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05.08.2024 | The Childless Debate: A Nation at a Crossroads | The United States is at a demographic crossroads. The birth rate is plummeting, and the implications are profound. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, has stirred controversy with his remarks about childless Americans. His c... |
05.08.2024 | Movies | Column: The allure of DVDs over streaming | Talking about this column with my editor Doug George, he joked: “Should you need more images of VHS tapes or a real-live VCR machine, I might know where to find them: Middle shelf of the back room of my basement in a green Hefty tub.”
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21.02.2024 | AMP Talent Group and AMP it up PR Spotlighted in LA Weekly Magazine: Leaders in Entertainment Talent and PR Excellence | Anne Marie Perrault, CEO, AMP Talent Group and AMP it up PR
AMP Talent Group Logo: Empowering Artists and Brands, Amplifying Success in the Entertainment Industry!
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AMP Talent Group & AMP it up PR redefine success in en... |
12.02.2024 | VERBIAGE de Angeline Pompei: Aprende Inglés Rápido con Música | TORONTO, CANADA, February 12, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Angeline Pompei, una artista internacional y autora de ESL, está revolucionando la manera en que los hispanohablantes aprenden inglés. Con su mezcla única de música y educación lingüí... |
31.01.2024 | Presence Over Proximity: How Tony Parisi's Metaverse Will Vaporize Distance | Carl Williams, Tech Times 31 January 2024, 09:01 pm
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It has been almost three years since the Metaverse took the world by storm, capturing the public's imagination and investors' wallets alike. Today, it woul... |
24.01.2024 | The worst movies that the 2024 Oscar nominees have been in, according to critics | Entertainment The worst movies that the 2024 Oscar nominees have been in, according to critics
Gabbi Shaw
2024-01-23T21:03:16Z
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22.12.2023 | 10 of the best and 10 of the worst TV shows that came out this year | Entertainment 10 of the best and 10 of the worst TV shows that came out this year
Meghan Cook
2023-12-22T18:33:02Z
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01.12.2023 | WHERE ARE THEY NOW: All the 'Project Runway' winners | Entertainment WHERE ARE THEY NOW: All the 'Project Runway' winners
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05.11.2023 | Urban golf courses are making housing more expensive and parks harder to access — and taxpayers are footing the bill | Economy Urban golf courses are making housing more expensive and parks harder to access — and taxpayers are footing the bill
Eliza Relman
2023-11-05T11:23:02Z
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25.10.2023 | Tupac Shakur's record label received an anonymous call from someone threatening to 'finish him off' after the rapper had been shot, says business partner | Entertainment Tupac Shakur's record label received an anonymous call from someone threatening to 'finish him off' after the rapper had been shot, says business partner
Barnaby Lane
2023-10-24T23:09:33Z
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12.09.2023 | 25 celebrities who have been linked to Scientology | Entertainment 25 celebrities who have been linked to Scientology
Jacob Shamsian
2023-09-12T17:32:46Z
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07.09.2023 | The rise of Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, once one of the youngest billionaires in the world | Snap CEO Evan Spiegel has net worth of around $2.6 billion according to estimates from Forbes. Getty
Evan Spiegel became one of the world's youngest billionaires at age 25.
