NEW YORK — Facebook is at it again. The social network is tweaking the home pages of its 750 million users, much to the chagrin of some very vocal folks. The world’s largest online social network is expected to announce ...

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LOS GATOS, Calif. — Netflix Inc. said Wednesday that it has entered a two-year agreement that will let its members watch older episodes of shows from Discovery, TLC, Animal Planet and other channels. The non-exclusive agreement, which Netflix signed with ...

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NEW YORK — Netflix Inc. is separating its DVD-by-mail business from the online movie streaming service it sees as the future of entertainment consumption. In announcing the changes, CEO Reed Hastings also apologized to subscribers for the way the company ...

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NEW YORK — Netflix Inc. lowered its expectations for U.S. subscribers for the third quarter by 4 percent on Thursday, just weeks after separating its DVD and streaming services, which increased the price for customers who want both. The news sent ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Netflix Inc. is giving kids and their parents a new reason to embrace its Internet video subscription service amid an outcry over an upcoming price increase. A “Just For Kids” tab will be added to subscribers’ accounts ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Netflix is bracing for a slowdown in its subscriber growth amid changes in the online video subscription service that will raise rates by as much as 60 percent for many customers. The company issued the forecast Monday ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc. is in talks to potentially bid for video-streaming service Hulu, a person close to the situation said Friday. The person, who said Apple is among several companies interested in Hulu, spoke on condition of anonymity ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Netflix is raising its prices for the millions of subscribers who use the service to rent DVDs through the mail and watch video over the Internet. Under rates introduced Tuesday, households that want both DVDs and Internet ...

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Miramax has become the latest movie studio to make its movies available for streaming on Netflix Inc.’s online subscription service. Beginning in June, Netflix subscribers will be able to watch “several hundred ” Miramax movies, the ...

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NEW YORK — Blockbuster says a bankruptcy judge has approved Dish Network’s $228 million offer for the movie-rental chain, paving the way for a combination of the two media companies. Dish, the No. 3 pay-TV provider, won an auction for ...

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