David Kaplan
Sep 24, 2010 10:58 AM
After years of taking a beating in the ratings, CNN has had enough and is ousting Jon Klein as president of its U.S. operations, the cable news network said. He is being replaced by Ken Jautz, who runs CNN sister network HLN, FTVLive first reported. Klein had held the role…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Jul 14, 2010 12:00 AM
Squarespace, the popular web publishing platform, has raised $38.5 million in a first round of funding led by Index Ventures and Accel Partners. This is the first outside investment for Squarespace, which was started seven years ago and has been profitable since its first year in business. Founder Anthony Casalena…
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David Kaplan
Mar 10, 2010 8:47 AM
It’s the Bloomberg BusinessWeek Media Summit now, but the two-day conference is still at the McGraw-Hill (NYSE: MHP) Building. CNN President Jon Klein led off in a Q&A with Bloomberg BW Editor Josh Tyrangiel, talking about the magic—and often illusory—word “synergy.” Klein talked about the ties that the Time Inc.…
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