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Donald Trump speaks at a rally Sunday in Las Vegas. (John Locher/AP) This post has been updated. Donald Trump’s hiring of pollster Tony Fabrizio in May was viewed as a sign that the real estate mogul was finally bringing seasoned operatives into his insurgent operation. But the Republican presidential nominee appears to have taken issue with…
Over the course of decades, Donald Trump’s companies have systematically destroyed or hidden thousands of emails, digital records and paper documents demanded in official proceedings, often in defiance of court orders. These tactics—exposed by a Newsweek review of thousands of pages of court filings, judicial orders and affidavits from an array of court cases—have enraged…
TODO: defaulting to 2099 until we get the expiry date from toolbelt Noam Galai | Getty Images Alex Chung, CEO of Giphy GIFs — short, animated clips cut from iconic videos — have caught the eye of investors in Silicon Valley, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Giphy, a start-up that created a searchable…
Typical Outbrain ads. Readers are starting to express discontent about this sort of advertising. You see them everywhere, and maybe, sometimes, you click: those rows of links under web articles, often augmented with eye-catching photos and curiosity-stoking headlines about the latest health tips, celebrity news or ways to escape financial stress. Usually grouped together under…
storytext This week the NBA tipped off its new season with the biggest athlete in the world getting his third championship ring. On the same night, Major League Baseball had game 1 of the World Series between two teams that haven’t won a title in a combined 174 years. And the NFL’s big game of…
storytext 5 stunning stats about Netflix Netflix is once again a Wall Street darling after reporting strong earnings and solid international subscriber growth. But could that make the red hot company a takeover target in the rapidly changing media world? Source: Why Disney should buy Netflix instead of Twitter
storytext The long-rumored marriage of USA Today owner Gannett and LA Times publisher Tronc is suddenly in doubt. Shares of Tronc (TRNC) plummeted 28% on Thursday following a report that banks have pulled financing for the company’s potential takeover by rival Gannett (GCI). Source: Tronc shares crash 28% on Gannett deal fears
GIF Illustration: Sam Woolley On Thursday evening, food replacement startup Soylent halted sales of its Soylent 1.6 powder amidst reports that it was making customers sick. Two weeks prior, the company paused sales of its latest product, the Food Bar, after Gizmodo reported that several customers had experienced nausea, vomiting, “uncontrollable diarrhea,” and severe dehydration…
Google is stepping up its efforts to serve speedy content to mobile internet users with its Accelerated Mobile Pages, but the initiative is getting mixed reviews from publishers as some worry about its impact on their advertising revenue. Google unveiled AMP about a year ago and hundreds of companies are now publishing AMP versions of…
storytext Uber drivers in the U.K. won a landmark court case Friday that means they will qualify for the minimum wage, paid time off and other perks. An employment tribunal in London ruled that the drivers should be considered “workers” rather than self-employed contractors, dealing a major blow to Uber. “This is a monumental victory…