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By Steve Huff 2/01 11:41pm

Gay Marriage

Not actually gay, but surely happy for them

Washington State Senate Passes Gay Marriage Bill

Gays in the rainy Northwest have reason to celebrate tonight: the Washington State Senate voted 28-21 in favor of a bill to legalize same-sex marriage there.

The poetically-named SB 6239, which was supported by major corporations with Washington interests such as Starbucks and Google, will now go to the House, where it also likely to pass. Washington Governor Chris Gregoire has indicated in several public statements that she will sign the bill once it lands on her desk. Read More

1 By Daniel Edward Rosen 10/25/11 9:34am

Hypotheticals

Google, the store, not the search engine.

Google, Amazon to Set Up Brick-and-Mortar Shops in Times Square, One Broker Predicts

Soon Times Square may be known for its iconic signage, its assortment of apparel shops like Forever 21 and American Eagle Outfitters, and, erm, Google?!

The vaunted tourist trap may be the perfect location for the web giant to test out a “brick and mortar” entity, said David LaPierre, executive vice president of CB Richard Ellis,.

“Theoretically at some point I envision brands like Google or like Amazon... finding a way to manage and spread, I think, their customer base beyond just the internet,” said Mr. LaPierre during CBRE’s third-quarter Manhattan retail media breakfast Monday.

“Time Square is a classic, great place to make that be your flagship."

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By Guelda Voien 10/19/11 9:43am

lease beat

Move over Silicon Alley, here comes "App.Town."

Pawn Stars Producer Moves Farther West

Leftfield Pictures of New York will relocate to 24,000 square feet on West 34th Street, in “app.town,” as Coldwell Banker Commercial Hunter Realty has dubbed the neighborhood now teeming with technology firms. The producers of such television shows as Bridal Bootcamp, Pawn Stars and What Not to Read More

By The Editors 9/28/11 11:31am

Opening Shot

Kelly.

New York Comes Full Circle

Big things are happening in post-Fashion Week NYC. For the first time since the late 80s, all the hot young things are flooding to Wall Street. But unfortunately for Turnbull & Asser and half of the meatpacking district’s nightlife establishment, these kids aren’t spending all-nighters snorting drugs and waiting for the markets to open to Japan. They’re occupying Wall Street. And by occupying, we mean camping out in a semi-organized fashion in the Financial District, despite the fact that the financial district is no longer in the Financial District. And we have to admit, midtown just doesn’t have the same symbolic appeal. Read More

5 By Emily Witt 9/08/11 12:41pm

takeovers

zagat

Google Buys Zagat

The "behemoth" public corporation with its "quirky, do-no-evil" corporate philosophy has bought "granny's favorite restaurant guide" Zagat, "the company that invented User Generated Content before their was a management consultancy name for it." Read More

By Emily Witt 7/11/11 6:20pm

books

Schmidt.

Eric Schmidt Could Use a Few Weeks at Yaddo

The WSJ reports that Eric Schmidt, executive chief of Google, is having as much trouble finishing his book on new technology and foreign policy as the average mortal:

"The truth is, I now write during a lot of the meetings that I am in that are boring" and on airplanes, he said, describing the Read More
5 By Foster Kamer 6/30/11 11:37am

Hotels

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Likely Bedfellows: Ace Hotel Teams Up with Google for Guests

The hipster-approved Ace Hotel has long been a place for the unlikely trifecta of New York's tech, media, and music scenes to congregate around. A partnership with one of the most recognizable names in technology shouldn't come as much of a surprise, then.

The Ace's lobby has traditionally provided the un-, self-, and vaguely-employed a chic place to plant themselves for the day with complimentary-if-not-spotty WiFi, along with the town's coffee roaster of the moment, Stumptown, and two Ken Friedman restaurants right in the building (whether or not they find themselves tempted to shop at uber-hip Opening Ceremony boutique is another story altogether). Even last week, The Observer's tech blog BetaBeat found themselves spying on the mastermind behind the (literally) rockstar-driven startup du jour Turntable.FM at the Ace.

Now comes the ultimate validation of that through corporate partnering: Read More

By Dan Duray 2/01/11 9:58pm

Blogs

The End of Blogging

"I don't really see a blog business," said Nick Denton over gchat. He still wasn't sold on the idea of an interview regarding his sites' redesign, scheduled to debut tomorrow, and seemed to be attempting an escape. "I should find you that old post in which I compare blog ad revenues to McDonald's franchises, i.e. Read More


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