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The rumored tie-in between NBCUniversal and former AllThingsD co-executive editors Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg is now a reality. NBCUniversal News Group tonight announced a strategic investment and content partnership with Revere Digital, the new technology-focused media company launched by Swisher and Mossberg as…

Re/Code is the new website for former AllThingsD co-executive editors Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg, who in September split with their old employer the Wall Street Journal effective at the end of 2013. The site is part of their reported tie-up with NBCUniversal that includes a third investor taking a one-third stake…

This would confirm the rumor that AllThingsD co-executive editors Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher will have a landing spot at the Comcast-owned NBCUniversal when their current contract with News Corp and its Dow Jones and Wall Street Journal businesses ends at the end of 2013. According to Bloomberg today, the news and…

UPDATED: This has been a long-rumored possibility for the tech blog started in 2007 and run by co-executive editors Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg. Fortune first reported that the separation would come at year’s end, when the current partnership agreement expires. News Corp subsidiary Dow Jones would keep the AllThings…

Less than two hours after Barry Diller extolled the value of his Aereo streaming service on the same stage, the co-chair of Disney Media Networks and president of the Disney/ABC Television Group took a different view. "I think it is wrong. I think it is illegal, I think it is opportunistic piracy," Anne Sweeney said…

"Those two channels are covering political news. We're covering politics and much more," Jeff Zucker said today of Fox News and MSNBC. “Our competition now is two political channels that have actually left most of the actual news coverage to the side,” he also said. The CNN chief was appearing Wednesday with IAC chair…

"I got seduced into Newsweek," said Barry Diller today about his plan to sell the new magazine brand. "We started Daily Beast and it worked really well and we built up nice audiences. But we somehow got into Newsweek, this news book, and it has taken a year and a half of focus unfortunately and I want to get back to…

Apple‘s Tim Cook faced the billion-dollar question right off the bat at the annual AllThingsD tech conference Tuesday night: "Is Apple in trouble?" The CEO threw out a few calculated bones: the unveiling of a new iOS and OS X refresh in June at its WWDC conference, the hire of ex-EPA head Lisa Jackson as the company’s…

Possible buyers are hovering around the popular tech news site, and founders Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg are talking with News Corp about the future of the partnership, Reuters reports, citing “sources familiar with the situation.” Things are in flux because AllThingsD‘s contract with News Corp expires this year…

"I'm going to piss a lot of people off," Ari Emanuel told the AllThingsD conference tonight. And in a room of tech execs, the WME boss kept his word. "Where Google decides to play in this piracy issue, plus Verizon, AT&T, is very crucial for our industry and I'm concerned they're going to wait it out," Emanuel to told…

Aaron Sorkin said today that he had a lot of hesitation about tackling a movie about Steve Jobs. "It is a little like writing about The Beatles," Sorkin said at the AllThingsD conference this morning. Sorkin said he "saw a minefield of disappointment" from Jobs aficionados in taking on the script for the recently annou…

Problem is, Apple CEO Tim Cook won't say what they are. He told the AllThingD conference tonight that he has never been so amazed as he is by "all the things I cannot talk about today." In fact, Cook said the notoriously tight-lipped Apple would "double down on secrecy on products". On the TV front, however, Cook made…