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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Editorial Independence — There's confusion - way too much confusion - about my status at TechCrunch and TechCrunch's status at Aol after last week's announcement that I was launching a venture fund, partially backed by Aol. — The multiple conflicting statements made by Aol.
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Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
YOUR MOVE, AOL: The World Awaits AOL's Response To Mike Arrington's Classic Ultimatum — You've got to love Mike Arrington. — Four days ago, in response to Arrington's plan to operate a venture capital fund within TechCrunch, AOL president Arianna Huffington immediately fired him.
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Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Give Me Back My Baby: Michael Arrington Trying to Buy Back TechCrunch From AOL — But Would AOL Sell It? — Here's another interesting wrinkle to the ongoing saga of AOL, TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington and his nascent venture firm, CrunchFund. — Arrington has reached …
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@rafat and TechNodeTechNode, more at Mediagazer »
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
TechCrunch As We Know It May Be Over — This is a post I never thought I'd have to write.
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Google Goes Big With Its Hulu Bid — Hulu's corporate owners are currently mulling bids from three would-be buyers: Amazon, Yahoo, and the Dish Network. — And then there's Google. The search giant has also made an offer for the video site, but it seems to be playing a different sport …
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Business Insider, Business Insider, 9to5Google, Electronista, The Next Web, @johnniemanzari and Mercury News, more at Mediagazer »
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Conde Nast Spins Out Reddit, Without Letting Go — Five years after buying Reddit, Conde Nast is giving the social news site a gentle shove out the door. — The publisher isn't pushing Reddit very far away, though. It is spinning out the company as a standalone operation, but will retain full ownership of it, for now.
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Business Insider, Neowin.net, Mass High Tech and The Next Web, more at Mediagazer »
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Adrianne Jeffries / Betabeat:
A Startup Is Reborn: Reddit, No Longer Part of Conde Nast, Seeks CEO
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TechCrunch, VentureBeat, reddit, Alexis Ohanian, TPM Idea Lab, WebProNews and Soshable, Thanks:adrjeffries
Shayndi Raice / Wall Street Journal:
Groupon Reevaluating IPO Plans Due to Market Volatility — Groupon Inc. is reevaluating its plans to go public in the face of stock market volatility, said a person familiar with the matter. — The Chicago-based daily deals site isn't cancelling its initial public offering, said this person …
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Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
GROUPON CANCELS IPO ROADSHOW, SEC Wants Answers On Leaked Memo — Groupon has canceled its IPO roadshow, which was scheduled for next week, Shayndi Raice of the Wall Street Journal reports. — The SEC has reportedly been asking questions about the internal email that was leaked two weeks ago …
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Deal Journal, The Next Web and @preetatweets
Ari Burack / San Francisco Examiner:
Google exec Marissa Mayer threatened by man on Twitter — A man accused of threatening a prominent Google executive via Twitter has been arrested and indicted on felony charges by a federal grand jury in San Francisco, court documents show. — Gregory Calvin King, 27 …
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WebProNews, The Next Web and Oye! Times
Sprint Newsroom:
Sprint Files Suit to Block Proposed AT&T and T-Mobile Transaction — Sprint Nextel [NYSE:S] today brought suit against AT&T, Inc., AT&T Mobility, Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile seeking to block the proposed acquisition as a violation of Section 7 of the Clayton Act.
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Eric M. Zeman / Phone Scoop:
AT&T Responds to Sprint Lawsuit
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TechCrunch, TmoNews, MobileBurn.com and PhoneArena
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
Following Justice Department, Sprint Sues to Stop AT&T From Buying T-Mobile
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This is my next, AppleInsider, Ars Technica, BetaNews, eWeek, New York Times, DSLreports, BGR, MacStories, Macworld, Engadget, Hillicon Valley, CNET News, InfoWorld, CNET News, Gizmodo, Tech Trader Daily and GottaBeMobile
Joe Schneider / Bloomberg:
Apple May Have to Show IPad Sales to Successfully Bar Samsung in Australia — Apple Inc. (AAPL) may have to reveal iPad and iPad 2 sales figures in the U.K. and U.S. to improve its chances of barring Samsung Electronics Co. from selling the Galaxy 10.1 tablet computer in Australia, a judge said.
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TechCrunch, CNET News, PadGadget, 9to5Google, PhoneArena, Electronista, Redmond Pie, SlashGear, Edible Apple, The Next Web, AppleInsider, PhoneDog.com and GigaOM
Pew Internet:
28% of American adults use mobile and social location-based services — More than a quarter (28%) of all American adults use mobile or social location-based services of some kind. This includes anyone who takes part in one or more of the following activities:
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CNET News, Pew Internet, GeekWire, GigaOM, VatorNews, Between the Lines Blog, IntoMobile, ClickZ, Electronista, TechCrunch and @eric_andersen
Tomio Geron / Forbes:
After Doubling Fund Size, Google Ventures Looks For Next Google — First, it's the strength of Google — it is Google Ventures. We have access to all these resources. It'd be foolish to ignore them. Google is really great at recruiting. We get millions of resumes at Google.
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@dondodge
Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
In E-Mail Age, Postal Service Struggles to Avoid a Default — The United States Postal Service has long lived on the financial edge, but it has never been as close to the precipice as it is today: the agency is so low on cash that it will not be able to make a $5.5 billion payment due …
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ReadWriteWeb, A VC and WebProNews
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Best Buy's October 21st ‘Apple Fixture Installation’ Debunked as iPhone Launch — Over the weekend, several Best Buy-related tips surfaced in connection with Apple. One of those tips came in the form of a new “Apple Fixture Installation” scheduled for October 21st that some have speculated …
Hugo Miller / Bloomberg:
RIM Investor Jaguar Says Company Should Explore All Options Including Sale — Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM), the maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, should consider selling itself or spinning off its patents to boost investor returns after a slump in its stock price, investor Jaguar Financial Corp. (JFC) said.
David Segal / New York Times:
Closed in Error on Google Places, Merchants Seek Fixes — In mid-August, Jason Rule learned some surprising news about the coffee shop that he owns and operates in Hays, Kan.: the place had closed for good. — Not in the real world, where it is thriving.
Jessica Guynn / Los Angeles Times:
Apple designer Jonathan Ive enters a new era — The synergy between ‘Jony’ Ive and Steve Jobs set into motion a decade of hits from the iPod to the iPad. Now Apple will be counting on Ive to deliver breakthrough designs without much input from Jobs. — Reporting from San Francisco …
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Peter Bright / Ars Technica:
Feature: Ultrabook: Intel's $300 million plan to beat Apple at its own game — My desktop isn't the only computer I plan to replace in the next few months. I need a new laptop too, and my goal is simple: to find a 13" MacBook Air that isn't made by Apple.
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Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Notebook players limit initial Ultrabook shipment volume below 50,000 units
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Shiny Objects, Neowin.net, eWeek, TechCrunch, Hardware 2.0 Blog, PC World, CNET News, thinq_, TUAW and Product Reviews
Charles Arthur / Guardian:
Why Amazon's tablet will challenge Apple in a way that Google cannot — The key difference between Amazon and Google is that one of them holds millions of credit cards and is a famous name in retail — The rumours are unstoppable: Amazon is going to unveil a tablet in the next few weeks …
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GigaOM, Ars Technica, eWeek, LAPTOP Magazine, PC World, The Tech Report, Techland, Wired In Blog| BNET and FierceMobileContent
