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Pepsi will acquire the upstart prebiotic soda brand Poppi for nearly $2 billion. It may be a sign of the growing interest in the functional beverage market.

More than half of people surveyed said ratings of doctors on the Web helped them pick which physician to see. Yet many ratings are based on only a few patient reviews, which can skew the results.

People now have until January 10 to pay for their first month of coverage through the health exchanges. But people using the federal exchange still have to get signed up by Dec. 23. Some states have pushed deadlines even later.

Some players of online role-playing games are so determined that they will pay real money to get ahead. Steve Inskeep talks with Julian Dibbell, who wrote about the tax implications of this practice in a recent issue of Legal Affairs.

NPR's John McChesney reports on the latest development in the race to provide music online. Four companies, including AOL and Real Networks, are working to form a service called Musicnet. This online subscription music service would compete directly with a project by Sony and Vivendi Universal.

Seesawing tariffs and turbulent financial markets are playing out on social media feeds, impacting the multibillion-dollar influencer industry in what could be a new recession indicator.

This year is the first time that more U.S. college students will learn entirely online compared to being fully in-person. And research shows most online programs cost as much or more than in-person. This story was produced in collaboration with The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

Genealogy has become a massive industry, from websites like Ancestry.com to TV shows like Who Do You Think You Are? But those focus on family lineage. What about the heirlooms and stories that fill the history of a family tree? A North Carolina business is trying to help.

The Sundance Institute -- parent organization of the renowned film festival -- has launched its first ONLINE Film Festival. Eighteen short films -- from two to eighteen minutes in length -- were selected from 300 submissions made exclusively for the Web. Robert talks to R.J. Millard, organizer of the online festival, about why Sundance chose to start it and how the Web has changed filmmaking and distribution. (4:30) The festival Web site is. The films will be on the site until February 28th.

Linda talks with Mike Shatzkin, CEO and Founder of the Idea Logical Company, about Stephen King's decision to suspend on-line publication of his book, The Plant. He says King's decision to stop publishing the book came as no surprise. The interest for the book has dwindled, and customers were no longer willing to pay.