Spiegel, who is now 33, has a net worth of $2.6 billion according t... |
24.05.2023 | The Peonies Shop: Enjoy Freshly Sourced Bouquets All Year Round | USA, May 24, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- When it comes to peony bouquets all year round, there's no better place than The Peonies Shop. Recently featured in LA Weekly founder Victoria Surma, CEO and a team of experienced florists with over 12... |
10.04.2023 | Pranav Arora Included in L.A. Weekly's Prestigious "40 Under 40" List for 2023 | Pranav Arora 40 Under 40
Chairman and CEO of JMTD Holdings, Pranav Arora, has recently been featured in LA Weekly’s prestigious 40 Under 40 list
This recognition is a testament to the incredible teams I work with at JMTD Holdings, Just Funk... |
06.03.2023 | Mattered Ranked One of the Top 5 E-commerce Agencies in 2023 | Named among industry greats, Mattered is forecasted to make waves in the E-commerce space in 2023. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, March 6, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Mattered, a digital marketing agency specializing in creating hig... |
10.02.2023 | Janet Walker, Screenwriter and Publisher of Haute-Lifestyle.com, Featured in LA Weekly Magazine | Janet Walker Featured in LA Weekly Magazine
Janet Walker, Screenwriter and Publisher of Haute-Lifestyle.com, Featured in LA Weekly Magazine
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, February 10, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Janet Walker, the pu... |
20.12.2022 | Harvey Weinstein lost, again. But his defense wrote a new playbook for defending accused rapists in the post-#MeToo era | Redeem now
Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of three out of seven sexual assault charges on Monday. The high-profile trial marked a sea change in the way accused rapists are defended.
Challenging victims' memories and saying they caved to ... |
15.12.2022 | Educating The Next Generation On Being Heard As Entrepreneurs | Gen-Z aims to learn about communication methods in business from established experts. getty |
04.11.2022 | Vibe by California Organizes Inaugural Cannabis Garden at Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco | VIbe By California
Vibe intends to make an even bigger splash in next year’s 40th Anniversary infamous Folsom Street Fair.
Vibe Growth Corporation (OTCQX:VIBEF)SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA, November 4, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Vibe Growth Corpo... |
13.10.2022 | Diamond Infrastructure Development Offers a Sustainable Solution For The Retirement of Old Power Plants | Graph A
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Diamond Infrastructure Development, a leader in alternative energy spoke with LA Weekly offering sustainable solutions for the retirement of old power plants.
As a citizen, ask your local government why these systems aren’t ... |
11.10.2022 | Roxe Partners With NomadCTS to Provide Cross-Border Payments | Leading blockchain network company Roxe partners with NomadCTS to offer the best foreign exchange rates with lower fees and faster deliveries. NEW YORK CITY, NY, UNITED STATES, October 11, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The next-generation bloc... |
12.09.2022 | 100 must-see movies from the 2000s, according to critics | Entertainment 100 must-see movies from the 2000s, according to critics
Meghan Cook
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31.05.2022 | Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club Features GRAMMY® Award Nominated & 7x-Blues Music Award-Winning Singer & Songwriter JANIVA MAGNESS on Sunday June 26 at 7:30 P.M. | Janiva Magness at Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club "GRAMMY® Award Nominee Janiva Magness is an inspiring and soulful singer and songwriter...we are looking forward to one of her powerful live performances at Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club!... |
16.01.2022 | 7,500 founders applied. These 7 got in | Good morning everyone. It’s already January 16th. Wild, right? We’re halfway through the month and the momentum in B.C.’s tech sector is showing no signs of subsiding. Case in point: I have another 35 stories for you this week. On a differe... |
17.11.2021 | Hawaiian Choice CBD Announces Black Friday Buy 2 Get 1 Free Deal On Its Entire Luxury Line Of Hawaiian CBD Products | "Our Hawaiian CBD oil products are all infused with real tropical fruits, essential oils, or honey, and will make people feel like they've been transported to a luxurious Hawaiian spa."
HONOLULU (PRWEB) November 17, 2021
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14.10.2021 | WHERE ARE THEY NOW: All the ‘Project Runway’ winners | Aspiring designers compete for the winning title on ‘Project Runway.’ Getty Images/Larry Busacca
On “Project Runway,” fashion designers compete against each other for a grand prize.
