"It's no wonder the prices are so high. There just aren't enough teams for all the billionaires who want them."
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- Sports consultant Ed Desser, a former president of NBA Television and New Media Ventures speaking about the sale of the L.A. Clippers to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for $2 billion, the highest price ever paid for an NBA team.
"It feels like these blogging tools haven’t really evolved in a decade. When I looked at that, I thought, ‘Do I really want to get into this again? Am I just stuck in a rut?’ I did some investing and incubating, but came back around to this as what I wanted to do."
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- Twitter founder Evan Williams speaking to the New York Times about Medium, his writer friendly blogging platform.
"History is full of unbelievable personalities who are as engaging as any of the great characters fictional television has to offer. Many of these historical figures have been buried by years of reverence, and now that we’re exploring their true ambiguities, audiences are experiencing them, in a sense, for the first time. "
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- Stephen David, President and Executive Producer, Stephen David Entertainment writing in today's Cynsiders column about The World Wars, airing tonight and tomorrow on the History Channel.
"In a feat best described as sad but predictable, the most streamed song in Spotify's history is a hybrid of the questionably popular genres of electronic dance music and country that would feel immoral in the lab of the most insane mad scientist."
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- Drew Guarini writing in Huffington Post about the song "Wake Me Up" by DJ Avicii and Aloe Blacc which has been played more than 235 million times on the music streaming service.
"As a precaution, we will be asking all eBay users (both buyers and sellers) to change their passwords later today. As a global marketplace, nothing is more important to eBay than the security and trust of our customers. We regret any inconvenience or concern that this situation may cause you. We know our customers and partners have high expectations of us, and we are committed to ensuring a safe and secure online experience for you on any connected device.
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- Ebay's announcement yesterday after revealing that a database full of user information had been stolen. The hacking took place between late February and early March of this year. Ebay has not revealed the number of hacked accounts.
"I guess I am going to have to come up with some sort of standard statement. But I think it’s just premature to talk about it, and the Oscars are a slippery slope."
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- Steve Carell, at the Cannes Film Festival, speaking to Pete Hammond for Deadline Hollywood about the Oscar buzz that Carell's performance in Foxcatcher is generating among critics and festivalgoers.
"“They had to gather really strong evidence that these companies had been hacked, and then had to convince the companies to go public, despite fear of retaliation...The indictment is meant to send a clear public message to China that they need to take action. They need to get these P.L.A. [People’s Liberation Army] entities under control."
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- James A. Lewis, a cybersecurity expert at the Center for Strategic Studies in Washington, D.C. speaking yesterday to the New York Times about indictments of five Chinese military hackers by the U.S. Justice Department
"This year we saw a record number of NewFront presentations...Clearly the theme this year was commitment to the original digital video industry. More companies, more brands and more creators are assigning more resources, more time and more dollars against content as a key vehicle when it comes to engaging the most coveted online audiences. This is great news for everyone vested in the maturation of the digital sector, but with increased momentum, commitment and audience growth comes a range of necessary questions as we ask, 'Where do we go from here?'"
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- Dan Goodman, Bill Masterson and Danny Fishman of Believe Entertainment in today's Cynsiders column.
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This year we saw a record number of NewFront presentations from companies of all shapes and sizes... Clearly the theme this year was commitment to the original digital video industry. More companies, more brands and more creators are assigning more resources, more time and more dollars against content as a key vehicle when it comes to engaging the most coveted online audiences. This is great news for everyone vested in the maturation of the digital sector, but with increased momentum, commitment and audience growth comes a range of necessary questions as we ask, “Where do we go from here?”
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- Dan Goodman, Bill Masterson and Danny Fishman of Believe Entertainment in today'
"The days of ‘Law and Order’ getting TNT to number one are long gone and I don’t think they are coming back."
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- Michael Wright, president, head of programming for TNT, TBS, and Turner Classic Movies speaking at the TNT/TBS upfront in New York
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