'Approval Matrix's' Neal Brennan on being the 'Bill Maher for cultural stuff'

For a pop culture aficionado, one of the most popular magazine features is New York's back-of-book Approval Matrix grid that ranks dinner party-worthy factoids based on where they fall between highbrow and lowbrow and despicable and brilliant. Of course,...

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Why BuzzFeed is launching its own Hollywood studio

Are you ready for "Listicle: The Movie"? BuzzFeed, the Internet-media company best known for its shareable list-based articles, is expanding across multiple vectors -- including changing the name of its digital-video division into the grandiose-sounding...

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US agency warns consumers about Bitcoin risks

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are warning consumers about the risks of using virtual currencies such as Bitcoin. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Monday that it will begin fielding complaints from people who rely on products such as Bitcoin...

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Amazon Studios to bow 5 pilots in third pilot wave

Amazon.com will debut five pilots as part of its third pilot season on Aug. 28 in the U.S. and the U.K., including comedies from Steven Soderbergh and Whit Stillman. The five pilots to be available later this month are: half-hour comedies "The Cosmopolitans,"...

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Ga. plant manager says mold, mildew at processor

ALBANY, Ga. — A former plant manager says he saw mildew, mold and dirty equipment at a Georgia peanut processor linked to a deadly salmonella outbreak. Samuel Lightsey testified Monday about photographs depicting plant conditions during the trial of...

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NBCSN adds 'Men In Blazers' to draw interest to soccer

NBCSN said it had lured Embassy Row President Michael Davies and writer Roger Bennett to its fold to produce soccer program "Men In Blazers" for TV and digital outlets in an attempt to burnish the network's investment in English Premier League soccer....

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Al-Jazeera America logs first anniversary

NEW YORK — Al-Jazeera America marks its first anniversary on the air next week, and if you haven't watched much, you're not alone. The news network has recorded some startlingly low ratings and recently shown signs of retrenchment with layoffs and by...

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TripAdvisor completes $200M purchase of Viator

NEW YORK — Travel website operator TripAdvisor said Monday that it has completed its purchase of Viator, a website that lets consumers review and book trip activities like tours, for $200 million in cash. TripAdvisor agreed to buy Viator on July 24....

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AIDS activist takes up a new fight: defending FDA

WASHINGTON — As an AIDS activist in the early 1990s, Gregg Gonsalves traveled to Washington to challenge the Food and Drug Administration. Gonsalves was part of the confrontational group AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, which staged protests outside...

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TV ratings for PGA Championship best in 5 years

NEW YORK — CBS Sports says Rory McIlroy's one-shot victory over Phil Mickelson in the PGA Championship produced the highest overnight ratings in five years. CBS says the household rating was 6.0 with a 13 share, up 36 percent from a year ago when Jason...

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