More than two dozen Viacom Inc. channels — including Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central — were blacked out for DirecTV subscribers after the companies failed to reach an agreement on programming fees.
The popular '80s primetime soap gets remade with the all-important ad demographic of 18- to 35-year-olds in mind. The question is no longer "Who shot JR?" but "How long will JR be on screen?"
Your personal data gets mined every time you do a Google search or browse Amazon. But now, some start-ups are trying to let consumers take control of their data — and get something in return.
