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Zite, CNN Launch Publisher Program To Ease Cease-And-Desist Concerns

BY Austin Carr | 04-04-2012 | 8:00 AM | INNOVATION

Last April Fools' Day, publishers from Time Inc. to the Washington Post Company sent fast-growing startup Zite an aggressive cease-and-desist letter. The publishers weren't joking, accusing Zite's app, a personalized news reader for the iPad and iPhone, of copyright infringement and calling it "plainly unlawful."READ MORE›

Where BuzzFeed Is Trending (With $15.5 Million In Help)

BY David Zax | 01-09-2012 | 12:40 PM | INNOVATION

A month after its hire of Politico's Ben Smith, BuzzFeed raises $15.5 million in Series C financing. How has the site changed over the past month?READ MORE›

CNN's $20M Hedge On Zite Values Aggregation Biz Over Original News

BY Austin Carr | 09-01-2011 | 5:55 PM | INNOVATION

CNN paid $20 million for personalized iPad magazine Zite this week. But if you use it, odds are you won't get CNN's original news. So what's CNN getting for its money? READ MORE›

Why AOL's Tim Armstrong Isn't Sweating Dial-Up Revenues

BY Austin Carr | 05-25-2011 | 10:29 AM | INNOVATION

During an awkward and tense exchange at on Monday, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong said AOL's dependence on dial-up revenue was "opinion."READ MORE›

Arianna Huffington Desperately Shills For AOL's MapQuest

BY Austin Carr | 05-23-2011 | 11:17 AM | INNOVATION

The new-media baroness took a public tongue lashing from TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington, who called MapQuest "a huge piece of crap" and dared her to say she had ever actually used the service, which is owned by Huffington Post parent company AOL. Here's how the train wreck went down. READ MORE›

How To Solve The Online News Riddle? Turn "Casual Users" Into "Power Users"

BY David Zax | 05-09-2011 | 8:08 AM | INNOVATION

Why do people treat NYTimes.com like Amazon.com? Why do women love AOL News? And what's ESPN.com's secret? A new report analyzes online news consumption data. READ MORE›

Facebook Wall Secrets Revealed, Romney Announces Prez Run on YouTube, Familiar Name in Webby Noms, and More...

BY Gregory Ferenstein | 04-12-2011 | 11:58 AM | INNOVATION

The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day.READ MORE›

iFive: AOL Job Cuts, SpaceX Expands Facility, Apple-Canon Partnership, UAV Automatic Refueling, Pop-Up Apple SXSW Store

BY Kit Eaton | 03-10-2011 | 7:24 AM | DESIGN

1. AOL is expected to lay off between 400 and 500 people in the U.S. today (about 8-10% of its staff), as part of its push to make itself more profitable. The content side of AOL is likely to take the biggest hit, due to the new ...READ MORE›

Gauging the Internet's Reactions

BY Noah Brier | 02-18-2011 | 2:38 PM | LEADERSHIP

People are often unsure of what to say in a comment and therefore chose to leave nothing at all.READ MORE›

Twitter Trends Driven Mostly by Mainstream Media

BY Austin Carr | 02-14-2011 | 2:40 PM | INNOVATION

Forget Ashton Kutcher and Lady Gaga. On Twitter, mainstream media outlets such as CNN, the New York Times, and the BBC dominate trending topics. READ MORE›

Tech and the Tea Party: Why Verizon and AT&T Are Donating to Republicans

BY David Zax | 02-10-2011 | 11:59 AM | TECHNOLOGY

Verizon has donated to Tea Partiers Pat Toomey and Rand Paul, among others. AT&T also has tea on its hands. What happens when tech gets political?READ MORE›

AOL Gets Curator-In-Chief

BY Steven Rosenbaum | 02-07-2011 | 3:37 PM | LEADERSHIP

In just a handful of years, Arianna Huffington has gone from a media outsider with a vision for the "linked economy" to an editorial leader who's vision is driving pageviews and audience engagement. Now, as Curator-in-Chief, she can share her vision on a larger stage. READ MORE›

iFive: AOL Buys Huffington Post, Yahoo Goes Personal, FCC's Rural Broadband Plans, The Daily's Tech Woes, Gogo In-Flight Net

BY Kit Eaton | 02-07-2011 | 7:13 AM | INNOVATION

Welcome to the start of the week! Here's our digest of the early innovation news, to get you off to a flying start:READ MORE›

AOL Buys The Huffington Post for $315 Million

BY Jenara Nerenberg | 02-07-2011 | 5:55 AM | ETHONOMICS

The deal was announced early this morning and will integrate AOL content while forming The Huffington Post Media Group.READ MORE›

Is HuffPo Hurting AOL's Traffic?

BY FAST COMPANY STAFF | 01-09-2011 | 1:12 PM | MAGAZINE

It's been a year since AOL bought the Huffington Post for $315 million, to beef up traffic. But year-to-year visitor counts show slowed AOL media traffic--even with HuffPo's readers. U.S. work and home visitor numbers ...READ MORE›

iFive: SAP's Billion Dollar Fine, Apple's Hot Sellers, Digital Health Data Sharing, HuffPo's Coupons, Kindle's Black Friday

BY Kit Eaton | 11-24-2010 | 6:27 AM | INNOVATION

Wednesday already--isn't this short week flying by? Doesn't mean there's no interesting innovation news to share, though:READ MORE›

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