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Can Spotify Really Be Worth $4 Billion?

Dealbook's Evelyn M. Rusli reports that the music-sharing company Spotify is raising money as part of a deal that values it at $4 billion, and fresh off this morning's enormous $1.5 billion valuation for Pinterest, we can't help but fear this is more evidence of a social media bubble.

By Rebecca Greenfield

May 17, 2012

Pinterest's Scary Big $1.5 Billion Valuation

After receiving a $100 million investment from Japanese e-commerce site Rakuten, the "next Facebook," got a valuation 50 percent bigger than the already unbelievable price of Instagram.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

May 14, 2012

The Tech Industry Is Looking for Success in all the Wrong Places

There's a lot of nothing going on in the tech industry because companies are no longer motivated by technology, but by crazy, super-fast success.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 24, 2012

Pinterest's Spam Problems Are Getting Worse

After making a public announcement a couple weeks ago about its spam problem, Pinterest has only seen more money-making schemes develop around its potentially lucrative set-up.

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By Adam Martin

Apr 6, 2012

Pinterest Is Totally Killing It

Pinterest really has arrived: A survey from Experian Hitwise on Friday put the site at third on the list of most popular social networks, behind only Facebook and Twitter.

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By Eric Randall

Apr 2, 2012

Pinterest Cofounder Unpins Himself from Network

TechCrunch confirmed reports Monday that Pinterest co-founder Paul Sciarra is leaving the social networking site, as his partner, Ben Silbermann, long the more public of the two, takes over as CEO.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Mar 29, 2012

Of Course There's Porn on Pinterest

If you look closely, among the shopping and fashion pins, Pinterest has lots and lots of porn -- it is an Internet site, after all.

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By Dino Grandoni

Mar 28, 2012

Stat of the Day

$1,000-a-Day Off of Spamming Pinterest Is Too Good to Be True

The incredible $1,000-a-day windfall one man named "Steve" claimed to make by spamming Pinterest users turned out to be just that -- not very credible.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Mar 27, 2012

Obama's Pinterest Is For the Ladies

Looking at Barack Obama's brand new Pinterest profile, he clearly understands the heavy female demographic on the social networking site.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Mar 22, 2012

Pinterest Pins Revenue Hopes on Facebook's Money Maker

To solve its money-making conundrum, Pinterest has hired Tim Kendall, Facebook's former Director of Monetization, reports Fortune's Jessi Hempel in a profile of the rising social network.

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By Jen Doll

Mar 22, 2012

The Internet Is Where Bros Learn to Share

There's this thing happening online. Communities of men are springing up and communicating their likes and dislikes, their favorite brands of organic shave gel and vintage leather tote bags, the way a certain pair of pants manages to look both dashing and casual, instructions on how to wear one's best collar.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Mar 22, 2012

The Manliest Things on the Internet

After hearing all that talk about Pinterest as the social network for ladies, we wondered what kind of stuff men did on the Internet, especially since we found out there's a whole male sharing culture happening on here.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Mar 19, 2012

Pinterest Has an Anorexia Problem Now

The Tumblrization of Pinterest is now complete, with "thinspo" bloggers setting up camp on the site, as we suspected they might after Tumblr announced its crackdown on these sorts of self-harm blogs.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 28, 2012

Pinterest's Copyright Strategy Puts the Burden on Users

Pinterest, the social network that encourages image hoarding, hasn't done a very good job preparing for the inevitable copyright scandal the site will face.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 23, 2012

The Inevitable Tumblrization of Pinterest

Beyond "girly" pinboards showcasing the latest fashion trends, there's a silly side to Pinterest, which has taken a few notes from the Internet's silliest platform, Tumblr.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 21, 2012

What the Army Is Doing on Pinterest

After discovering that the United States Army had a profile on Pinterest, we talked to the Army's social media operation to get some insight into what made them jump on the latest Internet trend. Hint: It has to do with ladies.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 20, 2012

Pinterest Gets More Copyright Friendly

With all the talk of Pinterest acting as one giant copyright infringement hub, the up-and-already-arrived social network has given sites a way to opt out of pinning.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 16, 2012

Mark Zuckerberg Is Dabbling on Pinterest

Mark Zuckerberg, or someone pretending to be Mark Zuckerberg, has made a profile on Pinterest, another sign of the social media site of the moment's ascendance.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 16, 2012

The Army's Social Media Industrial Complex

Considering the heavy female demographic happening on Pinterest, we were surprised to find the U.S. Army had a well-stocked profile, until we checked out the rest of their online goings-on

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 16, 2012