Kia Kokalitcheva

Curbside raises $25 million to deliver to the half-lazy shoppers

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Facebook’s new HBO deal proves it’s dead serious about taking on YouTube

/2015/06/24/facebook-hbo/

Snapchat’s secret to winning the 2016 election

/2015/06/24/snapchat-2016-election/

Netflix announces 7-to-1 stock split

/2015/06/23/netflix-stock-split/

Apple is fixing the most annoying thing about iPhone updates

/2015/06/23/apple-ios-update/

Gmail now officially lets you ‘Undo Send’ those really embarrassing e-mails

/2015/06/23/google-gmail-undo-send/

Gov. Brown Signs Legislation At Google HQ That Allows Testing Of Autonomous Vehicles

Google’s new wristband could help your doctor keep track of you outside the clinic

/2015/06/23/google-medical-wristband/

1 in 5 Tinder users swipe right on brands

/2015/06/22/tinder-advertising-brands/

Revenue from licensing music for digital streaming has meant big revenue bumps for agencies like BMI and Ascap. Perhaps it’s time for the “B” in BMI to stand for “billion”—as in $1 billion in annual revenue. The music agency, whose full name is Broadcast Music Inc., announced Thursday that it set an industry record by raking in $1.013 billion over the year ending June 30. That’s BMI’s highest yearly revenue ever, and it squeaks by the $1.001 billion reported earlier this year by ASCAP, BMI’s main rival for handling music licensing and artists’ songs for play on radio, television, streaming media, and other platforms. BMI and ASCAP — the latter of which said it was the first performing rights organization to top $1 billion — have increased their revenue in recent years even as the music industry on the whole remains in flux due to evolving distribution models. The increase comes amid higher consumption of digital music, which requires streaming services like Pandora P 0.38% , Spotify, YouTube GOOG 1.15% , and Apple Music AAPL 2.09% to pay BMI and ASCAP royalties to stream songs by their songwriter members. Together, ASCAP and BMI represent a reported 90% of songs released commercially in the U.S. BMI's roster of artists includes Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, and Lil Wayne.

Former Pandora Exec: Taylor Swift’s Apple fight ‘mostly theater’

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Instagram users in North Korea get blacklist warning

/2015/06/22/instagram-north-korea/

Dropoff raises $7 million to take on old-school courier services

/2015/06/22/dropoff-takes-on-couriers/

Biggest laggards of the Fortune 500

/2015/06/20/fortune-500-biggest-fall/

These Fortune 500 companies leapfrogged the rest

/2015/06/19/fortune-500-rank-jump/

Mayvenn raises $10 million for its hair extension empire

/2015/06/19/mayvenn-raises-10-million-for-its-hair-extension-empire/

A worker vacuums the carpet before the Max Azria Spring 2008 collection during New York Fashion Week