Past winners, like Christian Siriano and Leanne Marshall, ... |
24.09.2021 | Will Smith’s career has spanned genres. Here are his 10 worst and 10 best films. | Will Smith has starred in action, comedy, and superhero films. Sony Pictures, Columbia, and Warner Bros. Entertainment
Will Smith is best known for “Bad Boys” (1995) and starring on NBC’s “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”
According to critics,... |
07.09.2021 | Rare Cannabinoid Company Slashes Price Of CBD To Combine With THCV, Delta-8-THC, CBN, CBG, CBC and CBDA | Rare Cannabinoid Company drops the prices of its CBD oils for all of September to make them more affordable for customers to mix with their single extracts for specific health and wellness effects. "We're dropping prices for the whole ... |
02.09.2021 | Rare Cannabinoid Company's Labor Day Sale Starts Now: 40% Off 3000mg CBD To Pair With THCV, Delta-8-THC, CBN, CBG, CBC and CBDA | Labor Day Sale! Extra strength 3000mg CBD and 1000mg full spectrum Rare Hawaiian CBD are on sale for just $59 each! (Regular prices: $99 and $79) “Our sale price of $59 is really a steal for such a strong CBD product,” said Dalgamouni.
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21.08.2021 | This Week in Apps: OnlyFans bans sexual content, SharePlay delayed, TikTok questioned over biometric data collection | Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy.
The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 bill... |
23.07.2021 | Nicolas Cage has been in over 100 movies. Here are his 13 best and 13 worst ones. | Nicolas Cage has been in over 100 movies. Millennium Entertainment,The Film Arcade,Freestyle Releasing
Nicolas Cage is an actor known for films like “National Treasure” and “Face/Off.”
His best-rated films are “Spider-Man: Into the Spiderve... |
11.03.2021 | Seth Rogen’s Houseplant Is A Celebrity Cannabis Brand Worth The Hype | Evan Goldberg and Seth RogenCourtesy of Houseplant |
29.09.2020 | Top 3 CBD oils for dogs: 2020 review | Presented by The Weed News Company
CBD is just as useful for dogs as it is for humans.
Dogs experience all the same problems with joint pain, inflammation, anxiety, and more.
This is why a lot of people are reaching for a bottle of (non-psy... |
25.09.2020 | CBD near me: Where to buy CBD products near you | Presented by The Weed News Company
CBD is everywhere these days. You can find it at your local health food shop or buy it online from one of the many online vendors.
Today, most people get their CBD directly from the manufacturer. Recent ad... |
31.08.2020 | Best CBD capsules and pills: Top picks and buyer’s guide | Presented by The Weed News Company
CBD capsules are an excellent way of using CBD. They offer all the same benefits as CBD oil, but with a few advantages of their own.
People use CBD capsules to ease pain, reduce inflammation, alleviate str... |
24.08.2020 | Best CBD cream for pain: 2020 buyer’s guide | Presented by The Weed News Company
Delivering a high dose of pain-killing CBD directly to the source, a CBD-rich cream or salve is an effective way to manage chronic pain in the joints, low back, or skin.
The best CBD creams and salves cont... |
17.08.2020 | Best CBD gummies: Top 3 brands of 2020 | Presented by The Weed News Company
CBD-infused gummies are a popular choice of CBD supplements these days — and for good reason.
Gummies offer consistent, pre-measured doses of CBD, have a delicious fruity flavor, and resist breaking or lea... |
10.08.2020 | Green Rush: What Went Down in Adelanto | The city of Adelanto sits 85 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles and may be best known for its prison — now a privately-owned immigration detention center. It's also where cannabis startup Genius Fund was pouring tens of millions of its... |
10.08.2020 | How CBD may help you sleep better — Top 3 CBD oils for sleep | Presented by The Weed News Company
Getting a full eight or nine hours of sleep is critical for maintaining optimal health and wellbeing.
Poor sleep can affect many different aspects of our health. Short-term effects include poor focus and c... |
02.07.2020 | Best CBD oil for anxiety and depression: Top 3 brands for 2020 | Presented by The Weed News Company
Stress isn’t inherently negative. It’s designed to help us get out of or avoid dangerous situations — like coming face to face with a hungry tiger.
