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SFist orphaned by public radio deal to buy Gothamist
SFGate--Three major radio stations have purchased the multi-city local news site the Gothamist, and it's not clear what this could mean for its Bay Area site, SFist. WNYC (New York), KPCC (Southern California) and WAMU (Washington, D.C.) announced Friday that they have joined together to acquire key assets of Gothamist and its LAist and DCist sites. SFist - a Gothamist site- was not named in this list, but its archives were included in the purchase.
February 24, 2018
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Cramer tracks the 'very close' race to $1 trillion between Apple, Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft
CNBC--Jim Cramer examines four massive tech giants to see which one is most likely to win the race to a $1 trillion in market cap.
April 20, 2018
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Tronc cuts dozens of employees, including former Times Editor Lewis D'Vorkin
latimes.com--Tronc cut jobs ahead of its sale of the Los Angeles Times.
April 17, 2018
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New research shows successful founders are far older than the Valley stereotype
TechCrunch--There is a classic stereotype of the Silicon Valley entrepreneur: often a computer science nerd, almost certainly male, ambitious and, most importantly, young — very young. Founders who have been c…
April 11, 2018
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Scientists decode what makes a New York Times bestseller
news--The vast majority of copies were sold within the first few weeks of a book’s release, and after ten weeks, sales dropped dramatically.
April 06, 2018
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This Startup Built Its Brand On Facebook. Now It Can Never Leave.
Fast Company--Facebook gave Quip great bang for its buck but little data on the consumers it targeted. With a Facebook backlash brewing, how will small advertisers fare?
April 03, 2018
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What a ten-year-old duck can teach us about electricity demand
The Economist--Solar power is not the panacea it appears to be
March 29, 2018
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Life Inside S.C.L., Cambridge Analytica's Parent Company
The New Yorker--A company that was founded with some intuitive but eccentric ideas about group psychology is now at the center of a transatlantic conversation about voter rights, data privacy, and the integrity of the world’s most important social network.
March 27, 2018
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Meredith to Lay Off 1,200 Employees as Part of Time Inc. Integration - Folio:
Folio:--Time, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, and Money are all up for sale as part of a plan to reduce costs by up to $500 million.
March 23, 2018
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Google and Facebook can't help publishers because they're built to defeat publishers
Recode--Guess who’s winning?
March 20, 2018
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Revealed: 50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach
the Guardian--Whistleblower describes how firm linked to former Trump adviser Steve Bannon compiled user data to target American voters• How Cambridge Analytica’s algorithms turned ‘likes’ into a political tool
March 17, 2018
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