Entertainment:
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Please see below for an article on 4K TVs and how it would be
best to wait before purchasing one
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See below for an interesting article regarding Chris Hemsworth’s
Blackhat and hackers
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Amazon Studios has hired Woody Allen to write and direct a TV
series
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Whistle Sports, a YouTube company focused on sports-related
content, has raised a $28MM Series B round to expand its focus on markets
outside of the U.S
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DirecTV has started allowing its customers to access broadcast
network Fox’s on-demand TV content hub Fox Now through their Roku set-top boxes
and smart TVs
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Marvel released a new full-length trailer for "The
Avengers: Age of Ultron"
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The Visual Effects Society has announced the nominees for its
13th Annual VES Awards
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Sonar Entertainment will develop Stephen King's bestselling
novel Mr. Mercedes as a limited series for television
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The Golden Globes popped to the top of this week’s Twitter TV
ratings, nearly beating out even the mighty NFL on a playoff weekend in terms
of social-media heat, according to Nielsen
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Atlanta-based Giant Studios has sold the proprietary
performance-capture technology used in Avatar, the Lord Of The Rings trilogy
and The Polar Express to James Cameron and Jon Landau’s Santa Monica-based
Lightstorm Entertainment
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Adam Sandler and Doug Robinson's Happy Madison is extending
its relationship with Sony Pictures TV, signing a new three-year overall deal
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http://deadline.com/2015/01/happy-madison-overall-deal-sony-tv-comedy-projects-wahlbergs-1201348295/
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Spike Lee will release his latest film, horror movie "Da
Sweet Blood of Jesus," exclusively on Vimeo On Demand one month before it
hits theaters
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Please see below for an article on Undrtone, music’s next big
app
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Louis C.K. is going for round three at Madison Square Garden -
the comedian emailed his subscribers Monday to announce a Jan. 24 show at the
New York venue
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http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/6436578/louis-ck-announces-third-show-at-madison-square-garden
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A measles outbreak hit Disneyland Anaheim with 22 confirmed
cases
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A Media Partners Asia (MPA) research report is predicting that
online video service net revenues across 13 Asian countries will grow from
$3.5B in 2014 to $12.4B by 2020
Tech:
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Google Domains has launched in the US
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Allcast, a media streaming app, is now available on iOS
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9GAG plans to make its move into mobile games
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Video ad platform Teads has raised $30MM to accelerate
technology development and expand in the U.S.
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23andMe, the Mountain View, California-based company that
offers a $99 consumer DNA kit, announced an agreement with Pfizer
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Microsoft is officially dropping support for Windows 7
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Facebook now sends out Amber alerts in its news feed
Deals:
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UK-based Admedo has acquired Dispop,
an online display advertising and retargeting specialist in New York
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Tinder has purchased Chill, creators
of Tappy, as part of a strategic acquihire
Business:
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MasterCard’s decision to go to federal court last week and sue
Nike for $5MM because it hired away several IT security people may force the
courts to remap the boundaries of corporate recruiting
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Malaysia is scrapping a proposed $20B merger that would have
created the country’s biggest bank after CIMB Group Holdings and RHB Capital
failed to agree on new deal terms
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After S.&P. mounted a two-year campaign to defeat civil
fraud charges — portraying them as retaliation for cutting the credit rating of
the United States — the ratings agency is now negotiating with the Justice
Department to settle the case
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United Airlines may again turn to outsourcing to slash
expenses, helping the airline meet its goal of cutting costs by $2B annually
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Salus Capital has offered RadioShack $500MM in bankruptcy
financing to fund the struggling retailer's operations if it ends up in Chapter
11
Exec Moves:
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Sophia Amoruso, founder of Nasty
Gal, is no longer CEO of the fashion site -the company’s president and chief
product officer, Sheree Waterson, will take over the position and also join its
board
Retail:
Startups:
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App Annie, which provides business
intelligence solutions such as ranking, sales analytics and advanced market
intelligence for the app economy, raised $55MM in its Series D
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Percolata, which helps retailers
better manage their employee workforce in a way that meets actual customer
demand, raised $5MM in seed funding from Google and A16Z
Government:
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The Cyber Caliphate, a hacker group claiming association with
terrorist group ISIS, today seized control of the @CENTCOM Twitter and YouTube
accounts that represents U.S. central military command
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Mitt Romney and Chris Christie are set to meet up in an
attempt to wash away the residual awkwardness from the 2012 presidential
election now that both are preparing to run in 2016
Other:
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