Thursday, March 21, 2019

Top Stories of the Day // March 21, 2019

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 |
THE DAILY CRUNCH
THURSDAY, MARCH 21 2019 TODAY'S TOP STORIES:
TOP HEADLINE | Anthony Ha

Veteran tech journalist Dan Frommer launches his own subscription publication, The New Consumer

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

Tencent Q4 profit disappoints, but cloud and payments gain ground

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

Epic Games CEO says Apex Legends hasn't made a dent in Fortnite

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

UK's Police Federation hit by ransomware

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

MoviePass co-founder's new startup PreShow gives you free movie tickets for watching ads

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 raises $45m for third fund

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

Taxes on VC and electric buses harming oil prices

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

Xbox One S is reportedly getting a disc-free version in May

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

Slowdown or not, China's luxury goods still seeing high-end growth

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

LogRocket nabs $11M Series A to fix web application errors faster

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…
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