Web Roundup: Yahoo Considers Selling Web Business

Dec. 03, 2015

Yahoo is talking about selling off its web business...which makes you wonder what is an internet business without the internet? And: the role of social media in reporting mass shootings, and talking about them afterwards.

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Credits

Guest:

Xeni Jardin - BoingBoing.net - @xeni

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Matt Holzman, Anna Scott, Jolie Myers, Christian Bordal, Ryan Kailath

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