Entertainment:
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Please see below for an interesting article on the
astrophysics in the upcoming film ‘Interstellar’
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The World Series Game 1 ratings were down by double digits
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Bunim/Murray Prods. is opening a New York office which will
be headed by Rob Bagshaw, the showrunner/executive producer who helped launch ‘Project
Runway All Stars’
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http://deadline.com/2014/10/bunimmurray-opens-nyc-office-project-runway-producer-rob-bagshaw-857459/
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Universal Music Group is partnering with ITV Studios Global
Entertainment to bring China’s ‘Sing My Song’ to a worldwide audience
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Frank Sivero says that ‘The Simpsons’ ripped off the Frankie
Carbone character he played in ‘Goodfellas’ and is suing Fox for $250MM
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Daniel Loeb has sold his shares in Sony after a 20% profit
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Warner Bros’ recently launched digital series production
unit called Blue Ribbon Content, which encompasses short-form content from all
divisions of the company
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CBS Television Stations group and Weigel Broadcasting have
unveiled plans for ‘Decades’, a national entertainment programming service for
distribution across local television stations’ digital sub-channels
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Please see below for an article on how TV disrupting the
Internet
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Netflix has picked up the animated comedy “F is for Family,”
a series based on the comedy of Bill Burr that features the voices of Burr,
Laura Dern and Justin Long
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Avicii, The Prodigy, Afrojack, Die Antwoord and 2 Chainz are
booked to play at Australia’s Future Music Fest
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64% of US broadband households have an Internet-connected
device, and 55% have an over-the-top service subscription, according to
research from Parks Associates
Tech:
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Magic Leap’s technology lets users see virtual 3-D objects
in the real world using a wearable device
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Pandora announced the ‘Artist Marketing Platform’, offering
a variety of listener data to everyone whose music is played on the Internet
radio service
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Spot.IM wants to turn any site into a social network with
two lines of code
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Microsoft and IBM announced a partnership that will see the
two companies bring their enterprise software to Microsoft Azure and IBM Cloud
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Playstudios offers rewards, or “comps”, for social casino
games that lets winners of its MyVegas gamers stay in Las Vegas hotels
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MediaSpike has figured out a way to embed branded ads inside
apps, much like product placements in movies
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Zuma Ventures is a new VC fund for early stage startups in
LA – headed by a former Amplify.la exec
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Google says a new Chromecast is on the way
Deals:
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Google announced that it has
acquired Firebase, a backend service that helps developers build realtime apps
for iOS, Android and the web that can store and sync data instantly
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Siemens is in advanced talks to
sell its hearing-aid business, which could be valued at up to $2.55B
Business:
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Yahoo! beat Q3 expectations
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The German automaker, Daimler, has sold its remaining 4% stake
in Tesla Motors for $780MM, but added that it would continue to cooperate with
the American maker of electric cars on automotive projects
Exec Moves:
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Layer3 TV has added Lindsay
Gardner to lead Programming and Content Acquisition
Retail:
Startups:
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Glamsquad, an on demand hair and
beauty startup, has raised $7MM in its Series A led by SoftBank
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Tokopedia, an online marketplace
in Indonesia, has raised an impressive $100MM round led by SoftBank Internet
and Media with participation from Sequoia Capital
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Mobile ad startup YieldMo, which
says it can make ads that both marketers and phone users like, has raised
another $10MM in a round led by Time Warner’s venture arm
Government:
Other:
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Police have reportedly
confirmed a soldier was shot at the Canadian National War Memorial, which is
across the street from the Parliament complex in Ottawa
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-22/canada-parliament-locked-down-after-war-memorial-shots.html
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