The live page format offers short-form updates related to big stories as they unfold, for example on stories like the Budget and global news events.

BBC: News on your mobile

Short for graphics interchange format, Gif has been around since the 80s but was this year's US champion because it gained traction as a verb, not just a noun.

BBC: Quiz of the week's news

The net short in the disaggregated report is the most since the CFTC began this format in September 2009, while the net short for the non-commercials in the legacy report is the largest since October 2009.

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Wolf even gave props to General Electric-owned NBC's short-lived serial Kidnapped, a format he's previously said he doesn't believe in.

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Wolf even gave props to General Electric (nyse: GE - news - people )-owned NBC's short-lived serial Kidnapped, a format he's previously said he doesn't believe in.

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They also point out that new technologies such as print on demand, which makes printing short runs of physical books more economical, should help them squeeze more money out of the old-fashioned format.

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