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Facebook values Instagram at $1 billion and LinkedIn (LNKD) has a market cap of $10 billion.

Twitter claims it is worth $8 billion. So where does that leave the new kid on the block Pinterest? Well, it looks like you can pin $7.7 billion on your Pinterest board.

Pinterest is important because the traffic is growing and statistics are impressive. It is known for its magazine quality images. Pinterest is to artful images what Twitter is to artful words. What’s more, Pinterest appeals to college-educated females between the ages of 25 to 44. A sweet demographic known for its spending decisions and habits.
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2012

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April 11, 2012

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#1. Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded – 253,000 (254,000)

#26. Drake – Take Care – 17,000 (1,669,000)

#36. Tyga – Careless World: Rise Of The Last King – 12,000 (181,000)

#48. Young Jeezy – TM103: Hustlerz Ambition – 9,400 (552,000)

#63. Odd Future – OF Tape, Vol. 2 – 7,200 (59,000)

#79. Diggy – Unexpected Arrival – 5,800 (39,000)

#137. E-40 – Block Brochure, Volume 2: Welcome To The Soil – 3,300 (11,000)

#141. E-40 – Block Brochure, Volume 1: Welcome To The Soil – 3,300 (11,000)

#162. E-40 – Block Brochure, Volume 3: Welcome To The Soil – 3,000 (10,000)

#192. De La Soul’s Plug 1 & Plug 2 Present… – First Serve – 2,600 (2,800)

* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousandth for units above 10,000, nearest hundredth for units below 10,000.

Weekend @ The Box Office: April 6-8, 2012

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April 9, 2012

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Title- Weekend Gross (in millions usd)

1. The Hunger Games – $33.1 m
2. American Renunion – $21.5 m
3. Titanic 3D $17.2 m
4. Wrath of the Titans $14.7 m
5. Mirror Mirror $11 m
6. 21 Jumpstreet $10 m
7. Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax $ 5 m
8. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen $992k
9. Housefull 2 $847k
10. John Carter $830k

Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 4/1/2012

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April 4, 2012

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#22. Drake – Take Care – 15,900 (1,651,973)

#31. Tyga – Careless World: Rise of the Last King – 12,400 (169,432)

#34. Odd Future – OF Tape Vol.2 – 11,900 (52,000)

#35. Diggy – Unexpected Arrival – 11,500 (32,900)

#41. Young Jeezy – TM 103: Hustlerz Ambition – 9,900 (540,000)

#42. E-40 – Block Brochure: Welcome To The Soil 1,2 & 3 – 9,500 (9,500)

#56. ¡MAYDAY! – Take Me To Your Leader – 5,400 (5,400)

#156. DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles – Kolexxxion – 3,000 (3,000)

* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousandth for units above 10,000, nearest hundredth for units below 10,000.

YouTube To Offer Paramount Movie Rentals

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April 4, 2012

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(Reuters)

YouTube announced a movie rental partnership with Paramount Pictures on Wednesday, despite the online video website’s long-running litigation with Paramount parent company Viacom Inc.

YouTube said it would offer online rentals of nearly 500 Paramount films, including “Hugo” and “The Godfather,” rounding out its growing catalog of feature-length movies.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed and it was not immediately clear why the two companies, whose parent companies have sparred in court for years, decided to put their differences aside for this licensing agreement.
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Instagram For Android Users is Now Available

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April 3, 2012

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Since Instagram’s iPhone app hit the App Store in October 2010, Android users have been patiently — and in some cases, not so patiently — awaiting a version for their phones. That day has finally come: Instagram for Android is now available for free download over at Google Play, Google’s store for apps, ebooks and other media.

Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom announced at SXSW in March that the long-awaited Android version of Instagram was on the way. He teased the version on stage, but didn’t provide a demo. A signup page allowing Android users to be notified when the app went live was posted later in the month.

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Local Investor To Buy, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and Website for $55 million

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April 2, 2012

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A group of local investors agreed on Monday to buy Philadelphia Media Network Inc., the parent company of The Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com, for $55 million with an additional $10 million in working capital for operations. The deal represents the fourth ownership change for the media properties in less than six years.

Led by businessman Lewis Katz, 70, and insurance executive and Democratic leader George E. Norcross III, 56, the group has agreed to buy PMN from a collection of hedge funds and other financial firms that have owned the daily newspapers and their related website since they emerged from bankruptcy in October 2010.
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Now Hiring in North Dakota, More Jobs than Applicants

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March 31, 2012

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CNNMoney— Believe it or not, a place exists where companies are hiring like crazy, and you can make $15 an hour serving tacos, $25 an hour waiting tables and $80,000 a year driving trucks.
You just have to move to North Dakota. Specifically, to one of the tiny towns surrounding the oil-rich Bakken formation, estimated to hold anywhere between 4 billion and 24 billion barrels of oil.

Oil companies have only recently discovered ways to tap this reserve. And along with the manpower needed to extract the oil, the town is now scrambling to find workers to support the new rush of labor. Read More

Top 10 Biggest Lottery Winners Ever

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March 30, 2012

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Below is a list of the people who’ve won the biggest payouts in American lotto history to date. These folks nabbed their 15 minutes of fame and–if they played it smart–the chance to never have to worry about money again. Checkout what they planned to do with the money after the jump…

Mega Millions Winning Numbers, March 30, 2012

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March 30, 2012

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If you have these Mega Millions winning numbers, you are now at least a part owner of the biggest jackpot ever, estimated at $640 million.

Just hours before the drawing, a Mega Millions spokesperson said there was a 95% chance someone would win the jackpot tonight based on all the combinations sold.

The winning numbers for Mega Millions tonight, March 30, are as follows:

46 – 23 – 38 – 4 – 2 – (Mega Ball) 23

As stated by the official website for Mega Millions, if no one wins the jackpot, the money will be added to the jackpot for the next drawing. The pot could climb to an estimated $975 million.

Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 3/25/2012

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March 28, 2012

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#5. Odd Future – OF Tape, Vol. 2 – 40,000 (40,000)

#12. Diggy – Unexpected Arrival – 21,000 (21,000)

#16. Drake – Take Care – 18,000 (1,636,000)

#18. Tyga – Careless World: Rise Of The Last King – 16,000 (157,000)

#28. Young Jeezy – TM 103: Hustler’s Ambition – 12,000 (533,000)

#34. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne – 9,900 (1,393,000)

#42. MGK – Half Naked & Almost Famous – 8,500 (8,500)

#48. Lil Wayne – Tha Carter IV – 7,900 (2,093,000)

#111. Tech N9ne – Klusterfuk EP – 3,300 (20,000)

#117. WZRD (Kid Cudi & Dot Da Genius) – WZRD – 3,100 (84,000)

* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousandth for units above 10,000, nearest hundredth for units below 10,000.

Fabolous “She Did It”

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March 27, 2012

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Funeral Fab drops new visuals for “She Did It.” The song is off of his latest mixtape There Is No Competition 3: Death Comes In 3’s
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