Entertainment:
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Vimeo is announcing a new way for large online publishers,
including The Atlantic and CBS Interactive, to sell video content
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Los Angeles-based streaming television site Hulu has inked a
deal to create another new, original series for the site, with Freddie Wong and
the RocketJump team, the group behind the YouTube series Video Game High School
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Please see below for a hands on review of Vessel’s new service
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The National Basketball Association is said to be increasing
its credit line by at least $1B on the strength of Steven A. Ballmer’s $2B purchase
of the Los Angeles Clippers and its new television contracts
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Bleecker Street is continuing to shore up deals for its
nascent slate of films, inking a multi-year distribution deal with Universal
Pictures Home Entertainment for Blu-ray, DVD, electronic sell-through and VOD
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Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos has been named
Television Showman of the Year by the publicists’ branch of the International
Cinematographers Guild
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Bohemia Group is expanding into New Zealand - the
Hollywood-based international management firm has consolidated its yearlong
collaboration with Gail Cowan of Gail Cowan Management
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Independent music marketing, talent management, and music
publishing house Primary Wave has officially merged its talent division with
Intellectual Artists Management to form a new multiplatform music, film, TV,
and literary management company
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The Berlin International Film Festival is on high diplomatic
alert after the North Korean government accused the Berlinale of
"instigating terrorism" for a screening of Sony Pictures' The
Interview during this year's festival
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TrueX, the ad tech company that was acquired by 21st Century
Fox in December, has pacted with Viacom to bring its engagement advertising to
the media company's portfolio of networks
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Film financier Cantinas Entertainment has acquired Mission
Pictures to form Cantinas Distribution as a wholly owned subsidiary
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Amazon will make all 10 episodes of its original series
Transparent free to watch on Jan. 24, the company has announced
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Please see below for an interesting article on the problems with
American Sniper’s narrative
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Netflix’s faster-than-expected rollout in overseas markets
took most analysts by surprise, setting off a flurry of price target increases
on the stock
Tech:
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Andreessen Horowitz, perhaps Silicon Valley’s most-revered
group of investors, shared its “16 Things” list, a breakdown of the hottest tech
trends in the world right now
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A report commissioned by Facebook claims the social network
generated a whopping $227B worth of economic activity and 4.5 million jobs last
year
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Tumblr announced the launch of the Creatrs Network, a sort of
creative agency for Tumblr bloggers that will help connect them with brands and
other organizations that want to use Tumblr artist content in their ads and
marketing
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Spotify is updating its iOS app today with features
reminiscent of two other popular apps out today, Snapchat and Tinder and their
press-to-play and swiping gestures
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Twitter’s “While You Were Away” feature, which helps you catch
up on tweets that you missed, is officially launching on iOS today (with
Android and web coming soon)
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WhatsApp is now available on desktop
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Please see below for an interview with Bill Gates where he
talks about his 15 year plan, capitalism’s downside, and measles at Disneyland
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In several months, Microsoft will unveil its most ambitious
undertaking in years, a head-mounted holographic computer called Project
HoloLens
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Amazon has a new tool for its Kindle Direct Publishing
authors, via a new KDP EDU wing of the same aimed at educators and academic
institutions
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Camoji, the GIF camera app, has added keyboard integration and
instantly shares with Reddit
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Picattoo is a newly launched service that will turn your
Instagram photos into temporary tattoos
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One week after launching in India, becoming the first
international music-streaming service to land in the country, Rdio is
continuing its global expansion with launches in 24 new markets
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Google is getting ready to "sell mobile phone plans
directly to customers and manage their calls and mobile data over a cellular
network"
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Bill Gates is guest-editing The Verge in February
Deals:
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Uber brought on $1.6B in convertible
debt from Goldman Sachs, a person with knowledge of the deal has confirmed
Business:
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Carl C. Icahn wants 2 seats on Gannett’s board which precedes
a planned breakup of the company, which is separating its newspaper unit,
including USA Today, from its much bigger broadcast operations
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China’s central bank injected $8B of capital support into the
country's financial markets today
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eBay has announced an agreement with activist investor Carl
Icahn, whose demand for a PayPal spinoff was satisfied last September
Exec Moves:
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Select Management Group – which
specializes in managing online stars on YouTube, Twitter and Instagram – has
added online-video veteran Adam Wescott as a partner and launched SelectNext,
an entertainment-production unit focused on its stable of talent
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Female-oriented digital media
company Refinery29, stepping up its focus on video content, has tapped producer
Amy Emmerich as head of video
Retail:
Startups:
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The League, an exclusive dating app
hoping to connect “high quality” singles, has raised $2.1MM in venture funding
Government:
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The Speaker of the New York State Assembly, Sheldon Silver,
was arrested by the FBI on corruption charges Thursday
Other:
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Vince Camuto, legendary women’s shoe designer, died in his
Greenwich, Connecticut, home Wednesday at age 78
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