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Media Notes: Howard Kurtz on Nick Denton, Founder of Gawker
07.07.2009 06:54
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NEW YORK -- Nick Denton is sitting amid the rows of screen-staring digital workers in the fourth-floor walkup that serves as Gawker headquarters, having neglected to build himself a private office.
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Does 'Tiananmen + Web = Tehran'?
07.07.2009 06:54
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Twenty years ago this month, Thomas Ho was aboard Amtrak en route to Washington, pressing his pocket transistor radio to his left ear, sitting by the window to get better reception. A fourth-generation Chinese American, he couldn't stop listening to the latest news on the standoff at Tiananmen...
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Metro Relaunching System to Provide Data on Next Bus's Arrival Time
07.07.2009 06:53
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Metro is relaunching a long-awaited real-time bus arrival system that is supposed to tell riders when the next Metrobus will arrive at their stop. The system could make the area's largest regional bus service a more viable option for thousands of people who now shun it because of its unreliability.
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BAE's U.S. Chief Quits to Take Over at SAIC
07.07.2009 06:53
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Walt Havenstein is stepping down after two years as chief executive of the Rockville-based U.S. arm of British defense contractor BAE Systems to take that position at fellow contractor Science Applications International Corp.
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Ty Lawson's Vision Already Goes Beyond Basketball
07.07.2009 06:53
washingtonpost.com
The decision before Ty Lawson related to basketball -- the sport that soon would become his profession -- only inasmuch as it pertained to Ty Lawson. Seated at a conference table inside his agent's ninth-floor office, Lawson munched on a chicken wrap and barbeque chips while staring at a computer...
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Gawking at the Media World
07.07.2009 06:53
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NEW YORK -- Nick Denton is sitting amid the rows of screen-staring digital workers in the fourth-floor walkup that serves as Gawker headquarters, having neglected to build himself a private office.
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Jobs, on Leave From Apple, Reportedly Had Liver Transplant
07.07.2009 06:53
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In a possible answer to a health mystery that has had Silicon Valley chattering for months, a newspaper reported yesterday that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is recovering from a liver transplant.
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Help File: After the DTV Switch, Some Tinkering Still Required
07.07.2009 06:53
washingtonpost.com
QTwo weeks ago, you suggested that digital-TV reception would improve after analog broadcasts ended. But the DTV signals of channels 7 and 9 seem to have gone off the air.
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Sirius XM Rolls Out iPhone App, But No Stern or NFL on the Go
07.07.2009 06:53
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Oprah Winfrey and Martha Stewart fans got a tiny bit of good news yesterday. Sports followers and Howard Stern listeners, not so much.
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Facebook Taps Privacy Hawk as Lobbyist
07.07.2009 06:53
washingtonpost.com
Facebook's newly minted lobbyist used to be one of the company's most formidable adversaries.
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Crowds Pack D.C. Area Stores for First Bite at Apple's Latest, Fastest iPhone
07.07.2009 06:53
washingtonpost.com
Another summer, another iPhone -- and another set of long lines.
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TV Preview: ABC Miniseries 'Impact' Has Natasha Henstridge, David James Elliott
07.07.2009 06:53
washingtonpost.com
The best part of apocalyptic movies -- in this case, "Impact," an ABC miniseries that begins tomorrow -- should be that they make you imagine the what if. What if you had only a few days before Earth is destroyed? Do you gather with loved ones around the family photo album, munch popcorn and...
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FCC to Scrutinize Exclusive Wireless Contracts
07.07.2009 06:53
washingtonpost.com
The Federal Communications Commission will launch a review of exclusive partnerships between cellphone makers and wireless service carriers, such as the one between Apple and AT&T for the iPhone, to see if the deals harm consumers and hamper competition, interim Chairman Michael J. Copps said...
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Unhappy Customer, 79, Dies After Bid to Stop Verizon Van in Vienna
07.07.2009 06:53
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A 79-year-old Vienna man who was fed up with his Verizon service died after trying to stop a technician's van from pulling out of his driveway.
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Exclusive Wireless Contracts Examined
07.07.2009 06:53
washingtonpost.com
Lawmakers yesterday waded into a growing debate on whether the practice of locking in cellphones to exclusive contracts with only one carrier has led to higher prices and fewer choices for consumers and stifled competition in one of the economy's brightest spots -- the wireless industry.
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