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...shut it down, but it was too late. The calls, text messages and e-mails came pouring in. "Did you send pictures?" "What is this Tagged stuff?" "Thanks for the headshot, jackass." I had to send out a bunch of apologies and explain what the heck was going on. I didn't want to disturb anyone else's afternoon, but I probably did. I was had, 100%. (See "The Downside of Friends: Facebook's Hacking Problem...
...biggest concert promoter. Since the $2.5 billion all-stock deal was unveiled in February, a throng of players, ranging from angry independent concert promoters to frustrated music fans, has been drumming the Department of Justice to block the deal, claiming the merger will create a conglomerate that will shut out competition and lead to higher ticket prices. "This is deemed by many to be the first test case in the Obama Administration," said Marc Schildkraut, a former assistant director with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and now a partner at Howrey Simon Arnold & White...
...refers to the company's expansion into all parts of the live-music industry, from managing artists to selling beer and hot dogs at venues. Rivals worry that the merged company's far-reaching and powerful tentacles will favor the company's own acts, venues and promotion company and shut out competing concert halls, managers and promoters. "They'll be the concert promoter, the ticketing company, the merchandise company, the agent, the manager - they'll be everything," said Jerry Mickelson, co-owner of concert promoter Jam Productions. "It would be one-stop shopping. What's an act need...
...owls, it turned out, averaged a 2.84 GPA at the end of their freshman year. Larks and robins both averaged 3.18. That means high-quality sleep may have contributed to one group of students' B average, while inadequate shut-eye pushed owls into the C range. Peszka also compared the students' high school GPAs with their college scores, and found that owls had lost an entire GPA point once entering college - larks and robins also saw their grades drop (a common phenomenon as students transition from high school to university), but not as much. "Not only did they flat...
...else's mouth. The humans in the room are innocent, including the one with a hand up the doll's shirt. "Peanut and Walter get away with stuff we'd all like to say but we can't because we have sort of a valve," says Dunham. "Sometimes I shut that valve...