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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
CNN acquires social-video startup Beme, co-founded by YouTube star Casey Neistat; app to be shut down, team to form a new media startup as an extension of CNN — With millions of people regularly tuning in to his YouTube video blogs every morning, Casey Neistat has a millennial fan base coveted by both marketers and media companies.
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Tweets: @joshconstine, @nytimes, @mikeisaac, @matthewknell, @nytimesbusiness, and @tsuvik
See also Mediagazer| Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: CNN's deal to acquire Beme is valued at about $25M — YouTube creator will launch new video brand at CNN — CNN has acquired video-sharing startup Beme, a social media app launched last year by popular YouTube star Casey Neistat, the cable-news network announced Monday.
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Digital Trends and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @caseyneistat, @stevetweedie, @codyjstout, and @austin_aug. See also Mediagazer
| Om Malik / New Yorker: |
Silicon Valley's biggest failing is its lack of empathy for the lives disrupted by its tech: from self-driving trucks to the proliferation of fake news — Silicon Valley seems to have lost a bit of its verve since the Presidential election. The streets of San Francisco—spiritually part of the Valley—feel less crowded.| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
AT&T's DirecTV Now streaming TV service launches Nov. 30 starting at $35/mo. for 60+ channels, up to $70/month for 120+ channels — [UPDATE: Channel lineup below the fold.] — AT&T has officially unveiled details about its upcoming streaming TV service called DirecTV Now.
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Tweets: @bcarr, @jbrodkin, @pkafka, and @dannysullivan
See also Mediagazer| Micah Singleton / The Verge: |
| Mark Harris / Backchannel: |
Before being acquired by Uber for $680M, self-driving truck startup Otto explicitly ignored Nevada DMV regulations during first public testing — The engineer who helped craft Nevada's self-driving car regulations also ended up blowing past them. — could be the plot of an Ocean's Eleven movie …
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Automotive News Automaker and Engadget. Tweets: @aldenwoodrow, @sandraupson, @petercbigelow, @stevenlevy, @backchnnl, @ericnewcomer, @kadhimshubber, @sandraupson, and @megangeuss
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sling TV announces cloud DVR feature, launching beta in December, to take on Sony's PlayStation Vue, others — As competition between television streaming services heats up, Dish's Sling TV announced a new feature designed to better compete with rivals like Sony's PlayStation Vue and others …
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blog.sling.com, Sling TV Online Newsroom, Engadget, AppleInsider, Variety, The Verge, AppAdvice.com Latest, Android Police, CNET, TechnoBuffalo, TechSpot, PCWorld, and Ubergizmo. Tweets: @kevinctofel. See also Mediagazer
| Bloomberg: |
Samsung will allocate 50% of free cash flow to shareholders, add at least one outside director, and review its corporate structure — Company considering adding at least one new outside director — Stock buybacks, increased dividends will make up cash return| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Marc Andreessen talks about sectors tech is disrupting next, flying and autonomous cars, IoT, AR, VR, and more — Marc Andreessen may be the most dedicated optimist in Silicon Valley. During a year when the public's attention was often focused on international conflict, mass shootings … | Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Amazon sold 5.1M Echo devices in the US since 2014 launch, about 2M of them in first nine months of 2016, according to Consumer Intelligence Research Partners — Amazon's Echo device has reached a sales milestone, with a new report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners estimating …
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VentureBeat, Engadget, International Business Times, Search Engine Land, USA Today, and Marketing Land. Tweets: @zackwhittaker
| Laura Sydell / NPR: |
Q&A with Jestin Coler, registered Democrat and founder of Disinfomedia, which owns fake news sites including the Denver Guardian, on ad networks, money, more — Audio will be available later today. — A lot of fake and misleading news stories were shared across social media during the election.
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Digiday, Recode, Forbes, and Quartz
Tweets: @npr, @aishacs, @nprextra, @jarretthill, and @bbhlabs
See also Mediagazer| William Alden / BuzzFeed: |
Source: embattled HR startup Zenefits agrees to $7M settlement with California regulators, will keep operating in the state — The landmark settlement in Zenefits' home state will resolve the most important regulatory inquiry facing the embattled human resources startup.
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Bloomberg, Fortune, TechCrunch, and CNNMoney
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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