Time Warner Eyes Major Stake In Vice, Values Media Company At Over $2 Billion – Time Warner Inc is in talks to buy a major stake in Vice Media, valuing the media company at about $2.2 billion, Sky News reported, citing sources. [huff]
Brazil Grapples With Joy, Frustration Of World Cup – As Brazilians raise the curtain this week on what’s arguably the world’s most popular sporting event, the country’s fervent love of soccer is butting up against public anger over charges of wasteful spending, corruption, traffic jams, strikes and a litany of other complaints. [npr]
Expect Some Heavy Off-Field Clashes At The World Cup – Good news for any England fans travelling to Brazil for the World Cup: a mob of Argentine ultras are going too, and they’re hell-bent on revenge for the Falklands War. [vice]
Presidency: Zuma Won’t Attend Cabinet Kekgotla – President Jacob Zuma will not attend the upcoming Cabinet lekgotla, spokesman Mac Maharaj said on Monday evening. [n24]
Hillary Clinton Says Family ‘Dead Broke’ After White House – Hillary Clinton claims her family was “dead broke” and saddled with legal bills after she and Bill Clinton left the White House — a comment that drew ridicule Monday from Republicans. [fox]
Suspected Boko Haram Gunmen Kidnap 20 Women – Twenty women have been kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram gunmen in northeast Nigeria, near Chibok. [m&g]
PayPal Head Jumps Ship For Facebook – The president of eBay subsidiary PayPal is leaving for Facebook, where he will oversee the social network’s messaging products. [time]
Apple’s iOS 8 Delivers Credit-Card Scanning – Apple’s reveal of iOS 8 at WWDC last week delivered a number of surprises, but users are still discovering more features, including a new credit-card-scanning option in Safari. [mash]
Sterling Reverses Support Of Clippers Sale To Ballmer – Donald Sterling reversed himself and dropped his support for the $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer, five days after he had agreed to it. [bloomberg]
The Coming Digital Anarchy – Bitcoin is giving banks a run for their money. Now the same technology threatens to eradicate social networks, stock markets, even national governments. Are we heading towards an anarchic future where centralised power of any kind will dissolve? [telegraph]
Instagram Expands Ads To The UK, Canada, And Australia – Photo-sharing service Instagram has announced plans to expand advertising to the UK, Canada and Australia later this year. Instagram – which was bought by Facebook for $1bn in 2012 – introduced ads to its US audience in November. [bbc]
Facebook Accidentally Launches, Then Pulls Snapchat Competitor Slingshot – After recently killing off Poke, its first Snapchat competitor, Facebook is back with a second shot at ephemeral messaging. The new app, called Slingshot, lets you quickly send photos and videos to friends inside a minimal messaging interface. [verge]
Facebook, Zuckerberg Sued Over Directors’ Compensation – Facebook Inc. (FB) and Chairman Mark Zuckerberg’s program of letting company directors set their own pay, capped at stock currently worth $145 million per person, wastes corporate assets, an investor said in a lawsuit. [bloom]
‘Drop Dead Fred’ Star Rik Mayall Dead At 56 – Rik Mayall, one of a generation of performers that injected post-punk energy into British comedy, has died. He was 56. [huff]
Kris Jenner Would Be ‘Thrilled’ To Appear In ‘Playboy’ – Kris Jenner wasn’t afraid to show off her toned body in the season premiere of ‘Keeping Up The With The Kardashians.’ In fact, Kris seemed to love flaunting her sizzling body on camera! The Kardashian matriarch “would be absolutely thrilled” if Playboy asked her to appear in their magazine. [holif]
Kate Upton Topless Photo: Model Reportedly Threatens To Sue Celeb Jihad Over Fake Pictures – If people want to see nude photos of Kate Upton, going to Celeb Jihad isn’t going to turn up any successful results. Not after the star’s lawyer got involved, at least. [ibtimes]
Adriana Lima – Italian Vogue nipslip [wwtdd]
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