Hearst, Time Warner Cable, HBO and Verizon Fund Initiative

http://adage.com/article/media/time-warner-cable-hearst-hbo-verizon-fund-nyc-media-lab/241291/

Time Warner Cable, Hearst, HBO and Verizon are helping to fund the fledgling NYC Media Lab as part of a media-industry effort to encourage and benefit from research in the same way that tech companies  already do.