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Media Archive

Archives for May 2015

Defense & Security
Officials like to spin reporters in private. That’s worth making public.Officials like to spin reporters in private. That’s worth making public.
Defense & Security

Campaign officials like to spin reporters in private. That’s worth making public.

By Jonathan Allen
Media
The state of Hillary Clinton’s campaign, explained by senior campaign officialsThe state of Hillary Clinton’s campaign, explained by senior campaign officials
Media

The state of Hillary Clinton’s campaign, explained by senior campaign officials

By Jonathan Allen
Technology
Google Teams With GoPro to Bring VR to YouTubeGoogle Teams With GoPro to Bring VR to YouTube
Technology

VR comes to YouTube.

By Mark Bergen
Technology
Google Launches Newest Android, New Payments ProductsGoogle Launches Newest Android, New Payments Products
Technology

Android M is Sundar’s show: More seamless ties between Android, Chrome and apps.

By Mark Bergen and Ina Fried
Technology
Apple Loses Bid to Disqualify Antitrust MonitorApple Loses Bid to Disqualify Antitrust Monitor
Technology

Apple had raised objections to the monitor appointed in the wake of an e-book pricing case.

By Reuters
Media
Now you can share Vox card stacks anywhere on the webNow you can share Vox card stacks anywhere on the web
Media

Vox.com card stacks are your guide to the big, ongoing stories in the news — and now you can embed them anywhere on the web.

By Ezra Klein, Melissa Bell, Matt Yglesias
Technology
An Evening With ‘Empire’: How to Make a Hit Show in a Digital World (Video)An Evening With ‘Empire’: How to Make a Hit Show in a Digital World (Video)
Technology

Twitter helps -- but so does a great story.

By Peter Kafka
Technology
‘Empire’ Star Terrence Howard’s Guide to the Galaxy (Video)‘Empire’ Star Terrence Howard’s Guide to the Galaxy (Video)
Technology

Phosphorous, triangles and neutrons.

By Dawn Chmielewski
Technology
GoPro’s Woodman on Its Media Business: ‘It’s a Lot Like Disney’ (Video)GoPro’s Woodman on Its Media Business: ‘It’s a Lot Like Disney’ (Video)
Technology

GoPro has some cool new products coming down its pipeline. What about its media business?

By Lauren Goode
Technology
What It’s Like to Be in the Hot Seat at Code (Video)What It’s Like to Be in the Hot Seat at Code (Video)
Technology

Fear the Ray-Bans.

By Bonnie Cha
Technology
Google’s Business Boss on Moonshots: If We Build it, They Will Come. (Video)Google’s Business Boss on Moonshots: If We Build it, They Will Come. (Video)
Technology

Google’s ‘Field of Dreams’ philosophy: If we build it, money will come.

By Mark Bergen
Science
Construction of Hawaii’s controversial Thirty Meter Telescope is cleared to proceedConstruction of Hawaii’s controversial Thirty Meter Telescope is cleared to proceed
Science

The giant telescope can be built on sacred ground — if other existing ones are taken down.

By Joseph Stromberg
Technology
CBS Boss: ‘House of Cards’ Is Great, but Netflix’s Hits Are Few and Far BetweenCBS Boss: ‘House of Cards’ Is Great, but Netflix’s Hits Are Few and Far Between
Technology

“You hit a grand slam home run in your first time at bat,” CBS CEO Les Moonves says he told Netflix.

By Jason Del Rey
Technology
Les Moonves Says It’s Unlikely CBS and Viacom Will MergeLes Moonves Says It’s Unlikely CBS and Viacom Will Merge
Technology

He would buy CBS, but has no plans to.

By Edmund Lee
Technology
BuzzFeed May Go Public Someday (Video)BuzzFeed May Go Public Someday (Video)
Technology

BuzzFeed sees itself as an independent, public company in the long run.

By Kurt Wagner