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CNN Acquires iPad App Company Zite
CNN has acquired Zite, a company that developed an iPad that has a personalized magazine-like interface. The announcement was made by Jim Walton, the president of CNN Worldwide.
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Categories Ali Davar, CNN, Jim Walton, KC Estenson, Mark Johnson, Mike Klass, Zite
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AOL Rumored To Be In Talks For An Acquisition Of Outside.in
Rumor has is that AOL is in talks to acquire local news aggregation company Outside.in. The talks may fall apart since it is in early stages according to BusinessInsider. Steven Johnson founded Outside.in in 2006. Investors in Outside.in include Union Square Ventures, Marc Andreessen, John Borthwick, Esther Dyson, and CNN. If AOL does end up acquiring Outside.in, it is likely that they will roll the technology into Patch.com.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt Wants To Be A Talk Show Host [RUMOR]
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt is rumored to be pursuing a career in hosting a TV show. Schmidt said that he is planning to step down in April as co-founder Larry Page plans to take over the role. Schmidt has been talking to CNN Parker Spitzer executive producer Liza McGuirk on developing a show for himself. McGuirk and Schmidt connected for the first time on the TV show “Fareed Zakaria GPS.” McGuirk was an executive producer of the Fareed show and Schmidt was a regular guest. “Eric wants to be a talk-show host. He’s been working with Liza to develop a show, but he has not yet been picked up by any network,” stated a New York Post source.
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Categories CNN, Eric Schmidt, Fareed Zakaria, Google, Liza McGuirk, Parker Spitzer
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Arkansas School Board Member Clint McCance Resigns After Facebook Rant
Arkansas school board member Clint McCance has resigned after he ranted about homosexuals on Facebook. “I made some very ignorant comments and did not realize just how ignorant they were,” said McCance in an interview with Anderson Cooper on CNN. Below is the full comment he made:
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Categories Anderson Cooper, Clint McCance, CNN, Facebook
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CNN’s Rick Sanchez Fired After Controversial Comments About Jewish People
CNN’s Rick Sanchez has been fired following controversial comments about Jewish people. “Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company. We thank Rick for his years of service and we wish him well,” said CNN in a statement. Rick Sanchez did not appear on “Rick’s List” this past Friday afternoon.
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Categories CNN, Jon Stewart, Rick Sanchez, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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CNN President Jonathan Klein Fired; Being Replaced By Ken Jautz
Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX) has fired Jonathan Klein, the president of CNN/US. Ken Jautz, president of HLN, will be replacing Klein. Jautz is known for finding Glenn Beck on the radio and putting him on TV.
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Categories ABC, Campbell Brown, Christiane Amanpour, CNN, FOX, Glenn Beck, Jonathan Klein, Ken Jautz, Larry King, Rick Sanchez, Time Warner
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When Tweets Cost You A Job, Octavia Nasr Edition
Octavia Nasr used to be the Senior Editor of Mideast Affairs for CNN. She is leaving the company after controversy stuck when she sent out the following tweet: “Sad to hear the passing of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah… One of Hezbollah’s giants I respect a lot.” Nasr admitted that she should not have left such a simple comment without any context whatsoever on the CNN blog. Nasr worked at CNN for 20 years. [mediaite.com]
Categories CNN, Octavia Nasr, Twitter
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Outside.in Raises $7 Million From Union Square, CNN, Betaworks, Village Ventures, NYC Fund, and Milestone
Outside.in is a hyperlocal news aggregation company that has been attracting quite a bit of investment from multiple sources. In the company’s Series B round of funding, Union Square Ventures was the lead investor. Others that participated include TV news network CNN, Betaworks, Village Ventures, New York City Investment Fund, and Milestone Venture Partners.
This means Outside.in has raised over $12 million in total funding since the company launched in 2007. After the jump is the full press release from the company:
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CNN.com Redesigning Homepage, Launching On Monday
Earlier today CNN.com invited people to check out their new website at the One Time Warner Center office in New York City. At the same meeting CNN President Jim Walton announced that the news company increased profits year over year. CNN receives 38 million visitors per month and has about 100 million monthly video views. In the websites entire history, it received 121 billion page views. The new CNN.com will launch on Monday. The Cable News Network is owned by Time Warner.
Categories CNN, CNN.com, Time Warner
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CNNMoney Launches An iPhone Application
The iPhone finance section is heating up now that CNNMoney has stepped into the market. The CNNMoney application is currently one of the top free Finance applications on the iTunes App Store, competing against companies such as Bloomberg, Associated Press, and The New York Times.
The CNNMoney application is a portal with a built in stock search engine, market index tracking tool, company and economic news, video highlights, and sharing feature. There is a tool called My Stocks to add the stocks that you want to track.
News about real estate, small business, technology, autos, jobs, and personal finance can be added to the homepage of the application. Additional headlines can be added from Fortune and Money Magazine as well.
Personally I believe that the application looks a bit generic and could use something to make it stand out from every other finance news application, but that is just my opinion. Some people are comfortable looking at generic finance news applications. The operating system required for the application is iPhone OS 2.1 or greater.
Categories Apple App Store, Apple iPhone 3G S, CNN, CNNMoney, iPhone, iPhone 3G
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