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By Kim Velsey 3/18 4:53pm

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Is the Public Getting Swindled By the City’s Short-Sighted School and Library Sell-Offs?

The City of New York, like many other large landowners, has been selling its land for centuries. However, these last few months have brought what many consider to be a disconcerting flurry of real estate transactions as the city, citing a cash crunch, moves to sell off a number of schools, libraries and municipal buildings.

The city and others have lauded the sell-off as a way to bring much-needed monies to institutions that are in dire need of help. Trading in valuable real estate, we are told, will keep the city’s civic institutions afloat. If only it didn’t have the vaguely desperate vibe of a pawn shop swap. Read More

By Drew Grant 9/13/12 12:25pm

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Jay-Z and Beyonce (Getty Images)

Can Jay-Z and Beyoncé Top Anna Wintour in Obama Fundraising?

Probably not, seeing as the Vogue editor in chief was just announced as being the fourth-biggest fund-raiser for Barack Obama’s re-election campaign in a document released to The New York Times. But this was due in no small part to the $40,000-dollar-a-plate dinner she held over at Sarah Jessica Parker’s house back in June: that event raised approximately $2,000,000 on that night alone.

Now the president and first lady of hip-hop want to give the editrix a run for her money. Read More

By Azi Paybarah 3/16/11 4:52pm

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How to Raise Money By Defending (or Attacking) the Media

DCCC Chairman, Rep. Steve Israel of Long Island, helps make National Public Radio a Democratic cause, with this fund-raising email a moment ago:

Now the Republicans want to control the news. In fact, House Republicans announced a vote for TOMORROW to cut all federal funding for National Public Radio.

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The GOP’s latest misguided priority Read More

By Mike Taylor 2/01/11 5:37pm

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Wanderfly Flutters On With $1 M. in New Capital

Put another $1 million in the coffers of travel search startup Wanderfly, which allows users to brainstorm vacation ideas by feeding parameters like price, time and point of origin into a search engine. TechCrunch reports that the company has raised the funds from Charles River Ventures, Jason Calacanis, StartupAngel, James Baile, Roger Dickey and other angels.

Wanderfly currently Read More

By Mike Taylor 1/24/11 3:33pm

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Parse.ly Raises $800,000

Parse.ly, the New York-based company that endeavors to personalize users’ web experiences, today announced that it has raised $800,000 from  Blumberg Capital, ff Asset Management, Scott Becker, Don Hutchison, Jeffrey Greenblatt and Jon Axelrod.

The site invites users to prioritize their reading according to their expressed interests. An interest — Philadelphia, for example — Read More

By Mike Taylor 1/21/11 5:52pm

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Postling Nabs $350,000 in Seed Funding

Postling, a New York startup that organizes people’s social media for them in one place, and send users daily email updates about the goings-on in their social media lives, has raised $350,000, according to TechCrunch. The transaction was facilitated by angel investing forum AngelList.

Postling works in super-cool New York shared workspace General Assemb.ly Read More