Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
CNN in Talks to Acquire Mashable, Sources Say — AUSTIN, Tex. — CNN, a unit of Time Warner, and Mashable are in advanced talks that may lead to an acquisition of the social news Web site, three people with knowledge of the talks said. — Mashable, which specializes in stories about technology …
Robin Wauters / The Next Web:
OP Ventures: A new European VC is born, with more than €300 million in its pockets — Telecom giant France Télécom-Orange (Orange) and advertising giant Publicis Groupe (Publicis) have teamed up with Iris Capital Management (Iris) to create OP Ventures (PDF) …
Andrew Hough / Telegraph:
Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia chief to advise Whitehall on policy — Jimmy Wales, the Wikipedia co-founder, has been appointed as a British government adviser on how Whitehall can make policy decisions more transparent, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. — The American internet entrepreneur …
Gerry Shih / Reuters:
Peter Thiel, university-hater, heads to campus — (Reuters) – Peter Thiel, the superstar Silicon Valley investor, has famously dismissed university as a waste of time and money, and even offered students cash to drop out. — But his views apparently do not apply to himself – or to Stanford University.
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Hulu, FremantleMedia in overseas pact — Streaming service eyes new revenue abroad — Hulu has signed a first-look deal with FremantleMedia Enterprises, which will have rights to the streaming service’s original programming for international sales. — First programming covered under the deal is …
Bloomberg:
Sprint Is Said to Plan to End Its Network Deal With Falcone’s LightSquared — Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) plans to end a network-sharing agreement with billionaire Philip Falcone’s LightSquared Inc. (SKYT) wireless venture as early as next week, according to two people familiar with the plan.
Apple CEO Tim Cook talks about a “post-PC” era in unveiling a new iPad.