These forms of stress are only meant to be temporary. Onc... |
20.05.2020 | How to get free (and real) Instagram followers in 2020 | Presented by TechEye Media
Since Instagram initially launched, it has gone through many changes. As with any social media giant, as time went on, Instagram morphed into an amazing opportunity for brands, businesses, and individual users ali... |
30.01.2020 | The life and career rise of Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, one of the youngest billionaires in the world | Getty
Snapchat co-founder Evan Spiegel is only 29 years old, and one of the youngest billionaires in the United States.
Since 2011, Spiegel has served as the CEO of Snap, Snapchat's parent company, and has overseen its public offering, fora... |
28.01.2020 | Super Bowl Media Day Turns Into Bigger Farce With Fans Paying For Entrance, Expensive Night At Venue | MIAMI, FLORIDA - JANUARY 27: The Kansas City Chiefs arrive to Super Bowl Opening Night presented by ... [+] BOLT24 at Marlins Park on January 27, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)Getty Images |
06.11.2019 | Tyler, The Creator Is the Artist of the Decade | The 2010s were the decade where it felt like time sped up. As we reach a major mile marker during one of the most confounding periods in cultural and political history, we’re looking back at the artists, albums, and trends that best marked ... |
09.10.2019 | Social Club, a ‘censorship free’ Instagram clone for pot, gets booted from the App Store | Apple has booted from the App Store cannabis-promoting app Social Club after it devolved into a place where users were openly posting drugs for sale, and it became filled with photos of various drugs, guns and weaponry, racist content, meme... |
06.10.2019 | What really happens when Drake enters the club | Hepburn, Hernandez & Jung; Rochelle Brodin/Getty Images; Vivien Killilea/Getty Images; Samantha Lee/Business Insider
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In March 2018, a server at the Los Angeles celebrity hotspot Delilah was brutally beaten in an assault caugh... |
12.07.2019 | Will Investors Buy Into Virgin Galactic's Brand Of Space Tourism? | Richard Branson, poses for photographers with a model of the LauncherOne rocket, from the window of ... [+] Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, on the third day of the Farnborough International Air Show in Farnborough, U.K., on Wednesday, July ... |
19.02.2019 | We Asked Experts if CBD-Spiked Foods Do Anything at All | A few months ago, during a pit stop at my local café, I noticed a new item on the menu: CBD cold brew.
Now, I normally avoid cold brew, which transforms me into a jittery, agitated wreck. But I had heard about the potential calming properti... |
21.11.2018 | 'Twilight' Taught Hollywood Lessons That It Has Only Started To Learn | Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' Summit Entertainment |
19.09.2018 | The 100 best crime movies of all time, according to critics | "No Country for Old Men." Miramax
The old media adage, "If it bleeds, it leads," also describes a common narrative approach in cinema.
Because criminality and violence make for inherently compelling cinematic material, b... |
27.08.2018 | One LA Weekly owner sues the rest, alleging they’ve pillaged the company | Nine months after a mysterious new company bought LA Weekly, one of the company’s owners is suing the rest, alleging they have mismanaged the alternative weekly, pillaged it for their own gain and improperly kicked him out of the management... |
20.08.2018 | Хакеры и корпоративные хакатоны | Кто такой хакер? Член кибер-преступной группировки? Вовсе необязательно – все чаще под этим словом понимают участников соревнований по программированию – хакатонов. Сегодня хакатоны – это тренд, этим словом называют почти любое IT-мероприят... |
28.05.2018 | Snoop Dogg Broke The World Record For Biggest Gin And Juice | This weekend rapper Snoop Dogg managed to set a new Guinness World Record for the biggest paradise cocktail ever -- and it was made of gin and juice, of course. |
01.12.2017 | LA Weekly reveals its secret owners: mostly men with Orange County ties | After weeks of mystery, LA Weekly’s new owners were revealed Friday in a short online message from the publication’s new operations manager. The lineup is heavy with men who have strong Orange County ties.
