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15 Jun 2009 17:49

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Biz: The stock market took a tumble, has a boo boo

  • -187.1 Point loss of the Dow today, caused by economic fears scaring investors like a bad horror movie source
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30 May 2009 09:49

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Sports: The Lakers have been to the NBA finals a heckuva lot

  • 30 NBA finals for the league’s most well-known team source
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21 May 2009 08:55

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Biz, Tech: Google considered buying newspapers – but not anymore.

  • Google, with their charitable arm, Google.org, was once interested in buying a paper that wanted to carry non-profit status. They were also offered a stake in The New York Times. source
  • CEO Eric Schmidt said that the company ultimately decided that the debt load was too high and that they didn’t want to be on the other side of the news-aggregation plate. Good move. source
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12 May 2009 08:54

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Biz, Tech: Like big, obtrusive ads? Of course you do. More are coming.

  • In times of recession, online ads get bigger. MSNBC is among the first in a long line of advertisers to switch to wide-format ads that take up full pages and recede, that make sidebars ultra-huge and makes it so that they never go away, ever. They’re all part of a group called the Online Publishers Assocation, which has agreed to use these ads. We have a feeling reading articles on the Internet is going to get annoying, but at least these sites aren’t charging. *sigh* source
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12 May 2009 08:36

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Biz, Tech: This Times Wire is a real live wire of new NYT content

Rather than attempting to look like a newspaper, The New York Times’ new format strikes halfway between Google News and an RSS feed. source
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05 May 2009 22:22

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Culture: The Onion takes on Trekkies and pretty much nails it

  • The very things that will make this J.J. Abrams reboot of “Star Trek” a huge success will make it loathed by fans. You heard it here first.source
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27 Apr 2009 20:43

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Biz, U.S.: Newspapers fall deeper and deeper into oblivion

  • -7.1% circulation decline in the last six months o_O source
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27 Apr 2009 10:20

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Culture, Offbeat: Dear 4chan’s moot: Congrats on topping the Time 100!

We argue that No. 34 T-Pain or No. 37 Barack Obama might be more influential, but enjoy your moment, 4chan! source
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26 Apr 2009 09:23

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Biz, Tech: Here’s why Internet television is starting to grab a foothold

  • $700 Amount the average U.S. household pays per year for around 100 cable channels source
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21 Apr 2009 20:21

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Biz: Yahoo’s employees aren’t saying “Yahooooo!!!” about layoffs

  • 5% of its employees are getting escorted off the premises source
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