Entertainment:
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Hasbro has moved its new ‘Transformers’ series to Cartoon
Network
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‘Expendables 3’ co-financier, Le Vision Pictures, is set to
be the latest Chinese film company to set up shop in the US with a $200MM film
fund
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Resolution Talent Agency is planning to lay off workers because
its Chinese financier, Bison Capital, dropped out
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Jeff Robinov's new Studio 8 has finalized its funding,
closing a debt facility with JPMorgan Chase, Union Bank, CIT, OneWest Bank and
Bank of America
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Dynamite Entertainment has announced a partnership with the
estate of Ian Fleming that grants the publisher worldwide rights to publish
comic books, graphic novels and digital comics starring James Bond
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Spotify has announced today that it acquired John Lennon's
solo catalog of music to stream
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Live Nation is in negotiations to purchase 51% of C3
Presents, the concerts and indie festival business promoter, for about $125
million
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JK Rowling has hinted at Harry Potter’s return on Twitter
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Jennifer Lawrence speaks out about the celeb photo hack in
the latest Vanity Fair
Tech:
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Please see below for 6 design ideas that ‘defined’ 2014
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Google is now selling a video conferencing device called
Chromebox for Meetings
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http://www.wired.com/2014/10/next-big-thing-missed-supercharging-video-conferences-smartphone-age/
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Facebook officially launched “Audience Network” and started
letting any advertiser buy and any third-party app host ads powered by its targeting
data
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http://venturebeat.com/2014/10/07/facebook-opens-its-audience-network-to-all-advertisers-worldwide/
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Square has rolled out Square Cash that lets users send money
to nearby friends via Bluetooth to better compete against Venmo
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Google Voice supports MMS on AT&T, Sprint, and nearly
100 other carriers
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Users can now stream live video from a GoPro with Livestream’s
latest app
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Please see below for an article on why spinning off
businesses is the latest trend in Silicon Valley
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Please see the below for an article on Marc Andreessen
wanting to upend financing
Deals:
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Docker acquire-hired the Koality
team for an undisclosed amount
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Vistaprint has acquired a $25
million minority stake in Brazilian web-printing startup Printi
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Rio Tinto rejected the $150B
merger with Glencore to create the world’s largest mining company
Business:
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Yahoo! laid off 400 employees in India
o
http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/07/yahoo-lays-off-employees-in-india-reportedly-up-to-2000-affected/
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Turner Broadcasting System plans to cut 1,475 jobs, close to
10% of its workforce, as part of a broad restructuring
o
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/235579/turner-broadcasting-to-cut-10-of-workforce.html
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Walmart will cut health insurance coverage for employees who
work fewer than 30 hours a week
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EU regulators opened a formal probe into Amazon’s tax
arrangements in Luxembourg, snaring another major U.S. company in a
high-profile investigation that has already targeted Apple and Starbucks
Exec Moves:
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Deborah Kaufman is now VP of
Literary at Legendary
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Ran Harnevo, the Head of AOL
Video, is leaving the company
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Instagram hired its first COO,
Facebook VP Marne Levine
Retail:
Startups:
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Shiphawk raised $5MM to make it
easier for large-item shipping
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StoryBy, a digital magazine that
launched today, is hoping to generate interest among contributors by sharing
revenue
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Blockchain, the most visited
Bitcoin platform, raised $30.5MM in its Series A
Government:
Other:
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Please see below for a video of Alfonso Ribeiro bringing
Carlton Banks to the ballroom floor during Monday night's episode of ‘Dancing
With the Stars’
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