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An ad-tech firm says it has discovered a large and sophisticated advertising-fraud operation in which fake websites and infected computers were used to scam advertisers and publishers out of upward of hundreds of thousands of dollars a day. Denmark-based Adform, identifier of the scheme, named it “Hyphbot” and estimates that it has been going on…
1) VC money is not evil. 2) VC money is not sustainable. Those are not contradictory statements. Venture money in media has its place, especially to help start up a media venture. It also has a place on the growth equity side, after a company reaches certain size and profitability, to build inorganic growth (acquisitions,…
In a remote region of Antarctica known as Pine Island Bay, 2,500 miles from the tip of South America, two glaciers hold human civilization hostage. Stretching across a frozen plain more than 150 miles long, these glaciers, named Pine Island and Thwaites, have marched steadily for millennia toward the Amundsen Sea, part of the vast…
Lena Dunham angered followers over the weekend by defending her friend who was accused of sexual assault. The background: On Friday, The Hollywood Reporter wrote that “Girls” writer Murray Miller was accused of sexual assault by actress Aurora Perrineau. Dunham, who has cultivated a powerful brand as a millennial feminist, responded to the news by saying that…
Eight women have told The Washington Post that longtime television host Charlie Rose made unwanted sexual advances toward them, including lewd phone calls, walking around naked in their presence, or groping their breasts, buttocks or genital areas. The women were employees or aspired to work for Rose at the “Charlie Rose” show from the late…
Damon Lindelof has two compelling reasons for taking on a TV adaptation of the groundbreaking comic-book series Watchmen: He wants to pay homage to his father’s passion for comics, and he doesn’t think we should trust people who wear masks. During a discussion with The Good Placecreator Mike Schur at Vulture Festival L.A. on Saturday, Lindelof didn’t reveal…
Nov. 17, 2017 5:00 a.m. ET Less than a year after Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei launched the media startup Axios with plans to upend the way news organizations deliver stories and advertising, the company is plotting a major expansion of its newsroom. To fund the expansion, Axios has raised $20 million, according to Axios co-founder…
close story-meta Photo Rich Gilberto endured a two-hour commute on the day in 2015 when the subways had the most riders ever. “You can’t call it an express train if it stops a dozen times in the tunnel,” Mr. Gilberto wrote on Twitter. Credit Mark Makela for The New York Times Over the last two…
Going beyond search, the internet giant is promoting a single result over all others, and many are contentious, improbable or laughably incorrect Google handles 90% of the world’s internet searches, and it increasingly is promoting a single answer for many questions. Here’s how the algorithms are—and aren’t—working Google became the world’s go-to source of information…
In December of 2006, I embarked on my ninth USO Tour to entertain our troops, my eighth to the Middle East since the 9/11 attacks. My father served in Vietnam and my then-boyfriend (and now husband, Chris) is a pilot in the Air Force, so bringing a ‘little piece of home’ to servicemembers stationed far away from their…