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Sources: several WeWork directors, including SoftBank members, plan to push for Adam Neumann to step down as CEO — SoftBank officials are among those expected to push for Neumann ouster — A bloc of WeWork directors is planning to push Adam Neumann to step down as chief executive …
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A look at Peloton, which may raise $1.2B in this week's IPO and sells $2.3K iPad-equipped stationary bikes and $40/mo. cycling video subscriptions to 510K+ subs — 13 reasons this bike has a cult — It makes lazy people like me work out. That's the genius of the Peloton bicycle.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
TiVo confirms it is planning to place pre-roll video ads before DVR recordings for all customers, even those with a lifetime subscription plan — Rolling out to TiVo's current devices over the next 90 days — So much for it being an early, experimental test.
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Der Spiegel: US dollar could make up 50% of the basket of currencies backing Libra, followed by 18% of euro, 14% yen, 11% British pound, and 7% Singapore dollar — BERLIN (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar will make up 50% of the basket of currencies backing Facebook's planned digital coin Libra … | James V. Grimaldi / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: anti-Amazon “grass roots” non-profit FFMI, which actively lobbies and influences media op-eds, is funded by Walmart, Oracle, other Amazon competitors — Walmart, Oracle and mall owner Simon Property Group are secret funders behind a nonprofit that has been highly critical of the e-commerce giant
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Facebook acquires Servicefriend, a startup that builds customer service AI chatbots for messaging apps; founders now work for Facebook's Calibra, per LinkedIn — As Facebook prepares to launch its new cryptocurrency Libra in 2020, it's putting the pieces in place to help it run.
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| Todd Martens / Los Angeles Times: |
Apple Arcade may break the iOS game industry's risk-averse focus on in-app purchases, promoting games with higher quality than free-to-play games — The iPhone and its App Store changed gaming. And not always for the better. — Yet now with Apple Arcade, a game subscription service launching this week … | Steven Zeitchik / Washington Post: |
Streaming services are gambling big on old shows, like AT&T's $1B for Big Bang Theory and Netflix's $500M for Seinfeld, with no way to know their actual worth — The numbers are enough to make you think it's 1995 and George is first getting mad at Jerry for breaking their pact.
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| Emily Stewart / Vox: |
Polling of US adults shows that most, across party lines, support breaking up Big Tech, such as reversing Facebook's Instagram purchase, to improve competition — One hundred cardboard cutouts of Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg stand outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC …
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Legalist, which funds lawsuits for a cut of settlements based on algorithmically calculated chances of winning, raises a $100M legal fund, ~10x its first one — If you haven't heard much about litigation finance, that may change soon. The practice dates back decades … | Samson Amore / Los Angeles Business Journal: |
Rental property platform AvantStay, which owns and runs 150 high-end properties and focuses on group travel, raises $20M Series A led by 3L Capital — West Hollywood-based hospitality technology startup AvantStay Inc. announced a $20 million Series A financing round led by 3L Capital, a venture capital investor based in Westwood.
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| Joanna Glasner / Crunchbase News: |
The number of $5M+ seed rounds in the US has risen steadily, from 45 in 2014 to 180 in 2018, but the trend may be cooling off, with 110 such rounds in 2019 YTD — Here at Crunchbase News, we've devoted a lot of coverage to the rise of supergiant rounds — our term for startup investments of $100 million and up.Sponsor Posts
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