Brian Calle tried to make light of... |
30.11.2017 | LA Weekly’s new owners are still a mystery, and people are demanding answers | LA Weekly was sold Wednesday, with all of its top editors and all but one of its writers laid off as the deal closed. A day later, the alternative newsweekly’s buyers are still shrouded in secrecy.
That secrecy is “appalling and offensive,”... |
24.10.2017 | The LA Metro wants tech firms to help it launch a new kind of transit | Enlarge
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22.10.2017 | The rise of big data policing | Andrew Guthrie Ferguson Contributor
Andrew Guthrie Ferguson is Professor of Law at the UDC David A. Clarke School of Law and author of the book The Rise of Big Data Policing: Surveillance, Race, and the Future of Law Enforcement (NYU Press ... |
14.09.2017 | Street Food Vendor Harassed by Police Raises Enough Money for New Food Truck | "Yep, this is law and order in action for ya."
These are the words of University of California Police Officer Sean Aranas as he calmly takes money from hot dog vendor Beto Matias's wallet and folds it into his hand. Matias looks o... |
22.02.2017 | Elon Musk’s grand tunneling plans are no match for local government bureaucracy | Elon Musk’s super ambitious — and incredibly obnoxious — plan to dig a tunnel between his home and his office isn’t likely to get off the drawing board. Musk’s regular rants about traffic and pledge that he’s going to “just start digging” t... |
06.09.2016 | The drug pricing crusader at the center of one of the nastiest fights of the election season | LOS ANGELES — There’s nobody the drug companies are spending more to fight than Michael Weinstein.
And Weinstein takes pride in their hostility. “That’s a badge of honor,” he said. A longtime HIV/AIDS activist, Weinstein is the driving forc... |
01.02.2016 | Legal Marijuana Sales Could Hit $6.7 Billion In 2016 | As voters in more states embrace legalized marijuana sales, the burgeoning cannabis industry has gone from a curiosity to a bona fide booming market.
Just how big is the market for legal pot? A new report by a leading marijuana industry inv... |
05.01.2016 | 5 Questions To Answer Before Launching A Social Campaign | Rich Mintz Contributor
Rich Mintz is the executive vice president at Blue State Digital.
People still don’t get social media. And I’m not just talking about Donald Trump.
It’s an established best practice for building community support for ... |
23.12.2015 | In UT Austin Class, Students Earn Credit Hours by Building Startups | By GRAHAM DICKIE
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17.12.2015 | Rank Your Records: John Rzeznik Plays Favorites with the Goo Goo Dolls Records | In Rank Your Records, we talk to members of bands who have amassed substantial discographies over the years and ask them to rate their releases in order of personal preference.
If all you know by Goo Goo Dolls is the adult alternative balla... |
11.11.2015 | Is the NFL Really About to Move Back to LA? Yes, No, and Maybe | With the San Diego Chargers, the St. Louis Rams, and the Oakland Raiders seeking to pick up and move to Los Angeles, and with representatives from those three cities set to present the NFL with stadium proposals to keep their respective tea... |
11.10.2015 | On Tinder, “Hookup Culture” And Talking About Sex | Jenka Gurfinkel Contributor
Jenka Gurfinkel is a UX and Product Strategist focusing on health tech. She writes about the intersection of culture, technology, and human behavior.
A great way to get onto TechCrunch is to make a joke about a b... |
25.09.2015 | Resettling Syrian Refugees: Lessons from the (Forgotten) Iraqi Refugee Crisis | Editor's Note: This article orginally appeared on Markaz.
Recently, the publication of devastating photographs portraying Syrians’ attempts to seek asylum in Europe focused worldwide attention on the need to resettle some four million refug... |
25.08.2015 | Tech Support Startup HelloTech Is Closing $10M In Funding | Los Angeles startup HelloTech is in the final stages of raising $10 million in Series A funding, according to sources with knowledge of the deal. Madrona Venture Group is leading the round.
