Entertainment:
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CBS says it will provide its TV shows to Sony's upcoming
online TV service, joining Viacom as content providers for the electronic
giant's effort to create its own cloud-based TV platform
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Songkick has begun to sell concert tickets directly to
customers, which will allow the company to earn 20X as much as referring users
to other ticket sellers, because Songkick gets a 10-15% fee for hosting the
transaction
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CBS has unveiled more details on CBSN, the 24/7 ad supported
online news site that it announced yesterday
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RLJ Entertainment has announced the launch of digital
subscription-based Urban Movie Channel (UMC), offering drama, documentaries,
comedies, horror, and stage plays
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Marvel has issued a subpoena to Google to have Google inform
them who leaked the “Avengers: Age of Ultron” trailer
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“Interstellar” raked in $1.4MM Wednesday night in a limited
launch
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Cinemark CEO Tim Warner has expressed interest in acquiring Regal
Entertainment
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Matt Damon will star in Alexander Payne’s geopolitical
comedy “Downsizing”
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Moodswing Management and Crush Music have announced a joint
venture to build the next generation of electronic music artists, and will
focus on producers from the Newark and New York City areas
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HBO has partnered with the craft beer makers at Brewery
Ommegang to make a “Game of Thrones” beer
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“Star Wars: Episode VII” will be called 'The Force Awakens'
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Filmin is increasing its capital through France's
independent film distributor Metropolitan and Le Meiulleur du Cinéma in a move
seen as being the first step towards the creation of a European VOD movie
platform
Tech:
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Scribd, the all you can read e-book service, now offers more
than 30,000 audiobooks, including titles from big-name publishing houses
HarperCollins and Scholastic for $8.99 a month
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Microsoft released Word, Excel, and PowerPoint as three
distinct apps for the iPhone, and they handle basic editing tasks for free
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Lytro is adding a new revenue stream to its business with
the launch of the Lytro Development Kit
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Kik‘s latest feature, Promoted Chats, allows its 150
million-plus registered users to opt-in and connect with brands
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Opera acquired video optimization service Skyfire last February,
and now it is starting to bring some of the service’s features to its mobile
browser, starting with Opera Mini 9 for iOS
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Tesla has delayed its release of their SUV, the Model X
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Santa Barbara-based ShipHawk, which offers up an online
service and marketplace to help businesses and individuals to arrange for
packing and shipping of items via shipping carriers, has rolled out a new API
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WireLurker is a new virus that monitors any iOS device
connected via USB with an infected OS X computer and then downloads third-party
applications onto the device
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Amazon is building a speaker, called Echo, which is
controlled with your voice
Deals:
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Marketing firm Dentsu Aegis
Network acquires mobile ad agency Fetch Media
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FilmTrack, a developer of
contracts and rights management software for the media and entertainment
industry, has raised $10MM in its Series B, and also acquired Dashbox, a
developer of cloud-based music asset and metadata management software
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Cott Corporation has agreed to
acquire the parent company of DS Services of America, a direct-to-consumer
provider of bottled water, office coffee and water filtration services, for
$1.25B
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Cable and Wireless Communications
said on Thursday that it had agreed to acquire Columbus International, a
telecommunications provider in Latin America and the Caribbean, for $1.85B
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British Sky Broadcasting has
agreed to acquire 87.45% of Sky Deutschland, including a 57.45% stake held by
21st Century Fox
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Siemens is selling its hearing-aid
unit to private equity firms EQT Partners and Santo Holding in a deal valued at
$2.68B
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Raytheon has acquired privately
held Blackbird Technologies, which provides cyber security, surveillance and
secure communications to spy agencies and special operations units for $420MM
Business:
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Please see below for an interesting article on how VCs have
contributed over $300MM for ‘Internet of Things’ startups
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Please see below for today’s top tech funding stories
Exec Moves:
Retail:
Startups:
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Shippable, which offers a
containerized continuous integration and delivery platform based on Docker
containers, announced that it has raised $8MM in its Series A round led by
Madrona Venture Group
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Reedsy is a startup that wants to
unbundle publishing company’s methods and provide all the services you need to self-publish
a book
Government:
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The U.S. unemployment rate could get down to 4.7% by the end
of next year
Other:
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Alexei Devotchenko, a prominent Russian actor who was vocal in his
opposition to Russian president Vladimir Putin, has been found dead in Moscow
under suspicious circumstances
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New Zealand police have charged Phil Rudd, the drummer of AC/DC, with
attempting to arrange a murder, threatening to kill, and possession of
methamphetamines and cannabis
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