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The Long, Slow Death of Cable Just Reached a Tipping Point Sony, Vox Media and Showtime all announced on Wednesday that they would be joining the rush to provide streaming video on demand in some fashion or another. Their moves follow HBO’s announcement this week that it will finally launch its standalone… Get Ready for a Spring Consumer Spending Surge Retail sales slumped in February for the third straight month, disappointing economists who had expected consumer spending—the backbone of the U.S. economy—to drive strong… Hillary Clinton’s Popularity Slips, But She Still Tops the Field After more than a year of high-profile political volatility, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has seen her popularity with American voters dip only slightly.… Where in the World Is Vladimir Putin? Russian President Vladimir Putin hasn’t been seen in public for a full week, and that’s more than enough time to rev up the rumor mill. The Kremlin was busy swatting down…