8.26.14

Entertainment:

·         Please see below for the complete Emmys winners list

o   http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/emmy-awards-2014-complete-winners-725969

·         Netflix shows earned 31 nominations this year at the Emmys, but didn’t win a single one

o   http://www.businessinsider.com/emmys-netflix-gets-shut-out-2014-8

·         ‘If I Stay’ is last weekend’s best opener - taking in $15.6MM for Warner Bros.

o   http://deadline.com/2014/08/box-office-friday-if-i-stay-to-take-no-1-sin-city-2-tanking-in-dog-days-of-summer-823607/

·         HBO and Paramount TV to make ‘Shutter Island’ into a TV series

o   http://deadline.com/2014/08/hbo-paramount-shutter-island-tv-series-scorsese-824108/

·         ‘How to Train you Dragon 2’ stays at the top of the Chinese box office

o   http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/china-box-office-how-train-728050

·         VMA ratings dropped by 18% in comparison to last year

o   http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/tv-film/6229364/vmas-ratings-down-despite-blue-ivy-surprise

·         Australia’s Songl, a music streaming service, is set to go under

o   http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/6229349/australias-songl-streaming-service-to-shut-down

Tech:

·         Instagram has unveiled Hyperlapse, an app that makes it easier to create tracking shots and time lapse videos

o   http://www.wired.com/2014/08/hyperlapse-instagrams-new-app-is-like-a-15000-video-setup-in-your-hand/

·         Two of Canada’s biggest cable operators launched ‘shomi’, a subscription based service to access on-demand shows, to compete against Netflix

o   http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/26/rogers-and-shaw-team-up-to-launch-a-netflix-competitor-for-canada-called-shomi/

·         Twitter expands its ad program to twelve countries, mostly Eastern European

o   http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/26/twitter-expands-its-ad-program-to-twelve-new-countries/

·         Spotify launches free music streaming on the Windows phone

o   http://venturebeat.com/2014/08/26/spotify-launches-free-ad-supported-music-streaming-on-windows-phone/

·         Pinterest adds a new analytics dashboard to entice future advertisers

o   http://recode.net/2014/08/26/pinterest-adds-new-analytics-dashboard-to-entice-future-advertisers/

Deals:           

·         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…

o   http://www.wired.com/2014/08/why-amazons-1b-twitch-buy-makes-more-sense-than-its-fire-phone/

o   http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/25/amazon-will-officially-acquire-twitch/

o   http://www.vox.com/2014/8/26/6067085/amazon-twitch-tv-video-games-live-streaming-league-of-legends-dota-2

·         ZipRecruiter raises $63MM in Series A

o   http://www.socaltech.com/ziprecruiter_gets_63m_series_a/s-0056628.html

·         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

o   http://www.rapidtvnews.com/2014082635038/nfl-directv-close-to-a-deal-to-extend-sunday-ticket.html#axzz3BW5esNGc

Business:

·         Netflix petitions the FCC to block the Comcast and Time Warner Cable merger

o   http://www.wired.com/2014/08/netflix-petition-fcc/

·         Time Warner prepares to lay off 500-600 workers

o   http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/25/us-timewarner-turner-idUSKBN0GP1U520140825

·         Spending on digital ads to overtake TV ads in 2017

o   http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/spending-digital-ads-overtake-tv-728065

·         Malaysia Airlines is reportedly losing $2.16MM per day

o   http://www.fastcompany.com/3034848/terminal-velocity/malaysia-airlines-estimated-to-be-losing-216-million-per-day

·         DSW, the shoe retailer, and Digital Ally, wearable cameras, are both performing well in the stock market

o   http://www.marketwatch.com/story/amazon-aims-for-google-best-buy-reports-tuesday-2014-08-26

Exec Moves:

·         Tribune Media hires John Batter to lead its Digital Strategy

o   http://recode.net/2014/08/25/tribune-media-has-a-new-digital-boss-and-a-new-digital-strategy/

Retail:

·         Edgecase brings the shopping experience closer to the customer

o   http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/26/edgecase-relaunch/

·         Poshmark launches a personal store built around the user’s ‘style genome’

o   http://venturebeat.com/2014/08/26/fashion-site-poshmark-launches-personal-store-built-around-your-style-genome/

Startups:

Government:

·         Isis is demanding $6.6MM for its 3^rd American hostage – a 26 year old woman

o http://gawker.com/isis-wants-6-6-million-for-3rd-american-hostage-a-26-1626925121

Other: