Media
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AOL Profits Sag, But Wall Street Loves Them Anyway
Higher ad revenue helps slow AOL’s revenue decline and pushes the company past Wall Street’s forecasts
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CEO of Vevo (Hulu for Music Videos) Projects $1B in Revenue
Rio Caraeff, CEO of music video hub Vevo, announced at the Dive Into Media Conference that “Hulu for music videos” is now profitable
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Nikki Finke’s Courtroom Battle With the Hollywood Reporter Set for July, 2013
Penske Media Corp., which owns Nikki Finke’s website, is suing the parent company of the Hollywood Reporter over copyright infringement
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Edgar Bronfman Vows to Fight Universal-EMI Merger ‘Tooth and Nail’
On his last day as chairman of Warner Music Group, Edgar Bronfman Jr. knocks the ‘hubris’ of a competitor
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ESPN Chief John Skipper on Digital: Make Love, Not War
The sports titan has benefited from embracing the digital transition, ESPN’s John Skipper says, even when it hasn’t worked out
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Facebook to Launch $5B IPO on Wednesday (Report)
The social network’s initial public offering is expected to be $5 billion — half the amount previously rumored
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Amazon Profit Plunges Again in 4Q — Stock Takes a Hit
The after-hours share losses erase recent Kindle-fueled increase in market value. Revenue rises 34% to $17.4 billion
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New Yorker’s David Remnick Shuns Twitter But Loves His iPad
New Yorker editor David Remnick is proudly old school, but he pushed for a swift digital transition to avoid the fate of many newspapers
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Stop Your Whinging: Reality Gets In the Way of Fantasy
Whinge – verb – Australian informal – to complain, whine, cry in a fretful way. We’re barely four weeks into 2012, and the whinging is already in full swing. Any gratitude for the birth of Christ, the miracle of Hanukkah or the start of the NBA season seems like a distant memory as people have…
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Neil Young: Steve Jobs Listened to Vinyl, Piracy is the New Radio
Neil Young says that he and Steve Jobs talked at length about improving digital audio quality, but now his work with Apple is done
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Viacom’s Philippe Dauman: Anti-Piracy Push Done for Year
Hollywood is unlikely to go forward with anti-piracy legislation this year, Viacom’s Philippe Dauman tells Dive Into Media Conference
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President Obama Misses LAPD Officer’s Marijuana Question As Google Skips It
The ex-cop’s pot question was top vote getter on YouTube, but didn’t make it on the list of those posed to President Obama. Thanks Google
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Naked Activists Flash Flesh for Banned Iranian Actress
Golshifteh Farahani’s banishment from Iran sparks a sexy internet revolution
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3 Co-Founders Exit Demand Media as Stock Languishes
Larry Fitzgibbon, Joe Perez and Steven Kydd exit Demand Media, the content farm that went public last year and has since seen its stock erode