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Nick Denton Apparently Loves Branch
Mr. Denton (flickr.com/scriptingnews) Gawker overlord Nick Denton's commenting revolution is in full swing, with the first phase--revoking the illustrious "star" from each commenter, and temporarily...
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Sound Familiar? Gawker’s New Commenting Threads are Called ‘Branches’
Mr. Denton (flickr.com/scriptingnews) After a week of closed commenting sections, Gawker released its new commenting system today, and it's a doozy. Nieman Lab has a great rundown of the changes,...
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Branching Out: How Josh Miller Went From Princeton Dropout to Alley Darling...
Mr. Miller (joshm.co) On a recent Wednesday afternoon, Josh Miller, the precocious 21-year-old Princeton dropout behind Branch, one of tech’s most buzzed-about new startups, took The Observer on a tour...
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At the Rose Center for Earth and Space, First Comes the Dream; Then, the...
(Photo: Brooke Hammerling, Instagram) Last night, gangs of glammed-out New York techies and science enthusiasts trekked uptown to the Rose Center for Earth and Space to take in a stunningly optimistic...
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Techies Gather For a Real-Life Branch with Ev Williams and Jonah Peretti
Mr. Williams, Mr. Peretti and Mr. Miller. The elevators to the BuzzFeed office are magnificently slow. Each fits about six people comfortably, and they trundle and groan up to the 11th floor, where the...
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Startup News: Ev Williams Hires a Literary Darling and Branch Finally Lets...
Mr. Williams. (Photo: Wikipedia.org) Power Literary Hire: Twitter cofounder Ev Williams's new publishing tool, Medium, just added an impressive member to its team. Kate Lee, a former literary agent...
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Rumor Roundup: The Winklevoss Twins Take Hollywood and Branch Moves Up and Out
What the hukk? Lala Land When you plunk down $18 million in hard-won settlement earnings on an 8,000 sq. ft. manse with "a jetliner view of L.A." you don't just around on the couch watching Bravo....
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‘Think Before Including Emoji in Every Text:’ NYC Techies’ New Year’s...
(Photo: DeviantArt) 2012 was quite a year for the New York tech community. Several NYC startups scored monster exits, while others raised millions to up their chances of scoring a ping pong table for...
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Branch Emerges From Beta and Opens to the Public With a Slew of New Features
(Photo: Branch) Conversation platform Branch announced in a post on its blog today that it is now out of invite-only beta and open to the public. With no more wait list, users can sign up immediately...
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Facebook Just Acquired Branch Media For $15 Million
Big day for Josh Miller. (joshm.co) Branch Media, which builds conversation platforms Potluck and Branch, has been acquired by Facebook. Proving that he's a company man already, cofounder and CEO Josh...
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