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AP Twitter Hacked, Posts Fake Tweets About White House Bombing

Justin Davis — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:14:28 +0000

Earlier today, unspecified hackers took over the AP Twitter feed and sent out fake tweets claiming that two explosions had rocked the White House and President Obama had been injured. White House spokesman Jay Carney immediately told reporters that Obama was indeed fine and no such bombings had taken place. The AP Twitter account was […]

SXSW: CBS’s Jason Kint On Sports Fans, Streaming, And Your Huge Cable Bill

Ben Masten — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:01:12 +0000

You may have heard about a little invention called the DVR. You may also have heard that it makes TV networks and advertisers a tad bit nervous, because fewer and fewer people watch advertisements when they can simply skip through them. Jason Kint isn’t losing any sleep over it. Kint is the General Manager of […]

Hello, Corporate Obstacles To Innovation! #occupytelevision

Matt Algren — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:09:52 +0000

Last week, CBS CEO Les Moonves gave us an idea of his company’s attitude toward the increasing demand for online streaming of television content. On the subject of online content, Moonves had this to say (via Engadget): We — frankly, we don’t believe in them. We’re not going to go out and we’ve sort of […]