Al-Jazeera America logs first anniversary

NEW YORK — Al-Jazeera America marks its first anniversary on the air next week, and if you haven't watched much, you're not alone. The news network has recorded some startlingly low ratings and recently shown signs of retrenchment with layoffs and by...

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Why BuzzFeed is launching its own Hollywood studio

Are you ready for "Listicle: The Movie"? BuzzFeed, the Internet-media company best known for its shareable list-based articles, is expanding across multiple vectors -- including changing the name of its digital-video division into the grandiose-sounding...

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Auction on New England's tallest lighthouse to end

YORK, Maine — The federal government is set to close out an auction on a Maine lighthouse that is the tallest in New England. The Boon Island Light Station, off the coast of York, is up for auction until 10 a.m. on Tuesday. Seven people have bid on...

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Boston-based robot is meant to aid families

The world's first social robot for the family, "Jibo," is being made right here in Boston by a leading roboticist who believes that in a few years, the platform could be as ubiquitous as the iPad. "Jibo's role is to be your personal helper," said famed...

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Medtech industry on life support

More than a year and a half after the implementation of a controversial medical device tax, the industry is still struggling in Massachusetts, experts say. "I can't tell you how many of my former associates are unemployed," said Ronald Adams, who was...

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Ga. plant manager says mold, mildew at processor

ALBANY, Ga. — A former plant manager says he saw mildew, mold and dirty equipment at a Georgia peanut processor linked to a deadly salmonella outbreak. Samuel Lightsey testified Monday about photographs depicting plant conditions during the trial of...

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Amazon Studios to bow 5 pilots in third pilot wave

Amazon.com will debut five pilots as part of its third pilot season on Aug. 28 in the U.S. and the U.K., including comedies from Steven Soderbergh and Whit Stillman. The five pilots to be available later this month are: half-hour comedies "The Cosmopolitans,"...

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NBCSN adds 'Men In Blazers' to draw interest to soccer

NBCSN said it had lured Embassy Row President Michael Davies and writer Roger Bennett to its fold to produce soccer program "Men In Blazers" for TV and digital outlets in an attempt to burnish the network's investment in English Premier League soccer....

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AIDS activist takes up a new fight: defending FDA

WASHINGTON — As an AIDS activist in the early 1990s, Gregg Gonsalves traveled to Washington to challenge the Food and Drug Administration. Gonsalves was part of the confrontational group Act Up, which staged protests outside the FDA's headquarters,...

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TripAdvisor completes $200M purchase of Viator

NEW YORK — Travel website operator TripAdvisor said Monday that it has completed its purchase of Viator, a website that lets consumers review and book trip activities like tours, for $200 million in cash. TripAdvisor agreed to buy Viator on July 24....

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