Entertainment:
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The Star War franchise has raked in $37B to date
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Starz is talking to media companies about a buyout in the
$5B range - a lush 46% premium over its current market cap
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The Writers Guild of America, East has filed unfair labor
practices charges against ITV at the National Labor Relations Board
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Redbox will now charge $1.50 per night for a rental, a
change from $1.20, which will take effect on December 2
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I was the clear winner
this weekend, targeting $152MM in 85 markets
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http://deadline.com/2014/11/hunger-games-sunday-box-office-mockingjay-nests-atop-charts-1201293933/
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The official trailer for Jurassic World drops next Thursday
at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT, but Universal is teasing the Thanksgiving treat with a
15-second preview
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Millennium Entertainment continues to beef up its digital
distribution capabilities with the acquisition of Amplify's Los Angeles
operation, the multi-platform distribution banner financed by Preferred
Ventures and Digital Media investor Chris Kelly
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Lucasfilm and Disney will premiere the first trailer for
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” at nine of Regal’s venues in the U.S., with the
teaser screening in front of each film playing in the locations between Nov. 28
and Nov. 30.
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http://variety.com/2014/film/news/star-wars-trailer-to-debut-at-regal-theaters-on-friday-1201363551/
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Please see below for a list of the AMA winners
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Earlier this month Live Nation and Vice Media announced a
co-branded site to fill a "big white space" in live music content on
the web -- but one of Vice's editors recently took some shots at his parent
company's new friend
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Drake has announced his first-ever headline tour in Aus/NZ
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Bill Cosby has been accused of raping nearly 20 women now
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Please see below for an article on Taylor Swift explaining
why she dislikes music streaming services
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Media asset management technology solutions specialist
Tedial has delivered an extension of its MAM facility at Oman TV to drive the
launch of a new live channel
Tech:
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A digital spy tool, dubbed ‘Regin’ by Microsoft, is the most
sophisticated espionage machine to date
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T-Mobile has doubled the number of streaming music services
supported with its recently launched “Music Freedom” program which allows the
company’s customers to stream music from a variety of apps without counting
towards their data caps
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Snapchat took its first shot at monetizing its ‘Our Stories’
collaborative livestream feature with a Samsung-branded look at The American
Music Award
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Patrons is an app makes it easy to hook your place of
business up with a band that has a little bit of free time before a performance
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Pinć turns your iPhone into a portable VR headset, without
the use of a controller
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A group of former Tinder employees--including former
marketing executive Whitney Wolfe--are getting set to launch a direct
competitor to the dating app, called Bumble
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Video apps are slowly getting integrated to connected TV
devices
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http://www.videonuze.com/article/drip-drip-drip-video-apps-slowly-get-added-to-connected-tv-devices
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Nissan has unveiled its new "smart rearview
mirror" which shows much clearer view of what's behind the car is shown,
piped in from a camera in the rear windshield
Deals:
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Slice, the shopping and package
tracking app acquired by Rakuten earlier this year, has bought Unroll.Me, an
app that lets users roll up and manage mass-email subscriptions and unsubscribe
to those that have tipped into the point of being useless spam
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Photo app-maker Cooliris just
announced that it has been acquired by Yahoo
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3DS is acquiring 3D design company
Cimatron in order to improve 3DS' position in the rapidly-growing 3D design and
manufacturing industry for $97MM
Business:
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Paul Taubman, Morgan Stanley’s former global head of mergers
and acquisitions and global head of investment banking, most recently hired Don
Cornwell, a managing director who specializes in sports team deals
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Bain Capital has raised $4.3B for its newest European fund
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Tesla is in talks with BMW over a possible partnership in
battery technology, charging stations and light-weight components, Elon Musk
told German weekly Der Spiegel
Exec Moves:
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Veteran agent Cynthia Booth and
manager-turned-agent Emma Lewis have joined Don Buchwald and Associates
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Sony Pictures Entertainment
Chairman and CEO Michael Lynton just issued an internal notice that SVP
Communications Charles Sipkins has resigned to pursue other opportunities
Retail:
Startups:
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PocketMath, a US-Singapore startup
specializing in mobile advertising, has landed a $10MM in its Series A funding
round from Rakuten Ventures
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Yik Yak, the anonymous social
media startup based on users posting in your general vicinity, has raised $62MM
from Sequoia Capital
Government:
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The impact of mass, digitally-enabled state surveillance
upon individuals’ privacy has been described as “the new frontier of human
rights” by Member of the European Parliament, Claude Moraes
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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is due to
announce a $26B fund this week in an attempt to fix a persistent weakness of
the European economy - stagnant investment by private companies
o http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-23/how-the-eu-plans-to-turn-26-billion-into-390-billion.html
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U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel resigned on Monday, the
first major change to President Barack Obama's Cabinet since his Democrats were
routed in midterm elections three weeks ago
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Poll: 89% of Latino voters support Obama's immigration
action
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