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Between the unchecked proliferation of fake news, paywall loopholes and the seizure of coveted digital ad spending, the relationship between online platforms and news organizations has been hostile of late. But Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) is considering ways to make amends. After having hired...

America’s debt is the largest for any single country in the entire world. Indeed, one of the more unsettling sights on the internet is the U.S. national debt clock, a running record of the increasing debt load in total, as well as how it breaks down per citizen. One of, if not the single most...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday a causal relationship between breast implants and a rare form of cancer, according to an NBC News report. The disease, a form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma called anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), is believed to have killed at least...

It’s been a bleak decade for journalists. Every week brings another round of layoffs spawned by shifting consumer trends. On Monday, Gannett Co Inc (NYSE: GCI) announced 141 impending cuts at a New Jersey paper. In 2016, Guardian Media Group downsized its U.S. workforce by about 30 percent,...

A senior staffer at Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) resigned Tuesday and began a campaign against the corporation's leadership after CEO Safra Catz joined the transition team of President-elect Donald Trump. Open Letter To Catz "As a member of the Oracle Corporation community, I invite all members...

Election Day is one of the biggest revolving events for the media. Once every four years, the political rhetoric intensifies to its peek on a fateful Tuesday in November. Unfortunately, from time to time, the media itself becomes part of the story. Here’s a look at four of the biggest...

The FluMist influenza vaccine doesn't work in protecting kids and adults against the flu, at least according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted on Wednesday to recommend the popular nasal spray, also known as...

#Trumpsopoor has been popping up around the twittersphere since Monday. The FEC monthly report came out recently, showing that Trump ended the month of May with a mere $1.3 million in his pocket versus Hillary Clinton’s $43 million. Trump’s campaign report was filed late on Monday,...

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a new Republican-backed bill on Wednesday that aims to combat the Zika virus. While the bill would provide $622 million to fight the virus, the dollar amount is actually less than one-third of what President Barack Obama was previously seeking....

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) launched its Instant Articles platform last year in an effort to give publishers a new way to share their content. To begin with, media outlets like the New York Times, BuzzFeed and NBC News all made content available on Facebook's new platform, but the social media site...

The holidays are on the doorstep, making the coming days some of the last for shoppers who want to order items online. Office holiday parties and festive decorations serve as an ever-present reminder that holiday vacations are nearing and that 2015 is nearly over. This week also marks one of the...

Shares of United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE: UAL) were trading lower by 2 percent at $53.23 Wednesday after the company briefly grounded all worldwide flights Wednesday morning due to a computer glitch. We experienced a network connectivity issue. We are working to resolve and apologize for any...

According to a Wall Street Journal article, Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) created a new unit to hold the news outlets at the company's majority owned NBCUniversal. The company also headed a veteran executive to run the unit. The new unit will include NBC News, CNBC, MSNBC, and the Weather Channel. The...