Entertainment:
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Please see below for the complete Emmys winners list
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Netflix shows earned 31 nominations this year at the Emmys,
but didn’t win a single one
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‘If I Stay’ is last weekend’s best opener - taking in
$15.6MM for Warner Bros.
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HBO and Paramount TV to make ‘Shutter Island’ into a TV
series
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‘How to Train you Dragon 2’ stays at the top of the Chinese
box office
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VMA ratings dropped by 18% in comparison to last year
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Australia’s Songl, a music streaming service, is set to go
under
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http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/6229349/australias-songl-streaming-service-to-shut-down
Tech:
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Instagram has unveiled Hyperlapse, an app that makes it
easier to create tracking shots and time lapse videos
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http://www.wired.com/2014/08/hyperlapse-instagrams-new-app-is-like-a-15000-video-setup-in-your-hand/
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Two of Canada’s biggest cable operators launched ‘shomi’, a
subscription based service to access on-demand shows, to compete against
Netflix
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Twitter expands its ad program to twelve countries, mostly
Eastern European
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Spotify launches free music streaming on the Windows phone
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Pinterest adds a new analytics dashboard to entice future
advertisers
Deals:
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Amazon acquired Twitch, a company
that allows people to broadcast their videogame play over the net, for $1B –
Google was rumored to be the purchaser of Twitch for months. Twitch could
possibly become the YouTube for Amazon…
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ZipRecruiter raises $63MM in
Series A
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NFL and DirecTV close on their
deal to extend the Sunday Ticket, which should bring in between $1.3-$1.4B over
the next decade for DirecTV
Business:
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Netflix petitions the FCC to block the Comcast and Time
Warner Cable merger
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Time Warner prepares to lay off 500-600 workers
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Spending on digital ads to overtake TV ads in 2017
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Malaysia Airlines is reportedly losing $2.16MM per day
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DSW, the shoe retailer, and Digital Ally, wearable cameras,
are both performing well in the stock market
Exec Moves:
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Tribune Media hires John Batter to
lead its Digital Strategy
Retail:
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Edgecase brings the shopping experience closer to the customer
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Poshmark launches a personal store built around the user’s ‘style
genome’
Startups:
Government:
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Isis is demanding $6.6MM for its 3rd American
hostage – a 26 year old woman
Other:
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