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Electronic Arts to acquire Glu Mobile, best known for its popular game Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, for $2.4B, a 36% premium to Glu's closing price on Friday (Sarah E. Needleman/Wall Street Journal)

Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: Electronic Arts to acquire Glu Mobile, best known for its popular game Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, for $2.4B, a 36% premium to Glu’s closing price on Friday  —  The videogame giant looks to expand its presence in mobile gaming, where it has had mixed success Electronic Arts to acquire

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Universal Music Group unveils a global agreement with TikTok, days after pulling its music catalog from TikTok-rival Triller (Jem Aswad/Variety)

Jem Aswad / Variety: Universal Music Group unveils a global agreement with TikTok, days after pulling its music catalog from TikTok-rival Triller  —  Via the agreement, which covers recorded music from artists at UMG’s labels and songwriters with Universal Music Publishing Group, “TikTok users will be more empowered … Universal Music Group unveils a global

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DoorDash has acquired salad-making robot company Chowbotics

Salad vending machine company Chowbotics is now part of DoorDash DoorDash has acquired salad-making robot startup Chowbotics, the companies announced Monday. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but the Chowbotics team have all become DoorDash employees, and the company will operate independently within DoorDash. “We have long admired the work that Chowbotics has done

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SoftBank's Vision Fund hires Nagraj Kashyap, the head of Microsoft's M12 VC fund, as managing partner, its first major addition following a spate of departures (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: SoftBank’s Vision Fund hires Nagraj Kashyap, the head of Microsoft’s M12 VC fund, as managing partner, its first major addition following a spate of departures  —  SoftBank Group Corp.’s Vision Fund is hiring the head of Microsoft Corp.’s venture capital business as managing partner … SoftBank's Vision Fund hires Nagraj Kashyap, the head of

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Sources: Mark Cuban is co-founding Fireside, a podcast app where hosts can talk to fans live and monetize their conversations, with plans to launch this year (Ashley Carman/The Verge)

Ashley Carman / The Verge: Sources: Mark Cuban is co-founding Fireside, a podcast app where hosts can talk to fans live and monetize their conversations, with plans to launch this year  —  Fireside is launching this year  —  Mark Cuban is getting in on the audio and podcasting hype. Sources: Mark Cuban is co-founding Fireside,

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