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The Saudi Prince And The $300 Million Twitter Investment

BY Neal Ungerleider | 12-19-2011 | 4:08 PM | TECHNOLOGY

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal of Saudi Arabia announced a $300 million investment in Twitter today. Alwaleed is one of several mega-investors to have pumped serious cash into Twitter in 2011; however, there are fears Alwaleed will censor Twitter. These fears are mistaken.READ MORE›

Bloomberg, Saudi Prince To Launch News Channel

BY Neal Ungerleider | 07-29-2011 | 10:55 AM | INNOVATION

Financial media giant Bloomberg is reportedly in talks with Prince Alwaleed bin Talal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia to launch a new Arabic-language business news channel--a move which could both shake up foreign media and cause massive headaches for Rupert Murdoch.READ MORE›

Crib Sheet: Prince Alwaleed--Saudi Oil Tycoon, Fox News Investor

BY Addy Dugdale | 03-01-2010 | 7:24 AM | LEADERSHIP

He's a prince! He graduated summa cum laude from Menlo University in 1979! He's the Saudi Warren Buffet! He's also Fox News' fourth biggest investor--although Prince Alwaleed bin Talal claims that he's the second biggest investor in ...READ MORE›