties