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CNN at SXSW: Social media in Arab Springupdated: Thu Mar 15 2012 09:10:00

CNN's Ivan Watson describes how social media played a part in Syria and Libya during a South by Southwest discussion.

Money Magazine: Keeping your online accounts safeupdated: Wed Jan 11 2012 05:15:00

To keep your personal information and your finances safe, here are five things you need to know about online security.

People.com: Rebecca Black Takes Back the Internet from Charlie Sheenupdated: Thu Mar 17 2011 14:33:00

The 13-year-old singer's "Friday" racks up more than 11 million views online

People.com: Congressman Resigns Amid Shirtless Photo Scandalupdated: Thu Feb 10 2011 13:09:00

Christopher Lee, a Republican from New York, allegedly sent the photo to a woman on Craigslist, who sent it to a gossip site

AOL trumps mainstream media with Huffington Post dealupdated: Thu Feb 10 2011 09:49:00

With its $315 million purchase of The Huffington Post this week, a company best known for distributing free CDs has succeeded where mainstream media outlets failed: Spotting the potential of one of the Web's fastest growing media brands.

CNNMoney: Gawker data exposed in major hack attackupdated: Mon Dec 13 2010 15:42:00

Popular news and gossip blog network Gawker fell victim this weekend to hackers: Over 1 million usernames and passwords were exposed by a group of hackers who posted a 500 MB file of the private data on a file-sharing site.

Gawker Media websites hackedupdated: Mon Dec 13 2010 07:50:00

Gawker Media, the blog powerhouse built by Nick Denton, has been hacked.

Yahoo to expand its blog networkupdated: Mon Nov 15 2010 09:34:00

As countless print- or TV-based news organizations continue their descent, the future of the news business still seems curiously bright.

Prosecutors defend Gizmodo search in iPhone probeupdated: Wed Apr 28 2010 12:34:00

San Mateo County prosecutors are defending the search of a Gizmodo.com editor's home and seizure of his computers that are part of a criminal investigation into an iPhone prototype lost by an Apple employee.

Dane, Gayheart sue over nude tapeupdated: Thu Sep 24 2009 11:48:00

Eric Dane and wife Rebecca Gayheart are suing the pants off the parent company of a blog that posted their nude tape last month.

People.com: Eric Dane & Rebecca Gayheart Sue Over Nude Tapeupdated: Thu Sep 24 2009 11:15:00

The pair file a $1 million lawsuit against a blog for posting their risqué video

People.com: Jon Gosselin Goes Apartment Hunting in New Yorkupdated: Sat Jun 20 2009 09:47:00

On the eve of an announcement, the reality TV hubby inspects real estate far from home

People.com: Report: Britney's Mom to Pen Tell-All Book updated: Fri Oct 26 2007 15:46:00

Lynne Spears will have no shortage of juicy material as she pens her personal tell-all of raising two famous daughters.

Business 2.0: Ask Business 2.0updated: Wed Aug 22 2007 07:54:00

Q: I'm told that it can cost $200,000 to $500,000 to open up a foreign office. Is there a cheaper way to set up shop with only a sales rep or two, if you just want to test the market? -- Scot Wingo, CEO, ChannelAdvisor

Business 2.0: Ask Business 2.0updated: Wed Aug 15 2007 05:18:00

Q I'm told that it can cost $200,000 to $500,000 to open up a foreign office. Is there a cheaper way to set up shop with only a sales rep or two, if you just want to test the market? SCOT WINGO, CEO, CHANNELADVISOR

Business 2.0: Blogging for dollarsupdated: Fri Sep 08 2006 12:37:00

Michael Arrington is a partying kind of guy. While showing off his home in Atherton, Calif., he boasts about how he crammed 500 people into his one-acre backyard at a bash in February. Then there a...

Fortune: Secret No More: Inside the Pentagon's Iraqi PR Firmupdated: Mon Jan 23 2006 00:01:00

If you've read anything about the Lincoln Group, the Washington, D.C., firm that has been hiring Iraqi clerics and paying Iraqi newspapers to run articles written by U.S. soldiers, you might be won...

Fortune: Secret no moreupdated: Fri Jan 20 2006 10:01:00

If you've read anything about the Lincoln Group, the Washington, D.C., firm that has been hiring Iraqi clerics and paying Iraqi newspapers to run articles written by U.S. soldiers, you might be wondering, Who are these people? In most news accounts Lincoln is referred to as a PR firm, but nobody in the PR business had heard of it before December. That has led to whispers that Lincoln might be a front for the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy.

CNNMoney: Secret no moreupdated: Wed Jan 11 2006 10:57:00

If you've read anything about the Lincoln Group, the Washington, D.C., firm that has been hiring Iraqi clerics and paying Iraqi newspapers to run articles written by U.S. soldiers, you might be wondering, "Who are these people?" In most news accounts Lincoln is referred to as a PR firm, but nobody in the PR business had heard of it before December. That has led to whispers that Lincoln might be a front for the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy.

CNNMoney: Blogs finally get business savvyupdated: Mon Nov 21 2005 16:18:00

It can't be said anymore that blogging isn't a business. The problem now may be that blogging has too many business models to choose from.

Fortune: GAWKER GROWS UPupdated: Mon Oct 18 2004 00:01:00

AMONG MEDIA TYPES, BLOG publisher Gawker Media, creator of such websites as Gawker, Wonkette, and Gizmodo, has long enjoyed the sort of buzz that money can't buy. But now publisher Nick Denton is g...

Business 2.0: What Makes Nick Tick? The smartest publisher in the blogosphere says there's no money online. So why doesn't updated: Tue Jun 01 2004 00:01:00

Nick Denton won't talk to me. I've been after him for weeks. But the man behind the wittiest, bitchiest, most irresistible weblogs going--the gossipy Gawker and Wonkette, the gadget pageant Gizmodo...

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