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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission:
Form S-1 REGISTRATION STATEMENT — Facebook, Inc.  —  Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.  If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed …
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Tim Carmody / Epicenter:
Facebook's ‘Letter from Zuckerberg’: The Annotated Version  —  Facebook's Form S-1 Registration Statement with the Security and Exchange Commission includes details on the IPO itself and the company's financial condition as well as a letter from founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to current and potential shareholders - aka the whole world.
New York Times:
From Founders to Decorators, Facebook Riches  —  David Choe was paid in Facebook stock for paintings at the company's first headquarters.  His payout may be $200 million when it goes public.  Some investors may make billions of dollars.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The graffiti artist …
Douglas MacMillan / Bloomberg:
Zuckerberg Controlling 57% of Facebook Seen as Risk to Investors  —  Mark Zuckerberg's majority control puts too much power in the hands of one person and may deter potential IPO investors, corporate-governance experts say  —  (Bloomberg) — Mark Zuckerberg's majority control over Facebook Inc. puts …
Sarah Lacy / PandoDaily:
Mark Zuckerberg Loves It When A Plan Comes Together  —  The very first conversation I ever had with Mark Zuckerberg was in 2006.  He'd just raised his round from Accel Partners.  I called the Facebook offices, and he answered the phone.  He came across as a mix of arrogant and naive …
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Tricia Duryee / AllThingsD:
Stuck Like Glue: Zynga Accounts for 12 Percent of Facebook Revenue in 2011
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Blogging Site Tumblr Makes Itself the News  —  The popular social blogging site Tumblr is hiring writers and editors to cover the world of Tumblr.  —  Chris Mohney, a senior vice president for content at BlackBook Media, will be the site's editor in chief.
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
“Think Profit.”  —  When Steve Jobs took the stage at Macworld in 1998, he did something unusual.  For the first time in any presentation he had ever given, he ended with a slide reading, “Oh, and one more thing...” This phrase would of course enter the Apple lexicon in the subsequent years.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
New Everpix iPhone App Automatically Uploads Your Photos To The Cloud  —  Photo organization service (and TechCrunch Disrupt finalist) Everpix just launched its first iPhone application.  The app does two key things: it offers you a way to access your entire photo collection from your phone …
Grant Gross / Computerworld:
White House: No comment on call to investigate MPAA for SOPA bribery  —  The U.S. White House has declined to respond to a petition calling for authorities to investigate the head of the Motion Picture Association of America for bribery related to comments he made following successful online protests …
Julia Kollewe / Guardian:
Silicon London is first choice of base for Google, Facebook and other tech giants  —  The capital's young workforce and wealth of start-ups are behind last year's doubling in demand for office space for IT firms  —  Tech clusters are springing up all over London as international heavyweights …
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Beyond ACTA: next secret copyright agreement negotiated this week—in Hollywood  —  One of the worst parts of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) was its ridiculous secrecy, under which it was easy for negotiators and industry reps to see draft text, but impossible for the public to do so except through leaks.
Austin Carr / Fast Company:
Inside Stripe, The PayPal Competitor Backed By PayPal Founders Peter Thiel, Elon Musk  —  Off of Ramona Street in Palo Alto, down a narrow alcove lined with potted plants and flowers, is a small office hidden by hanging leaves that passersby might confuse for a misplaced country cottage.
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