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May 20, 2013

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Top Headlines Report: Yahoo’s board agrees to pay $1.1 billion for Tumblr How to make Twitter the ultimate news ticker Crowdfunding a crack scandal — did Gawker go too far? Binge-watching forces “One Life to Live,” “All My Children” to cut back on new episodes Parakweet uses natural language processing to find value in your tweets When can a book be digital-only, and when does it need to be print too? How Google Music wants to take on Spotify, Rdio and Rhapsody By Laura Hazard Owen May 19 2013, 1:53pm PDT Report: Yahoo’s board agrees to pay $1.1 billion for Tumblr Yahoo's board has agreed to pay $1.1 billion for Tumblr, according to reports. Read More » By Paul Armstrong, Guest Contributor May 18 2013, 1:30pm PDT How to make Twitter the ultimate news ticker Recent events, tragic and triumphant, emphasize the social web's role as a central source for disseminating breaking news. But getting the facts right continues to be a challenge, and a solution requires cooperation and technical innovation. Read More » By Jeff John Roberts May 17 2013, 5:20pm PDT Crowdfunding a crack scandal — did Gawker go too far? Gawker has just taken checkbook journalism to a whole new level -- asking the public to help buy a video tape that is likely to bring down the mayor of a major city. Read More » By Laura Hazard Owen May 17 2013, 12:50pm PDT Binge-watching forces “One Life to Live,” “All My Children” to cut back on new episodes When soap operas "One Life to Live" and "All My Children" moved online, it wasn't clear how fans would watch them. It turns out that most viewers are binge-watching -- so the soaps' production company is cutting back on the number of new episodes each week. Read More » By Eliza Kern May 17 2013, 12:00pm PDT Parakweet uses natural language processing to find value in your tweets Looking for a book suggestion? Culling information from your Twitter feed and turning that into accurate recommendations is harder than it looks, but Parakweet is looking to use natural language procesing to do just that. Read More » By Laura Hazard Owen May 17 2013, 8:24am PDT When can a book be digital-only, and when does it need to be print too? Book publishers discussed digital-first and digital-only initiatives at the Making Information Pay conference this week. Read More » By Janko Roettgers May 16 2013, 3:11pm PDT How Google Music wants to take on Spotify, Rdio and Rhapsody Google launched its own music subscription service Wednesday. Currently, it's not very different from all the other services out there. So how does it want to compete? Read More » Follow paidContent:

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