News Corp. Confirms Plans for Publishing and Entertainment Split
After saying on Monday that it was considering a break between its print and entertainment assets, News Corp. has made the split official. Today, the company announced that it plans to pursue the...
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Betaworks Buys Digg Assets and John Borthwick Becomes CEO
The remaining assets of social news aggregator Digg — its site and brand — are being sold to Betaworks , the New York-based technology studio. Betaworks CEO John Borthwick will become CEO of the new...
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Why Groupon’s Shares Fell 20 Percent, Even Though Profits Are Up
Groupon exceeded earnings expectations for the second quarter and revenues were in the right ballpark. So, why did the company’s stock fall a jaw-dropping 20 percent? In a nutshell: During the...
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With Glass, Google Gives a Fashion Icon a New Toy (Video)
DVF It’s tough being a rich and famous fashion mogul. You’ve seen the best of the world. You have exclusive access to private events. You have expensive tastes — as you should. And then all of the...
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Quartz Shoots for Tablet and Mobile Readers, but Doesn’t Arm Itself With an App
After a summer of buzz, Quartz, Atlantic Media’s new business news site, lights up today. Pro Tip 1: If you want to see what the fuss is about, head over to qz.com , not quartz.com. The latter will...
View ArticleOpening New Windows
“This is going to be the first time in a decade and half that [companies are] actually going to have to teach someone to use Windows.” – Stephen Kleynhans , a Gartner Inc. analyst. quoted by the Wall...
View ArticleOn Google, a Political Mystery That’s All Numbers
Google’s quest to guess what we want before we want it has produced an unusual side effect: a disparity in the results the company presents about the presidential candidates. A Wall Street Journal...
View ArticleReport: News Corp. taps Thomson to run publishing division
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View ArticleNews Corp. Set to Name WSJ Editor as Publishing Company’s CEO
News Corp. plans to name Robert Thomson, managing editor of The Wall Street Journal and editor in chief of Dow Jones, as chief executive of its publishing company as early as next week, according to...
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News International CEO Tom Mockridge to Step Down at Year’s End
The head of News Corp.’s News International unit is stepping down at the end of the year, the company said on Sunday. Tom Mockridge, a 22-year company veteran, took over as head of the unit in July...
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Hulu’s Employee Owners Are Just Employees Again, Which Means Some May Be...
Hulu’s employees used to be owners, too. But those days are over, so they’re going to have be happy with a paycheck and some bonuses. That’s the upshot of a new long-term incentive plan I’m told the...
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New York Makes Subway Arrival Times Available to Mobile Apps
There are plenty of apps that offer up info on New York’s popular subways. But, until today, none offered exact train arrival times. New York is now serving up that information via mobile apps for...
View ArticleIntel’s Push Into Web TV Hits Delays
Intel Corp.’s effort to develop an Internet-based TV service and associated hardware is taking longer than expected, people familiar with the company’s plans say, in part due to delays in reaching...
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Why Al Jazeera’s Cable Move Could Cost Much More Than $500 Million
Al Jazeera could have been the first really serious player to make a big bet on Web video news. Instead, it’s placing a giant bet on cable TV . Why? I asked yesterday, and many of you replied. Thanks!...
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Best Buy Claims It Lost $65,000 in a Day Matching Walmart’s iPhone 5 Discount
Best Buy’s price-matching guarantee backfired last month when it lost about $65,000 in one day after Walmart advertised discounts on Apple’s flagship iPhone 5. And it was all my fault. The fact that...
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At CES, Lenovo Attempts to Go Big With 27-Inch "Table Computer"
Last year at CES, Lenovo was all about its “bendy” convertible Ultrabook, the IdeaPad Yoga, and the upcoming Windows 8 operating system. This year, the Chinese computer maker is going big. Literally....
View ArticleIndia to Western Tech Firms: To Sell It Here, Build It Here
India has proposed sweeping curbs on the import of technology products ranging from laptops to Wi-Fi devices to computer-network equipment. The proposed regulations, which were reviewed by The Wall...
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Twitter Hacked, 250,000 User Accounts Potentially Compromised
Twitter disclosed on Friday evening that its systems had been attacked in the past week by an unidentified group of hackers. As a result of the the attack, the hackers may have had access to the...
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Here a Hack, There a Hack, Everywhere a Cyber Attack
Who hasn’t come under some kind of cyber attack or another in recent days? It’s quickly becoming clear — and the recent batch of attacks has only reinforced it — that pretty much every company under...
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With Dell Buyout Poised to Be Announced Today, the Bromance Between Microsoft...
Of all the complex aspects of the $23 billion leveraged buyout that is set to take PC maker Dell private — which sources said is likely to be announced sometime early today — one of the more...
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