Entertainment:
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Sony is looking to boost its movie and TV revenue by 36% in
the next three years as it cuts costs and invests in potential hit films
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Huayi Brothers Media, China's biggest private film company,
has inked deals with two of China's biggest Internet companies - Alibaba and
Tencent
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AXS TV announced today that it will telecast five major
music festivals in 2015, giving viewers access to more than 70 hours of live
festival entertainment
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Legendary Entertainment has inked a first-look TV and
digital production pact with Jimmy Miller's Mosaic Media Group
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Jeff Eastin, ‘The White Collar’ and ‘Graceland’ creator, has
signed a joined overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television and Fox
Television Studios
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Please see below for an article on the ‘Mockingjay: Part 1’
premiere
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A study performed earlier this year by Pandora found that it
has a positive effect on music sales
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Stanford University and Warner Music Group are teaming up to
help find the music industry's next crop of innovators and leaders
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UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has opened an investigation
into the joint selling arrangements by the English Premier League of the live
UK media rights for its football matches, following a complaint from Virgin
Media
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Video brand advertising solutions provider YuMe has struck
an exclusive partnership with TV manufacturer Vestel
Tech:
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Whatsapp announced that it is
implementing end-to-end encryption, an upgrade to its privacy protections that
makes it nearly impossible for anyone to read users’ messages—even the company
itself
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Snapchat announced a partnership
with Square to allow users to send cash via the app
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Nanigans took the last four years
of growth to become one of the biggest Facebook Ads API tool managing $500MM a
year in spend, with over 60% on mobile.
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GreatFire, a non-profit
organization that monitors internet censorship in China, reported that
“thousands” of websites and apps that work with Edgecast, a service which
Verizon bought for $350MM last year, are unavailable in the country
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Alibaba to open an Alipay office
in Australia
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Tony Hawk riding a hoverboard
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Apple Pay has rolled out at
hundreds of grocery stores across the US
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Emil Michael, a senior executive
at Uber, suggested the company consider hiring a team of opposition researchers
to dig up dirt on its critics in the media
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Square now lets merchants sell
Square gift cards
Deals:
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ROLI, which makes the innovative
Seaboard Grand, a completely new type of keyboard musical instrument, has
acquired JUCE, a long-time C++ framework
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Groupon just announced that it has
acquired Swarm Mobile, a startup that helps businesses connect with and track their
customers while in stores
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Please see below for an article on
how mega-mergers are popular again on Wall Street
Business:
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IBM is releasing a new email product called IBM Verse
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500 Startups is announcing a $10MM fund built for mobile
startups
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Samsung plans to reduce smartphone models by up to 30%
Exec Moves:
Retail:
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InStyle has dismissed its publisher Karin Tracy and replaced
her with Nina Lawrence of The Wall Street Journal
Startups:
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Alfred, an automatic service
personal errand service, raised $2MM in seed funding
Government:
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After finalizing a free-trade agreement with China
yesterday, Australia is now pushing for a comprehensive trade deal with India
Other:
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