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Blockchain media startup Civil is issuing full refunds to all buyers of its cryptocurrency
Many doubted The Civil Media Company‘s ambitious plan to sell $8 million worth of its cryptocurrency, called CVL. The skeptics, as it turns out, were right. Civil’s initial coin offering, meant ...

Unlock wants to rebuild your feed through a decentralized paywall
The feed has become the all-powerful determiner of success for creators. Facebook, Patreon, Medium, and other platforms have amassed considerable power over creation, determining what gets seen, by wh...

New models for quality journalism from Wikitribune to crypto tokens
The business of journalism is, simply put, experiencing an historic decline in paid advertising and circulation, leading to deep newsroom cutbacks that have harmed quality journalism at a time when ...

Jay-Z backed JetSmarter raises $105 million to become Uber for private jets
JetSmarter has raised $105 million in Series C funding, at a $1.5 billion pre-money valuation, to build its marketplace for private jet services, according to Sergey Petrossov, the startup’s found...

Stamplay Is IFTTT For Back-End Development
If you are a front-end developer, setting up signup forms and integrations with popular APIs can be very painful. Stamplay wants to make back-end development as easy as playing with Lego bricks. Th...

Sailo Is A Marketplace Connecting Boats, Captains And Renters
If you think boating sounds vaguely appealing but you’ve never actually made it out on the water, a New York City startup called Sailo aims to help. It’s not the first company to allow you to re...

Wochit Raises $11 Million For Text-To-Video Content Creation Platform
Media companies looking for a way to ride the wave of customer demand for online video content may have found their vessel with the new $11 million financing for New York-based Wochit. The company...

Microsoft Introduces A Studio-Grade “Skype For Broadcasters” Called Skype TX
Microsoft this morning introduced Skype TX, a new version of its video chatting service, Skype, that's designed for broadcasters. Described as "studio-grade" software offering high-quality audio and v...

CNN And Twitter Partner With Dataminr To Create News Tool For Journalists
CNN is hosting a press event today to announce a partnership with Twitter and social analytics company Dataminr, resulting in a new tool called Dataminr For News. Dataminr CEO Ted Bailey said the goal...

Tag Management Company Ensighten Raises $40M More
Tag management may not seem like a particularly sexy industry, but it’s attracting plenty of money from investors — one of the companies in the field, Ensighten, is announcing that it has raised $...

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