Roku is pitching advertisers a tool that shows how much money they're wasting on TV ads — and it could spell trouble for networks' $70 billion industry

Lauren Johnson | Roku wants to take a stab at marketers' TV-sized budgets and is pitching them insights on its cord-cutters.

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Comcast Ventures is training startups like Away and Hippo to become TV advertisers and says it could be a competitive advantage in a world awash with VC cash

Lucia Moses | Comcast Ventures, Comcast's investment arm, is trying to create new television advertisers by teaching its DTC portfolio companies to buy TV.

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Facebook is reorganizing its products team, bringing ads and free products for businesses under one umbrella

Tanya Dua | Facebook will no longer differentiate between paid products, ads and free products. The move comes as small businesses become a bigger priority.

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Popular direct-to-consumer brands like Brooklinen, Curology, and MeUndies are flocking to Story Ads on Snapchat Discover as Instagram gets crowded and pricier

Tanya Dua | Some DTC brands are gravitating to Story Ads that run in the Discover feed alongside shows and publishers.

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Top investors say these 11 buzzy, under-the-radar consumer cannabis startups are set to raise fresh rounds and blow up this year

Jeremy Berke | We asked the top cannabis investors to pick out which consumer startups in the nascent industry they think will blow up this year. Here are their picks.

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Qualcomm's defeat in court is a 'gut punch' that an analyst says could give China's Huawei an edge in the tech cold war

Benjamin Pimentel | A court ruling against Qualcomm is a big blow to the chip giant, an analyst said. And it could strengthen China's Huawei in the tech cold war.

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How this 30-year-old raised $60 million for a VR firm that wants to transform the way you experience live music

Charlie Wood | Anthony Matchett has helped raise $50 million for MelodyVR, a software firm that lets people experience live music in virtual reality.

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The CEO of $9.6 billion Zendesk explains its acquisition of Smooch and how buying startups fits in with his plan to hit billions in revenue

Becky Peterson | Zendesk CEO Mikkel Svane wants to acquire startups with good technology and great teams to transform the DNA of Zendesk for the long-haul.

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MORGAN STANLEY: These 15 large companies are most likely to get acquired within the next 12 months

Akin Oyedele | These large, liquid companies could see their stock prices surge if they receive buyout offers, Morgan Stanley says.

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