DailyDolan: 9.4.14

Entertainment:

· Fox Sports to stream 101 NFL games online this season

o http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/03/fox-sports-go-nfl-2014/

o http://online.wsj.com/articles/in-television-deals-nfl-plays-by-its-own-rules-1409797802?mod=WSJ_hp_RightTopStories

· Jenni Weinman to start her own PR firm and is bringing Martin Lawrence, Eric Balfour, Blink 182, Steve Aoki, and others with her from The Current Co.

o http://deadline.com/2014/09/jenni-weinman-patricola-public-relations-current-company-pr-consulting-828670/

· Comcast paid roughly $200MM to sponsor Nascar through Xfinity

o http://deadline.com/2014/09/comcast-signs-10-year-sponsorship-deal-nascar-828475/

· Vevo is looking to take music videos into virtual reality

o http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/6236688/vevo-looks-to-take-music-videos-into-virtual-reality

Tech:

· Makr is an app that is marketed towards Internet stars to sell products to their fans, it is comparable to Etsy

o http://www.wired.com/2014/09/an-app-that-makes-it-easy-for-internet-stars-to-sell-stuff-to-fans/

· Baidu, the Chinese search engine, has released a working prototype of Baidu Eye, to compete against Google Glass

o http://www.techinasia.com/baidu-eye-photo-working-prototype-revealed/

· PayPal is rolling out a new product today, the PayPal Here SDK (software development kit), to help businesses embrace mobile payments

o http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/04/paypal-expands-further-into-offline-retail-and-mobile-payments-with-new-paypal-here-sdk/

· Amazon Games Studios launches its first gaming app on iTunes – Sev Zero: Air Support

o http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/04/amazon-games-studios-launches-its-first-gaming-app-on-itunes/

· xAd, a geo-marketing ad platform, has raised $50MM led by IVP

o http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/04/location-is-everything-as-mobile-ad-startup-xad-raises-50m-led-by-ivp/

· Please see below for a short 6 minute video on Turner Broadcasting’s Media Camp

o http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/03/incubated-turner-media-camp-2/

· YouTube is the leading platform for mobile advertising, for introducing products and closing the sale

o http://venturebeat.com/2014/09/04/study-in-social-advertising-youtube-converts-more-customers-than-anyone-else/

· Rocket Internet consolidates 5 of its retailers into a $3.5B e-commerce giant with 4.6 million customers

o http://venturebeat.com/2014/09/04/rocket-internet-consolidates-5-of-its-retailers-into-a-3-5b-global-e-commerce-giant/

· Time Inc. is bolstering its online video efforts by unveiling a weekly program called ‘Sports Illustrated’ available exclusively on Net2TV’s Portico TV service

o http://www.videonuze.com/article/sports-illustrated-unveils-new-weekly-program-on-portico-tv

Deals:

· LogMeIn has acquired Meldium for $15MM to make it easier to remotely access businesses or individual’s computers

o http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/04/logmein-buys-yc-backed-meldium-for-15m-to-add-single-sign-on-services/

· Vice Media confirms another $250MM investment from Technology Crossover Ventures

o http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/04/vice-tcv-investment/

· KKR invests $90MM in Savant Systems, a smart home tech company

o http://recode.net/2014/09/03/kkr-invests-90m-in-smart-home-tech-company-savant-systems/

Business:

· Bill Ackman taps Deutsche Bank and UBS to lead his IPO

o http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/03/us-hedgefunds-ackman-ipo-idUSKBN0GY23L20140903

· Google partners with LVMH to fight counterfeited goods online