Entertainment:
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Please see below for an interesting article on how Disney is
becoming a mobile company
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TVGN's announced the ‘Pop’ rebrand will become official on
January 14, which is when the CBS/Lionsgate joint venture takes on its new
on-air look and creative design that celebrates “the fun of being a fan”
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The Santa Barbara International Film Festival will hand its
2015 Outstanding Performer of the Year Award to Steve Carell
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Signaling a concerted push into China, Universal Pictures
and Comcast brass gathered at an opening ceremony for the studio's new Beijing
office today
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UK's Channel 4 has taken a minority stake in drama, factual
and comedy producer, Eleven Film
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Interstellar has grossed $321.9MM globally
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CBS introduced a web site today warning Dish Network
customers that when its carriage deal expires this month the company “may drop”
the network-owned stations in 14 cities
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DreamWorks Animation's merger talks with Hasbro have stopped
after the toy company became concerned about the drop in its stock price
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Conde Nast has settled their intern lawsuit at $5.85MM
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Softbank, the Japanese investment conglomerate that recently
held acquisition talks with DreamWorks Animation, has launched a new streaming
service for Japanese smartphone users
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BMG Chrysalis has acquired Vagrant Records - the home of PJ
Harvey, Rocket From The Crypt, School of Seven Bells and more
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Please see below for an article on how Irving Azoff believes
YouTube lacks licensing rights
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SFX Entertainment plans to consolidate its operations
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Please see below for an in-depth look at Diplo
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The execs behind Candy Crush and Angry Birds have backed a
Swedish game accelerator called Stugan
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Time Warner Cable has completed the roll-out of its TWC Maxx
program in Los Angeles and New York City
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NBCUniversal and Comcast have held a hackathon in Universal
City, challenging participants to create cross-platform solutions using
content, products, and technology from NBC Entertainment, Telemundo, Fandango,
Universal Cable Productions, Syfy and Universal Pictures
Tech:
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Facebook is apparently testing a product called Facebook at
Work, designed to let people use Facebook at work
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Uber has announced a partnership with Spotify
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WeWork is a social network comparable to LinkedIn, but
offers co-working spaces where startups and freelancers can feel like they’re
part of something larger - it’s valued at $1.5B, and is on track to triple
membership within the next 12 months.
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App Store customers in China can now link their UnionPay
debit or credit cards to their Apple IDs for purchases
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Photon Interactive, a company that’s been focused on
building mobile experiences for large brands, is teaming up with Panasonic
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Netflix has killed off its public API
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Yik Yak is closing on roughly $75MM in new financing,
according to several sources with knowledge of the company
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Resignation Media, the startup behind the popular photo site
theChive, is moving into the viral video business with the launch of a new
property, theBomb
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Uber is expected to hit an annual revenue run rate of $10B by
the end of 2015, sources told Business Insider’s Henry Blodget
Deals:
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Actavis is close to reaching a
deal to acquire Allergan for up to $65.5B
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GrooveBook, a photo-printing app
and subscription service that creates personalized photo books featuring up to
100 of your photos, shipped monthly, has been acquired by photo printing giant
Shutterfly for $14.5MM
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Squarespace announced it is
acquiring the team behind Brace, a minimalistic website building service
powered by Dropbox and Amazon’s cloud
Business:
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Walmart confirmed that it has updated its price-matching
policy company-wide to allow its retail stores to match the prices from nearly
any online retailer, including top competitor Amazon
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Google plans to test Project Loon, its ambitious attempt to
deliver Internet connectivity via hot air balloons, in Western Australia later
this year
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http://venturebeat.com/2014/11/17/google-to-test-project-loon-in-australia-with-new-carrier-partner/
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Mobile payments app Venmo is getting a series of security
and social updates for its peer-to-peer platform, and the company announced that
users can now sign into Venmo with Apple’s Touch ID feature on iPhone 5S, 6,
and 6 Plus
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Amid a campaign to merge AOL and Yahoo, activist investor
Starboard Value has revealed that it bought a 2.4% stake in AOL in the third
quarter
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Please see below for a list of big transactions and
announcements in tech last week
Exec Moves:
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Music video streaming service Vevo
today announced that Rio Caraeff is stepping down from his role as the CEO
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Vice Media has recruited Alyssa
Mastromonaco, former assistant to President Obama and White House deputy chief
of staff, to run its global operations
Retail:
Startups:
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Glossier, a New York-based startup
that sells a simple, highly curated line of beauty products, is taking $8.4MM in
venture funding to pursue a tried-and-true strategy that many other e-commerce
brands like Warby Parker have followed
·
A music startup out of New York
could give StubHub and other ticketing sites a run for their money - it’s
called Jukely and it’s offering users an unlimited subscription to concerts in
their city for just $25 a month
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San Diego-based Soci, a developer
of a social content discovery engine and social media marketing software
product, has raised $1.5MM in a Series A funding
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OrderWithMe, which aggregates
orders of small businesses and offers discounts that are provided by suppliers
for bulk orders, has raised $28MM in its Series B
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Eyeview, a video ad tech company,
announced $15MM in financing from existing investor Marker
Government:
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China and Australia have reached a free-trade agreement,
deepening the economic relationship between the two countries
o http://online.wsj.com/articles/australia-china-reach-free-trade-pact-1416205063?mod=fox_australian
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Japan has fallen into a recession
Other:
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An Ebola patient in Nebraska
has died
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