Following a period of private beta testing, HelloT... |
22.07.2015 | Uber, Airbnb And The Conflict Between Policy’s Ratchet Effect And Tech’s Accelerating Speed | One day before New York’s city council was about to vote on capping Uber’s growth, the company and Mayor Bill de Blasio reached a last-minute agreement for a four-month study on the company’s impact on city congestion. Likewise, here in San... |
14.06.2015 | Regulating the sharing economy: How Uber et al will soon face new rules | Uber’s fifth year anniversary highlights that sharing economy services have rapidly become persistent and mainstream. Uber facilitates over one million rides a day. It’s estimated Airbnb will make $6 billion in gross bookings in 2015.
Legac... |
13.02.2015 | American ISIS: The Domestic Terrorist Fallout of the Iraq War | The following is an excerpt from the new afterword of Matt Kennerd's Irregular Army: How the US Military Recruited Neo-Nazis, Gang Members, and Criminals to Fight the War on Terror, which has just been released in paperback. Kennard's new b... |
22.12.2014 | A Former Sony Pictures Exec Defends The Decision To Pull ‘The Interview’ | Late last week, TechCrunch had a chat with former Sony Pictures Chief Digital Strategy Officer Mitch Singer to discuss the motivations that likely went into Sony deciding to pull “The Interview” from theaters and the implications of that de... |
02.12.2014 | First Conviction Using California's Revenge Porn Law | Just as Arizona’s anti-revenge porn law has been put on hold due to First Amendment concerns, California prosecutors have scored their first conviction under California’s recently enacted revenge porn law. The guy, Noe Iniguez, sounds parti... |
17.09.2014 | Some Genius in LA Is Selling Weed Pizzas | Weed and pizza, man. Two great tastes that taste great together. Both symbiotically improve the other, so why has it taken this long to combine them? That is, at least, what I assume led the good people at Stoned Oven Gourmet Edibles to cre... |
18.06.2014 | Why Stoners Should Want to Implement the New Weed Breathalyzer | Image via Flickr user Einar Jørgen Haraldseid
Clarification from Paul Armentano, Deputy Director of NORML (June 18, 3:00 p.m.): "You claimed that NORML issues press releases opining blanket opposition to breath testing for THC, which i... |
06.06.2014 | Why Has Tom Cruise's Reputation Faltered? Pshh, Because Of The Internet, Of Course! | We gather here today to mourn the passing of one Tom Cruise, gentleman and movie star undone by, you guessed it, the damned internet. As this, ahem, article by Amy Nicholson notes, Tom Cruise has been “destroyed” by YouTube and internet jou... |
27.12.2013 | An Ultra-Exclusive High School In California Is Producing Some Of Today's Top Startup Founders | Flickr via JDLasica
Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel attended Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences. Mark Suster, a venture capitalist who lives in Southern California, is helping his child apply to local high schools. One of his top choices i... |
30.10.2013 | Here Is a Debutante Taking a Snapchat Selfie | (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Snapchat has come a long way from the fraternities of Stanford. Via Getty Images, here is a photo of a debutante taking a Snapchat selfie while waiting around to be presented at the Queen Charlott... |
29.08.2013 | The Current YouTube Economy Is In Peril | When you ask the average net citizen what they think will happen to YouTube in the next couple of years, the response is optimistic. And why wouldn’t it be?
