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Newser’s Spain Calls Wrap’s Copyright Violation Claims ‘False, Malicious’

Apr 8, 2010 4:16 PM

Newser CEO Patrick Spain fires back at Sharon Waxman and TheWrap.com in a formal response to Thursday’s cease-and-desist letter. Spain contends the whole situation could have been resolved through a “civil conversation” with Newser’s editor in chief (Caroline Miller, unidentified in the letter), saying it’s “not a legal controversy but…

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Posted In: Legal, Media & Publishing, newser, patrick spain, sharon waxman, thewrap

Updated: Waxman’s Wrap Tells Wolff’s Newser To Give Credit—Or Cease & Desist

Apr 7, 2010 7:54 PM

Updated: Newser’s Michael Wolff’s response below. There’s the legal language of a formal cease and desist letter like the one TheWrap.com just sent Newser LLC CEO Patrick Spain demanding an immediate stop to the controversial news aggregator’s use of the Hollywood news site’s work. (Full text embedded below.) And there’s…

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Posted In: Legal, Media & Publishing, Online News, michael wolff, newser, patrick spain, sharon waxman, thewrap

Newser Gets $2.5 Million in First-Round Funding

Jun 18, 2009 8:30 PM

Newser, the news aggregation site founded by Patrick Spain and professional media provocateur Michael Wolff, has raised $2.5 million in its first official round of funding, we have learned and confirmed from the company. The new investment is from a slew of individual investors, most of whom were involved with…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, News Sharing, michael wolff, newser, patrick spain

@ FOBM: The Disruptors: ‘The Consumer is the Ultimate Disruptor’

Oct 30, 2007 3:31 PM

On the final panel at the Future of Business Media Conference, ContentNext editor and publisher Rafat Ali and paidContent.org executive editor Staci Kramer discussed the meaning of “disruption”, particularly as it relates to business and financial media. —What is Disruptive?: SeekingAlpha CEO David Jackson discussed how his company is changing…

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Posted In: Companies, Yahoo, contentnext media, david jackson, drew lipsher, patrick spain, rafat ali, scott moore, staci kramer

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