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Exclusive: Former News Corp President Chernin bids $500 million for Hulu — (Reuters) - Former News Corp president Peter Chernin bid around $500 million for Hulu, the online video streaming service he helped create in 2007, according to two sources with knowledge of Hulu's sale process.

More: AllThingsD, The Next Web, CNET, VentureBeat, Deadline.com, Engadget, The Verge, SlashGear and Electronista

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Diane Bartz / Reuters:

ITC judge says Samsung infringes key part of Apple patent — (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd infringed a key portion of an Apple Inc patent by including a text-selection feature in its smartphones and tablets, an International Trade Commission judge said in a preliminary decision.

More: FOSS Patents, AppleInsider, The Register, 9to5Mac, ZDNet, Electronista, Neowin, IntoMobile, ValueWalk, PC Magazine, The Next Web, CNET, AllThingsD, Mobile Marketing Watch, Marketing Land and BGR

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

New Skype malware spreading at 2,000 clicks per hour makes money by using victims' machines to mine Bitcoins — A new piece of malware propagating across Skype has been discovered that tries to convince the recipient to click on a link. What makes this particular threat different …

More: Ars Technica, Wired, SocialTimes, VentureBeat, BetaNews, Network World, Securelist / Blog, Dennis Fisher, Softpedia News and The Register

Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:

Bitcoin wallet service Coinbase faces phishing attacks after data leak

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Nicole Perlroth / NYT Bits:

Fake Twitter Followers Becomes Multimillion-Dollar Business — Far from slowing, the market for fake Twitter followers seems to be taking off. — The fake Twitter follower phenomenon made headlines last summer after Mitt Romney's Twitter following jumped by 100,000 in a matter of days.

Tweets: @martinsfp and @carnage4life

Adrian Chen / Gawker:

TechCrunch Founder Michael Arrington's History of Abuse Allegations Includes an Assault Investigation — When TechCrunch founder turned venture capitalist Mike Arrington was accused last week of rape and abuse by an ex-girlfriend, many in Silicon Valley were shocked, but not entirely surprised.

More: Yahoo! News and Betabeat. Tweets: @jwherrman

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On The Michael Arrington Accusations

Reid J. Epstein / Politico:

Mark Zuckerberg immigration group's status: Looking for footing — Even the man who transformed social media can get into a messaging mess. — The immigration reform group that will be Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's entry into politics was supposed to launch as early as next week with a lot of fanfare …

More: The Next Web, AllFacebook, SiliconBeat, TechCrunch, The Verge, bizjournals and TechPresident

Zachary M. Seward / Quartz:

The JOBS Act turns one, and let's be honest, it's a failure — On April 5, 2012, in the Rose Garden of the White House, US president Barack Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, one of those distinctly American pieces of legislation that hits you over the head with an unequivocally positive acronym—in this case, JOBS.

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Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:

The Story Of A Failed Startup And A Founder Driven To Suicide — A few months ago, on Sunday, January 27, an entrepreneur named Jody Sherman had plans to see a movie with a friend. — But that afternoon, the friend received a call from Jody's wife, Kerri. — Jody had gone missing.

Thanks:@nichcarlson

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

Movie Studios Want Google to Take Down Their Own Takedown Request — There's a dark side to Google's transparency efforts, especially when it comes to publishing DMCA requests it receives from copyright holders. — With more than 100 million links to pirated files Google is steadily building …

More: Techdirt, BBC, TechCrunch, The Register and Gizmodo. See also Mediagazer

Emanuel Maiberg / Inside Social Games:

Zynga hopes to retain top executives with bigger bonuses tied to performance, Mark Pincus' new annual salary is $1 — Zynga today filed a form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission which reveals that in 2013 the company's top executives will be compensated with larger bonuses …

Harrison Weber / The Next Web:

Facebook details Home privacy: It won't collect info from inside apps and it can be shut off completely — Following yesterday's announcement of “Home,” Facebook's new Android launcher, the company has come forward to address the privacy concerns of its users and the public at large.

More: Facebook Newsroom, TechCrunch, The Verge, SocialTimes, AllFacebook, HotHardware.com News, GigaOM and Engadget

Om Malik / GigaOM:

Why Facebook Home bothers me: It destroys any notion of privacy

Dante D'Orazio / The Verge:

Google Fiber could expand to Austin as city preps for joint announcement next week — Google and the City of Austin, Texas have sent out invites for a press conference for “a very important announcement” next week, according to VentureBeat, and it is expected that the two will reveal …

More: VentureBeat, KVUE-TV, GigaOM, CNET, TechCrunch, Macgasm, AllThingsD, PC Magazine, Android Community, SlashGear, PandoDaily and Droid Life

Eliza Kern / GigaOM:

Twitter co-founders clarify Obvious Corp. structure, say Medium now operates independently — Twitter co-founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams re-launched the Obvious Corporation in June 2011, bringing back the umbrella organization from which they've launched startups like Blogger and Twitter.

More: Medium, TechCrunch and memeburn. Tweets: @rafat

Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider:

Jeff Bezos invests in Business Insider [Full Internal Memo] — Jeff Bezos has invested in Business Insider, according to an internal memo that has just been obtained. Here's the memo from Business Insider CEO and Editor-in-Chief Henry Blodget: Team, I wanted to share the details of the financing we mentioned last night.

More: AllThingsD, Forbes, CNET, VatorNews, Guardian, ZDNet, The Next Web, ValueWalk, Talking Biz News, Quartz, VentureBeat, PandoDaily, Poynter, GigaOM and GeekWire

Tweets: @rafat, @mattlynley and @mathewi

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