At face value, the YouTube ecosphere—with its growing sectors of talent managers, b... |
29.01.2013 | YouTube Stars Fighting YouTube Networks Over Their Contracts | As YouTube becomes more and more popular as a primary entertainment resource, it is going to have many of the same growing pains as traditional entertainment venues. If it can ever get past its “internet problems”, it can move on to having ... |
23.09.2012 | Village Voice Media Execs Acquire The Company’s Famed Alt Weeklies, Form New Holding Company | A group of long-running alternative weekly newspapers is changing hands. Village Voice Media Holdings — whose titles include the LA Weekly, Westword, and, yes, the Village Voice — is selling its publications (and their associated web proper... |
20.09.2012 | LAPD Joins Feds In Skirting Fourth Amendment With Cell Phone Tracking Devices | About this time last year, details emerged on a new cell phone tracking device being used by the FBI to triangulate suspects' locations via their cell phone signals. One of these, the StingRay, mimics mobile phone towers, allowing the feds ... |
01.10.2010 | As AOL rushes to local news, Examiner.com is already there | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
AOL has gotten a lot of ink about its new CEO Tim... |
01.10.2010 | As AOL rushes to local news, Examiner.com is already there | AOL has gotten a lot of ink about its new CEO Tim Armstrong and its attempt to revitalize its presence in media, particularly local media, through Patch.com, a startup Armstrong backed and AOL acquired. But as AOL rushes into local news, it... |
10.02.2010 | Google's Latest Music Blog Kerfuffle Highlights Problems With The DMCA | You may recall that almost exactly a year ago there were all sorts of reports of music blogs using Google’s Blogger service finding their blog posts silently disappearing. The issue, it turned out, was the way Google dealt with DMCA takedow... |
11.07.2009 | Real-Time Conversations Hasten Social CRM | Social Media has evolved beyond a series of platforms that enable content publishing, sharing, and discovery into a genuine, peer-to-peer looking glass into the real world conversations that affect the perception, engagement, and overall di... |
24.06.2009 | Ray Bradbury Still Hates The Internet | Karl points us to an interview with Ray Bradbury where he rails against the internet: |
20.05.2009 | Village Voice Media Sites Now Get 40 Percent Of Traffic From Blogs; Planning Local Ad Network | The future of the weekly city paper is the daily blog. Hints of this future can already be seen at Village Voice Media, which owns and operates 15 of the top weeklies in the country, including the Village Voice, SF Weekly, and LA Weekly. Bi... |
06.02.2009 | Google Accused Of Invisibly Deleting Blog Posts On The RIAA's Say-So | The fight between music bloggers and record labels reached its most visible point when a guy who uploaded a leaked copy of the latest Guns N’ Roses album to his site got arrested by the FBI. But many music bloggers are now fighting a much m... |
09.01.2004 | The Copyright Cops Really Are Busting Down Doors | Last month when it was announced that the RIAA was hiring the former head of the ATF, I joked about how the copyright cops might soon be busting down your door. What I didn’t realize was that it’s no joke, and it’s already happening. Found ... |
23.08.2002 | The Overhyped Cyberterror Threat | Here’s another article talking about how the threat of cyberterrorism is probably overhyped. There appears to be no proof anywhere that terrorists are looking to attack us electronically. More importantly, the really important computer syst... |
12.08.2002 | Congressman Gets Reporter Fired For Email | Karl wrote in with a link to a story about an LA Times reporter who was fired for emailing his Congressman a fairly negative email… from his work email account. The Congressman’s office later called the reporter to confirm that he worked fo... |
- | Elon Musk’s grand tunneling plans are no match for local government bureaucracy | Elon Musk’s super ambitious — and incredibly obnoxious — plan to dig a tunnel between his home and his office isn’t likely to get off the drawing board. Musk’s regular rants about traffic and pledge that he’s going to “just start digging” t... |
- | 50 movies that critics really hate but normal people love | "The Replacements." Warner Bros.
We need critics to tell us which movies to watch and which to avoid. But their tastes don't necessarily match what audiences actually want.
Critically derided movies turn into cult classics despite... |
- | Eric Garcetti's Legacy as LA's First 'High Tech Mayor' | When Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti took office he pledged to be the city's first "high tech mayor," but did President Joe Biden's pick for the next ambassador to India make good on that?
Biden officially named Garcetti as his pi... |
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Co-founder of the consumer goods empire Honest Company is charming investors with a line of pricey hemp-infused serums and supplements. The startup prides itself in sending each ... |