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The conservative media personality is urging his viewers to besiege their cable companies with requests for TheBlaze TV, and it’s working.

Reputation-management companies claim they can improve Yelp ratings. Are their services legit?

Reportedly facing demolition, the building that houses New York’s beloved Rizzoli Bookstore was deemed to lack the architectural significance for landmark protection.

The battle between Samsung and Apple moves to subsidies as iPhone rolls out on China Mobile.

Following reports that the Weinstein Co. is producing an anti-NRA Meryl Streep vehicle, angry gun owners flocked to Facebook and posted one-star reviews of the film company.

The management of the New York landmark is suing photographer Allen Henson, who took cellphone shots of a topless model on the observation deck last summer.

Publishing giant American Media Inc. argued that its “well-educated” readership understood the financial motivation behind its advertorials, but the National Advertising Division disagreed.

Mia Farrow on Monday joined her son Ronan in publicly bashing the Golden Globes over a lengthy tribute to filmmaker Woody Allen.

A pirated copy of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" has leaked online, bearing the name of daytime talk host and 2014 Oscars emcee Ellen DeGeneres.

The rapidly growing viral video aggregator shared its top topics for 2013, but is Upworthy just one Facebook tweak away from obscurity?

A crowdfunding campaign to erect a statue of Satan at the Oklahoma State Capitol reached its fundraising goal Tuesday.

As Northeast temperatures plummet, an upstate New York dog breeder is coming under fire for allegedly keeping some 100 puppies out in the cold.

A quarter century of harsh disciplinary policies in U.S. public schools have done little to improve safety, according to a new report.

Following a report from Variety that cited Wikipedia, numerous media outlets say “Wolf of Wall Street” sets a new record for the F-word in a nondocumentary. Is it true?

Despite a new Illinois law prohibiting the use of drones to interfere with hunting, PETA says it is going forward with a plan to catch illegal hunters via unmanned vehicles.

The Mattel-owned doll-maker said it is committed to diversity, but it stopped short of committing to a doll with a disability.

Fans are planning to show their support for Phil Robertson, but some Facebook hecklers are taking a bite out of their event.

Critics say the controversial methods taught in the Christian parenting book “To Train Up a Child” have been linked to the deaths of three children.

Plagiarism! Sensationalism! Scandal! IBTimes compiles the biggest news blunders of the year.

Twitter is furious at IAC Communications Director Justine Sacco after a snarky tweet sent from her account joked about AIDS in Africa.

A Chrome browser free extension claims to let bypass Cameron’s pornography filters. But is it legal, and does it even work?

Fans of “Duck Dynasty” are slamming GLAAD and vowed to boycott A&E, accusing the network of punishing Robertson for expressing Christian beliefs.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduced a bill that would prohibit employers from running credit checks on job applicants, but the major credit bureaus might not just sit back and watch.

Sustainability can boost a company’s bottom line, new research shows, contradicting popular belief that non-financial goals can harm profits.

Shia LaBeouf said he’s sorry for failing to credit the cartoonist whose graphic novella inspired his new short film. Is he just sorry he got caught?

The 2-year-old Upworthy has generated phenomenal social traffic with its emotionally driven headlines, but not everyone thinks they’re worth the click.

The Romanian government approved a law that will allow captured dogs to be killed after 14 days, but some citizens fed up with the country’s overwhelming stray problem aren’t waiting that long.

In response to an IBTimes report earlier this week, former unpaid interns for the commercially successful production “Sleep No More” shared some of their backstage experiences.

The co-CEO of Archie Comics wants a harassment suit filed against her dismissed because the plaintiffs are white males and not a "protected class."