On this week's Gigaom Show we talk about Facebook facing a problem with its content, Netflix transforming TV and the importance of good design.
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There was probably more than a little gloating when former NSA chief Michael Hayden found a fellow passenger on his Amtrak train live-tweeting his off-the-record interviews with journalists
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Amazon Prime is growing very fast, thanks in part to streaming video, Amazon said in its Q3 earnings Thursday.
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Twitter announced on Thursday that it has hired former NBC News chief digital officer and former New York Times digital VP Vivian Schiller to manage its news partnerships unit
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A new study by the Pew Center and the Knight Foundation shows that while many users come across news while they are on Facebook, most don't go there specifically looking for it.
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Facebook originally allowed users to post videos of beheadings, arguing that it was similar to a TV news network, but now the company has removed them -- making it unclear how strong its commitment to free speech is.
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The SEC finally presented, and unanimously approved, a long-awaited plan to let companies raise money on the internet from small investors. The plan is now open for public comments before a final version goes into effect.
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More creators can now take advantage of YouTube's paid subscriptions. As of Tuesday, free channels that have over 10,000 subscribers and meet some other criteria can create paid channels and charge monthly fees for them.
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A patent troll is using patents from 1998 owned by the Shoah Foundation and USC to sue a wide rang of companies; the latest targets include the New York Times. The troll appears to claim that it owns a method for digital libraries.
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Fortune editor Adam Lashinsky's response to readers -- who were upset about a LinkedIn post he wrote pointing to a paywalled article -- shows a lack of understanding of both paywalls and how to use social platforms.
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Big publishers like Time and USA Today are posting "stories" on their web sites that are really ads. Taboola, a company responsible for distributing those ads, is promising more transparency by better labeling the paid-for stories.
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Amazon and MGM announced a deal Tuesday to make more MGM movies, as well as the History Channel hit Vikings, available for streaming on Prime Instant Video. Previously, Vikings had been available exclusively through Amazon’s European streaming service Lovefilm. It’s not available for streaming on Netflix. Movies included […]
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Netflix now has more than 40 million subscribers worldwide, and with strong results, it is now looking to expand into large additional markets in 2014.
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The San Francisco-based iOS publishing platform Inkling has acquired Open Air Publishing, a New York-based publisher of iOS how-to books.
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