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Why PewDiePie doesn’t care about free speech [Opinion]

Felix Kjellberg, better known as PewDiePie, has made it his mission to fight The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). The Swedish YouTuber is consistently posting…

At the crossroads: which path should AllThingsD head down?

JP Mangalindan and Dan Primack at Fortune have produced an excellent article on tech gadget and news site AllThingsD and the discussions between owner…

Google hits back at Microsoft privacy claims

Google has taken the latest swipe at Microsoft in their war of words over user privacy, calling the Redmond-based software giant’s web browser Internet…

Google accused of tracking Safari users’ browsing habits, Microsoft steps in

Think online privacy issues are restricted to iOS apps? Think again. An exposé in The Wall Street Journal suggests that Google and other advertisers…

Facebook IPO may come this week

Facebook’s long-awaited initial public offer (IPO) may come as early as this week, if media reports are to be believed. Reports that the world’s…

Alibaba chair delivers Yahoo! ultimatum

Alibaba Group Chairman Jack Ma has delivered an ultimatum to Yahoo!. The head of the Chinese online retail giant says he expects an answer…

Four emerging market considerations for raising funds

Backing your case for investment often rests on making a strong case for why you will make money and beat others to opportunities. But…

Groupon possibly rethinking its IPO

US online deals giant Groupon is reportedly re-evaluating its plans to go public. The Wall Street Journal reports that the company has become hesitant…

‘The last reason for me to use the internet is over’: The Onion paywall

World famous news parody site The Onion is now insisting users must pay to access its content. A new paywall has been erected which…

Report: Apple considering buying Hulu

Citing an unnamed source familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple was looking into a possible acquisition of video-streaming site…

WSJ launches a possible WikiLeaks rival with SafeHouse

The Wall Street Journal has launched SafeHouse – “Securely share information with The Wall Street Journal.” It asks: “If you have newsworthy contracts, correspondence,…

New York Times unveils paywall

The New York Times plans to begin charging for full access to its website is on the way. This move will be closely watched…

Bubbling in the cauldron: Is Twitter a sign?

“Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble,” chanted the witches of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, cooking up trouble. Similarly, are the VCs of…

US newspaper circulation drops five percent, except WSJ

Average daily US newspaper circulation fell 4.99 percent during the six months ending on September 30 compared with the same period a year ago,…

MySpace? What about all the money going into newspapers?

Gavin O’Reilly, the president for the World Association of Newspapers, said on Tuesday morning in Cape Town, that while there was so much hype…

The internet goes from free to fee

If only the internet had been invented by a businessman. It’s a common lament of internet publishers who are buckling and wheezing under the financial strain of running unprofitable websites

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