Veteran tech journalist Dan Frommer launches his own subscription publication, The New Consumer | Tencent Q4 profit disappoints, but cloud and payments gain ground | Epic Games CEO says Apex Legends hasn't made a dent in Fortnite | UK's Police Federation hit by ransomware | MoviePass co-founder's new startup PreShow gives you free movie tickets for watching ads | Ludlow Ventures raises $45m for third fund | Taxes on VC and electric buses harming oil prices |
THURSDAY, MARCH 21 2019
TODAY'S TOP STORIES: | |  | | | | TOP HEADLINE | Anthony Ha  | Dan Frommer has worked at some of the best-known publications in tech and business journalism — he was editor in chief of Recode, an editor at Business Insider and he's... Read More… | | | | | Rita Liao  | China's Tencent reported disappointing profits in the fourth quarter on the back of surging costs but saw emerging businesses pick up steam as it plots to diversify amid slackening gaming... Read More… | | | | | Jordan Crook  | In the wake of Apex Legends, which has briskly grown to 50 million players, many have wondered whether Fortnite has felt the impact. But Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney told... Read More… | | | | | Zack Whittaker  | The U.K.'s Police Federation has confirmed it's been hit by a cyberattack. The union-like organization, representing 119,000 police officers across the 43 forces in England and Wales, described the event... Read More… | | | | | Anthony Ha  | As founding CEO of MoviePass, Stacy Spikes has already changed the way we think about paying for movie tickets. Now he's pursuing a new approach — providing a free ticket... Read More… | | | | | Matt Burns  | Ludlow Ventures raised another $45 million to invest in young startups. The Detroit-based venture firm is today announcing it closed its third fund since the firm's founding in 2010. Founding... Read More… | | | | | Danny Crichton  | From Extra Crunch A lot of subscribers got to hear from TechCrunch hardware guru Brian Heater, who has been meeting with (too many) robotics companies as we prepare for TechCrunch... Read More… | | | | | Brian Heater  | The writing has been on the wall for physical media for a while now. In May, Microsoft is reportedly set to hammer another nail into that coffin with the launch... Read More… | | | | | Arman Tabatabai  | Despite well-documented concerns over an economic slowdown in China, the country's luxury goods market is still seeing opulent growth according to a new study. Behind secular and demographic tailwinds, the... Read More… | | | | | Ron Miller  | Every time a visitor experiences an issue on your website, it's going to have an impact on their impression of the company. That's why companies want to resolve issues in... Read More… | | | | | Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: - Director of E-Commerce at Bioworld Merchandising (Irving, TX, USA)
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