Entertainment:
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TheTake, which launched today, uses Shazam-like technology
to automatically identify movie scenes and then pinpoint products in those
scenes so users can instantly buy them
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Please see below for the cast announcement of Bond 24, which
will be called ‘Spectre’
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The Sony hackers revealed how much Seth Rogan and James
Franco were paid for ‘The Interview’ - $8.4MM and $6.5MM respectively. A North
Korean Diplomat has denied that the hack was from North Korea
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The American Residuals & Talent, which processes
residuals checks for SAG-AFTRA members, has been hacked
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Disney has revealed plans to debut a spinoff animated short ‘Frozen
Fever’ in theaters in March
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Please see below for the list of the first movies that were
announced for the Sundance Film Festival
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Advertisers cut spending on both cable and broadcast TV in
October
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Download sales of songs performed on the American Music
Awards (not including newly-released tunes) were up by 30% in the two weeks
ending Nov. 30, according to Nielsen SoundScan
Tech:
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Starbucks has rolled out a “Mobile Order & Pay” app that
lets users order their coffee before arriving to a Starbucks location – they plan
to release the feature city-by-city in 2015
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India-focused music service Saavn is upping its social game
after it partnered with Twitter to introduce a tweet-powered radio station for
its users
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Amazon has unveiled a new line of diapers and baby wipes
called Amazon Elements, which the company promises will be heavily dictated by
customer reviews
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App Annie is expanding its core line up of mobile app
analytics services with today’s launch of a new Audience Intelligence product
that helps app developers better understand their user’s demographics
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Docker has announced a new set of orchestration tools
designed to make life easier for developers, a new “turn-key” enterprise
product (its very first commercial product), and an agreement with IBM
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Gangnam Style has been viewed so many times that it broke
YouTube’s code
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http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/03/gangnam-style-has-been-viewed-so-many-times-it-broke-youtubes-code/
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Facebook is tapping San Diego-based Internet security
software developer ESET, in a move to help Facebook users battle malware
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Twitter Chief Executive Officer Dick Costolo’s family trusts
halved their stake in the social network again, as the executive’s sales
accelerate
o
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-04/costolo-s-family-trusts-sell-half-their-twitter-stock.html
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Google announced a number of achievements today for its
Project Loon
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Disneyland is the most Instagrammed spot on Earth
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NASA has delayed its Orion launch to Friday
Deals:
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Today Uber chief Travis Kalanick
revealed that the company has secured $1.2B in additional financing in order to
“make substantial investments, particularly in the Asia Pacific region.” – the company
is now valued at $40B
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Allegedly, Ektron, a web content
management firm based in Nashua, NH has been sold to an unnamed private equity
firm for around $48MM plus taking on $50MM in debt
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SoftBank has turned its attention to
Southeast Asia and sunk $250MM into GrabTaxi, Uber’s arch enemy in the region
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OnDeck Capital, an online site for
lending to small businesses, said it planned to price its stock sale at $16 to
$18 a share, a move that would value the company at about $1.1B
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NextEra Energy said it would buy
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Hawaii’s biggest power supplier, for about $2.63
billion in cash and stock
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European pay TV giant Sky has
agreed to sell a controlling stake in its betting unit Sky Bet for up to $1.13
billion in a deal that values the unit at $1.26 billion.
Business:
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Walt Disney boosted its dividend by 33.7%, with the new
annual payout of $1.15 vs. $0.86 previously
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Barnes & Noble today announced the termination of its
commercial agreement with Microsoft surrounding the Nook business
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Xfund, the investment firm based at Harvard, has closed a
second fund of $100MM
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Formation 8, the investment firm founded by Joe Lonsdale,
Brian Koo and Jim Kim, has closed its second fund and raised $500MM
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Nearly 36% of junior investment bankers who started two-year
jobs in 2012 have now joined private equity firms, according to research by
Vettery
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An activist investor has called out Jim Cramer and his salary
in a letter
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By 2023, nearly all subscription and revenue growth in the
satellite video market will come from non-mature markets says leading analyst
Euroconsult
Exec Moves:
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Andy Forssell, Hulu’s interim CEO,
is now CEO at Showyou – a web video aggregator/distribution startup
o http://recode.net/2014/12/03/former-hulu-ceo-andy-forssell-takes-over-at-video-aggregator-showyou/
Retail:
Startups:
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AvantCredit, an online consumer
lender with the goal of lowering the barriers and costs of borrowing globally,
has raised $300MM in debt financing
Government:
Other:
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