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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Web Roundup: Candy Crush Sold for $5.9 Billion

    A young internet star turns her back on the web...while announcing a new website. People on Twitter and Reddit deconstruct Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership. And you may be obsessed with Candy Crush, but at least you didn’t pay %5.9 billion for it.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 5, 2015 • 1 min read

    A young internet star turns her back on the web...while announcing a new website. People on Twitter and Reddit deconstruct Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership. And you may be obsessed with Candy Crush, but at least you didn’t pay %5.9 billion for it.

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    Mexican Marijuana, Codegirl Documentary, and Sugar v. Corn Syrup
    1. 0:00Mexican Marijuana
    2. 10:25Central-American Minors in the U.S.
    3. 18:49Sugar v. High Fructose Corn Syrup
    4. 25:36Codegirl Documentary and Women in Tech
    5. 40:54Web Roundup: Candy Crush Sold for $5.9 BillionYou’re reading this
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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    The full episode

    5 of 5
    Mexican Marijuana, Codegirl Documentary, and Sugar v. Corn Syrup
    1. 0:00Mexican Marijuana
    2. 10:25Central-American Minors in the U.S.
    3. 18:49Sugar v. High Fructose Corn Syrup
    4. 25:36Codegirl Documentary and Women in Tech
    5. 40:54Web Roundup: Candy Crush Sold for $5.9 BillionYou’re reading this
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