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Barry Diller wears a suit and smiles.

Billionaire Barry Diller Is Looking to Sell the Daily Beast

Barry Diller's IAC has hired an advisory firm to look for potential buyers for the Daily Beast.
By Rachyl Jones
The normalization of facial recognition technology and mass surveillance being used to target marginalized communities, whether in the hopes of "saving them" or not, is dangerous.

Sex Workers Are at the Forefront of the Fight Against Mass Surveillance and Big Tech

The normalization of facial recognition technology and mass surveillance being used to target marginalized communities, whether in the hopes of "saving them" or not, is dangerous.
By Erin Taylor

Vimeo COO: How an Ad-Free Strategy Won the Video Streaming War

"We're not trying to keep our users on our platform for views," Vimeo COO Courtney Sanchez said.
By Sissi Cao
The traditional advertising service agencies look poised for disruption.

New Media’s Shift From Product- to Service-Driven Revenue

By Alex Magnin
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says SpaceX ‘City on Mars’ Will Be Announced in Guadalajara, Mexico

By Robin Seemangal
(Photo credit: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images)

All Swipes and No Dates? This App Pairs You With Singles Free Tonight

By Jordyn Taylor
This is a new kind of catfish.

Former Tinder Exec Sues for Sexual Harassment, Leaks Disturbing Texts

By Molly Mulshine

Startup Takes Your Personal Data, Forces Brands To Compete To Sell You Stuff

By Jack Smith IV
Barry Diller

IAC Might Sell <em>The Daily Beast</em>

By Jordyn Taylor
(Photo: Twitter)

Booting Up: The Wall Street Journal Has Discovered Weird Twitter

By Jessica Roy
Does this man control Newsweek?

Moonies, Messiahs and Media: Who Really Owns <em>Newsweek</em>?

By Peter Sterne

Booting Up: CollegeHumor CEO Exits, Netflix Is In Talks for More Arrested Development

By Jordan Valinsky
Mark Zuckerberg at SF Pride. (Photo: Twitter/@m7z)

Booting Up: Mark Zuckerberg Shows Off His Pride, CityGrid Lays Off 130

By Jordan Valinsky
Hot Bostonites enjoying Aereo. (Photo: Facebook)

Aereo Will Roll Out Service in Boston May 15

By Jordan Valinsky
How it looks. (Photo: OKCupid)

Modern Love: OKCupid Officially Accepts Bitcoin Payments

By Jordan Valinsky

Cyberlove: OKCupid May Let You Pay for Premium Membership in Bitcoins

By Jordan Valinsky

Here Comes Aereo! Service Expanding to 22 New Cities [UPDATED]

By Kelly Faircloth and Nitasha Tiku
(Photo: flickr.com/classicchanelhandbags)

Startup News: Barry Diller Brings Back the Big Dog and Lauren Conrad’s Site Is Sold

By Myles Tanzer
The Tipping Point Partners office (Photo: Tipping Point)

Do Startups Get Run Down by Passive-Aggressive Perks? The Downsides of Unlimited Everything

By Jessica Roy

Do Startups Get Run Down by Passive-Agressive Perks? The Downsides of Unlimited Everything

Lotsa ants. (Photo: flickr.com/pinkmoose)

Booting Up: ‘Anternet’ Edition

By Kelly Faircloth
(Photo: Barrydriller.com)

Diller Drills Driller: Barry Diller Sues Not-a-Gay-Porn-Site BarryDriller.com

By Jessica Roy

A Brief History of the Sidney Harman Era at <em>Newsweek</em>, Which Is Now Over

By Foster Kamer

Over the Aereo: Killer Diller Just Might Help Viewers Cut the Cord At Last

By Nitasha Tiku
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