Entertainment:
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Disney has moved the manufacturing of its princess and ‘Frozen’
dolls to Hasbro from Mattel
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AfterBuzzTV, an online channel, has recently been signed by
Collective Digital Studios
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Discovery Communications and Hasbro announced that ‘The Hub’
will become ‘Discovery Family Channel’
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Universal has lost its bid to toss the ‘James Bond’
copyright suit from MGM
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John Oliver’s talk show ratings match those of HBO’s Bill
Maher
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Janet Yang and Bruce Feirstein are assembling a film about Alibaba’s
Jack Ma
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FAA is expected to permit the use of drones on film sets
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http://variety.com/2014/artisans/news/faa-expected-to-permit-use-of-drones-on-film-sets-1201313650/
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The 5th Annual US-China Film Summit will hit LA
this November
Tech:
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A team of former Pixar colleagues banded together to launch
ToyTalk, a mobile game developer that allows kids to have conversations with
animated characters through speech recognition
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Manual is an iPhone app that allows users to better control
their camera using focus, shutter speed, ISO, exposure compensation and more
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Hootsuite, a platform that lets businesses and individuals
monitor and manage their social media interactions, has acquired Zeetl to
integrate voice to its services and the company has raised an additional $60MM
at a $1B valuation
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Orange, the French telecom provider, has launched its own
startup accelerator dubbed Orange Fab with partnerships from Visa, Moet, and LG
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Facebook plans to launch a new mobile ad platform to better
compete against Google
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Twitter to launch targeted ads for movies
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Valve has released a Steam Music Player for all of its users
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Please see below for an infographic of the best and worst
times to post on social media
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Ello is a new invite-only social network that has no
advertisers – it is quickly becoming popular in the LGBTQ communities
Deals:
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DirecTV shareholders approve of
the $48.5B AT&T takeover deal
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Former Telstra Exec is seeking to
raise as much as $9.6B for the Telecom Italia bid
Business:
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Stella is the first 4 seat vehicle that runs off of solar
power
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Larry Ellison has boosted Oracle’s credit line to $9.9B
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-25/larry-ellison-boosts-oracle-credit-line-to-9-9-billion.html
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A group of Wall Street firms, led by Goldman Sachs, might buy
and implement Perzo, which would challenge Bloomberg LP
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Yahoo! agrees to wait a year before selling more Alibaba
shares
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The Moto X will be coming to Verizon Wireless tomorrow
Exec Moves:
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AssetAvenue, the LA based peer to
peer lending site for commercial real estate, has added Eddie Prosser as its
SVP of Real Estate Investments
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Eric Holder is resigning as the
Attorney General
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Stephen Blyth will now run Harvard’s
$36.4B endowment
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ESPN has suspended Bill Simmons
for his NFL comments
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Bill Carr, Amazon’s Head of
Digital Music and Video, is leaving the company
Retail:
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Buck Mason, a men’s clothing focused exclusively on basics,
has raised $300k in seed funding
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http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/25/buck-mason-the-american-made-basics-brand-sews-up-300k-seed-round/
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Dwayne Wade has shared a ‘Dexter’ inspired shoe on his
social media accounts
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http://www.wwd.com/footwear-news/retail/dwyane-wades-dexter-shoes-in-good-taste-7939899?module=hp-fn
Startups:
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Dollar Shave Club has recently
raised $50MM in its Series C from Pritzker Group Venture Capital and Venrock
Government:
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The Ebola death toll nears 3,000
Other:
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