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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Hollywood’s How-To Guide to Web Piracy

piratesmoviejackrunningWant to learn how to steal your favorite movie or TV show? A 10-minute video starring a Paramount executive offers detailed instructions.

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Saturday, August 22, 2009

The Odd Tale of Facebook, TipJoy, the Deal that Didn’t Happen and the Hire that Did

tipjoyFacebook offered to buy TipJoy, then changed its mind. Now the micropayment start-up has closed, and a co-founder is working for…Facebook.

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Friday, April 10, 2009

AP Exec: “To the Untrained Eye It Looks Like We’re Stupid”

newsiesIt’s been a bad week for the venerable news service aggregator, which seemed hell-bent on confusing everyone about its Internet strategy. Time to sit down with VP Jim Kennedy, who explains that the AP does indeed have a strategy.

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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Another Blog Casualty: Conservative Pajamas Media Ad Network Shutting Down

The blog network notion, which seemed to make plenty of sense a couple of years ago, looks a lot less appealing now. Latest evidence: Pajamas Media, which was supposed to sell ads for a group of right-leaning bloggers like Glenn Reynolds and Michelle Malkin, is shutting down its ad network.

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Peter Kafka has been covering media and technology since 1997, when he joined the staff of Forbes magazine. Most recently, he has been the managing editor of the tech and media Web site, Silicon Alley Insider. Read more »

Ethics Statement

Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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