While the social media network trumpets its 1 billion users, new research indicates about 100 million of them could be dogs, brands or even toasters.
An advocacy group wants to raise $660 million from lots of little guys to keep Tribune's newspapers away from the billionaire Koch brothers.
His hedge fund Baupost Group has meanwhile sold News Corp. and Oracle.
Now comes word that thousands of clients' private messages were leaked online and were there for several years.
With some 60,000 titles available, the removal of such fare as 'Blonde and Blonder' may not cause too much pain.
'All My Children' and 'One Life to Live' are back with original episodes on Hulu. This could be a model that spreads.
Blockbusters like 'Iron Man 3' battle more subtle Chinese fare as audiences choose plot and complexity over explosions and 3-D.
Local TV stations and a science writing professor school the 24-hour news and social media on getting facts and getting them right.
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