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Prelude to New Cellphone Service? 'Blockbuster Mobile' Starts Selling Phones

Prelude to New Cellphone Service? 'Blockbuster Mobile' Starts Selling Phones

Dish Network's Blockbuster stores will soon sell phones under the banner "Blockbuster Mobile," two people said.

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New 'Call of Duty' Reaches $1 Billion Faster Than 'Avatar'

New 'Call of Duty' Reaches $1 Billion Faster Than 'Avatar'

The latest installment also topped $1 billion one day faster than the first "Black Ops."

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Poll of the Week: What Was The Daily's Most Fatal Flaw?

Poll of the Week: What Was The Daily's Most Fatal Flaw?

Was The Daily too soon, too generic, a victim of News Corp.'s hacking scandal -- or doomed for another reason?

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Ryan Seacrest Acquires a Marketing-Services Agency

Ryan Seacrest Acquires a Marketing-Services Agency

"I am in the business of communicating to an audience, creating content and working with brands to bring them to consumers," Mr. Seacrest said in an interview.

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Netflix Gains Disney Streaming Rights in End Run on Cable TV

Netflix Gains Disney Streaming Rights in End Run on Cable TV

The pact includes newer releases that traditionally air on premium cable. It does not, however, include Disney's forthcoming "Star Wars" movies.

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Why BuzzFeed Still Doesn't Cover Business News

Why BuzzFeed Still Doesn't Cover Business News

BuzzFeed took pitches from business journalists on how they would cover topics such as Wall Street, but it didn't hire any of them.

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Obama May Name Anna Wintour Ambassador to U.K. or France

Obama May Name Anna Wintour Ambassador to U.K. or France

President Barack Obama is looking to reward his biggest fundraisers with embassies that are never out of fashion, two people said.

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App Developers Shun Microsoft's Surface

App Developers Shun Microsoft's Surface

The companies behind some of the most popular mobile-based apps have passed on developing for the Surface and Windows 8.

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Dish Network CEO Charlie Ergen, the TV Disrupter

Dish Network CEO Charlie Ergen, the TV Disrupter

The card-shark-turned-Dish-CEO isn't afraid to use tech to disrupt the TV ecosystem -- and get what he wants.

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Rocky Road for Rodale Inc.

Rocky Road for Rodale Inc.

Maria Rodale's tenure as CEO has seen a dizzying series of exits, culminating two weeks ago with Men's Health Editor-in-Chief David Zinczenko.

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Viacom and T-Mobile Plan Eight-Hour Live-Streamed Event

Viacom and T-Mobile Plan Eight-Hour Live-Streamed Event

"The Big & Best of 2012" is backed by a multimillion-dollar investment from T-Mobile.

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News Corp. Shuts Down The Daily

News Corp. Shuts Down The Daily

"We could not find a large enough audience quickly enough," Rupert Murdoch said. News Corp. also revealed the name of its new entertainment spin-off.

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Digital Keeps Driving Ad Spending Upward in New ZenithOptimedia Forecast

Digital Keeps Driving Ad Spending Upward in New ZenithOptimedia Forecast

Mobile ad spending, although still small in dollar terms, is now expected to grow 58% this year, up from an earlier estimate of 49%.

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Zucker's CNN Will Be About More Than News

Zucker's CNN Will Be About More Than News

As one of TV's most prolific and polarizing executives takes over CNN, his goal will be to give it the jolt that makes it must-see TV, to borrow a phrase from his former home.

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iPad Mini Shows off Its Size With Print Ads in Time, The New Yorker

iPad Mini Shows off Its Size With Print Ads in Time, The New Yorker

The iPad Mini is on display yet again, with new print ads using Apple's signature minimalistic style.

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Six Things You Should Know About 'The Hobbit' Before It Explodes

Six Things You Should Know About 'The Hobbit' Before It Explodes

In advance of the Tolkien classic hitting theaters Dec. 14, master these must-know Middle Earth talking points.

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Digital Subs Rising, The Economist Unbundles Tablet Editions From Print

Digital Subs Rising, The Economist Unbundles Tablet Editions From Print

Ever since Apple introduced the iPad, magazine publishers have been trying to figure out how to make the most of their app editions.

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Last Chance to Get an Ad Age Print/Digital/Online Subscription for Just $49.95 (!)

Last Chance to Get an Ad Age Print/Digital/Online Subscription for Just $49.95 (!)

On Cyber Monday, we kicked off an unprecedented sale -- and now time is running out to save big.

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Retailers' Buzz on Twitter Last Week? That Was Consumers Waiting in Line

Retailers' Buzz on Twitter Last Week? That Was Consumers Waiting in Line

Much of retailers' recent Twitter traction came as Black Friday shoppers waited in line.

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Atlantic Media Tries Turning Twitter Into a Bigger Ad Platform

Atlantic Media Tries Turning Twitter Into a Bigger Ad Platform

The publisher of The Atlantic and Quartz is taking publishers' latest stab at making social media good for something besides traffic.

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