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Facebook’s Mobility Challenge

2 hours 45 min ago
Although more than half of its 845 million members log into Facebook on a mobile device, the company has not yet found a way to make real money from that use.

The Media Equation: At BuzzFeed, the Significant and the Silly

2 hours 46 min ago
The Web site is trying for pollination: providing the kind of content that will have visitors passing along links from one person to the next, that will in turn bring them around to BuzzFeed.

Economic Reports for the Week of Feb. 6

3 hours 17 min ago
Governments reports will include wholesale trade inventories and the trade deficit for December; companies reporting earnings will include Coca-Cola, Toyota Motor, Disney and Groupon.

A New Question of Internet Freedom

3 hours 18 min ago
European activists are hoping to stop the international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which they say will erode Internet freedom and stifle innovation.

$800 Million Chinese Fund to Back Film Projects

3 hours 21 min ago
Sun Media Group is joining Harvest Fund Management to create Harvest Seven Stars Media Private Equity, which will back entertainment ventures in China and abroad.

NBC Spends Millions on the Buildup to ‘Smash’

3 hours 23 min ago
Estimates are that NBC has spent as much as $25 million promoting “Smash,” a new series that the network hopes will be the hit it desperately needs.

Advertising: Super Bowl Commercials, From Charming to Smarmy

3 hours 25 min ago
Risk-taking, rule-breaking ideas were as hard to find among the more than 50 Super Bowl commercials as good taste in a GoDaddy ad.

Treasury Auctions Set for This Week

3 hours 25 min ago
The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week.

After a Year, The Daily Tablet Paper Struggles

3 hours 28 min ago
The Daily has struggled to break into the national conversation or to drive news and build on its brand the way traditional outlets do.

Print News Organizations Plunge Into Live Video

3 hours 30 min ago
Web sites, newspapers and other news organizations are gearing up to produce hours of video programming, in part to pursue the higher revenues available from video ads.

Greece Agrees to Harsh New Spending Cuts

4 hours 3 min ago
The interim government agreed to cut spending this year by 1.5 percent of Greece’s gross domestic product, but members have yet to agree on details of austerity measures.

Making Over the Mall With Parks and Sermons

4 hours 8 min ago
After decades of decline, malls across the country are being redeveloped by communities and planners trying to forge new gathering places out of vast lots with empty buildings.

Mortgage Relief Plan Is Closer to Winning Support of California

4 hours 18 min ago
Potential support from California and New York would come in exchange for tightening provisions in order to preserve the right to investigate past misdeeds by the banks, and stepping up oversight.

Cancer Center, in Suit, Claims Ex-Official Took Research

Mon, 02/06/2012 - 05:55
The president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Dr. Craig B. Thompson, is in a billion-dollar dispute with his former workplace over accusations that he walked away with research.

Asian Stocks Rise After U.S. Unemployment Falls

Mon, 02/06/2012 - 05:21
Asian stock markets climbed Monday after U.S. unemployment fell to its lowest in three years, suggesting a stronger recovery in the world’s No. 1 economy.

Robert B. Cohen Dies at 85; Founded the Hudson News Chain

Mon, 02/06/2012 - 03:36
Mr. Cohen was president of the Hudson County News Company, a newspaper distributorship, when it went into the retail field in the mid-1970s by taking over a newsstand at the Newark airport.

Media Decoder: Streaming Music at Spin

Mon, 02/06/2012 - 03:28
An overhaul for Spin.com includes plans for a streaming music player, nine new blogs and Web-only content like news and album reviews.

Media Decoder: Now, a Trailer for a Magazine Article

Mon, 02/06/2012 - 03:28
The videos were conceived by Esquire magazine to promote an article in the March issue about the mass killing of exotic animals last fall in Zanesville, Ohio.

DealBook: Blankfein to Speak Out for Same-Sex Marriage

Mon, 02/06/2012 - 02:49
The Human Rights Campaign has recruited Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs to be its first national corporate spokesman for same-sex marriage.

Greece Fights on Two Fronts to Secure New Bailout

Sun, 02/05/2012 - 20:44
Greece’s efforts to secure a second, €130 billion international bailout and avoid a default next month stalled on Sunday.