Entertainment:
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YouTube will launch a new, child-friendly version of its
service for mobile devices on Monday
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Machinima, a digital video site that is dedicated to fandom and
gamer culture, has raised $24MM in funding from Warner Bros. Entertainment and
existing investors
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Hulu said today that it has obtained the exclusive,
video-on-demand rights to ‘CSI’
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The social media Oscar winner was ‘American Sniper,’ which
added 17.9 million mentions on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube during the final
voting, according to social media consultancy RelishMix
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Danielle Steel has signed with Paradigm and will develop
original material for TV and film projects along with mining her extensive
catalog
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ABC has pacted with Facebook to live-stream “The Oscars Backstage”
on Facebook
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TLC's Kickstarter ended Thursday, raising more than $430,000
for the group's fifth and final album
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The ‘Two and a Half Men’ series finale was a masterpiece of
contempt
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The NFL Scouting Combine, a week-long tryout for more than 300
NFL-hopefuls that kicked off this week ahead of April’s NFL Draft – many athletes
are using wearables to track their performance
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MCB Network Corp.'s MiCasa Network and European Television
Guild have expanded their global relationship to develop the International
distribution and marketing of MCB Network channels to DTT, OTT, IPTV and mobile
platforms
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Cloud-based video production system provider Aframe has had
its core platform certified for the third year by FACT, the Federation Against
Copyright Theft
Tech:
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Stripe, the intriguing startup that helps drive payments on
everything from Facebook to Lyft, is now handling bitcoin
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Apple is offering a new repair program that extends coverage
for certain MacBook Pro models made between 2011 and 2013 that are exhibiting
problems related to video
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Today at Yahoo’s first mobile developer conference, the tech
giant unveiled its new Yahoo Mobile Development Suite that combines Yahoo App
Publishing for monetization, Search In Apps, and App Marketing with its Flurry
Analytics acquisition made last year
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After moving to a fully ad-supported model earlier this month,
popular photo-sharing site Imgur is today introducing a new feature designed to
make it easier for visitors to explore images that relate to subjects of
interest to them
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Rumor has it that Apple plans to launch a public beta for iOS
8.3 through its AppleSeed program in March
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Uber said Thursday that it is launching its carpooling
service, uberPOOL, in Los Angeles, in an effort to help residents help reduce
traffic and pollution in the city
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Varick Media Management, which specializes in programmatic ad
buying, has chosen Tremor Video's demand side platform, powered by VideoHub, as
its preferred partner for premium programmatic campaigns
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Less than a year after Snapchat was valued at about $10B, the
hunt is on for the next proverbial “unicorn,” a nascent business worth $1B or
more — on paper, at least
Deals:
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BuzzFeed just announced that it’s
acquiring San Francisco startup GoPop - the startup was originally known as
Zeega, and it was part of the first class at Matter, the Knight Foundation- and
KQED-backed incubator for media startups
Business:
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The biggest refinery strike since 1980 continues after the
United Steelworkers union instructed members to reject a seventh labor contract
offered by Royal Dutch Shell
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After years of widespread criticism over its low pay structure
and increasing reliance on part-time workers, Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) is raising
the minimum wage for all of its U.S. workers to $9 an hour by April and at
least $10 by next February
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A US judge said American Express can’t stop businesses from
asking customers to use their Visa or MasterCard instead due to antitrust laws
Exec Moves:
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Universal Pictures International
announced today that Rob Huber has been appointed managing director for the UK
and Ireland
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Former AEG Live CEO Randy Phillips
has been tapped as CEO of Global Entertainment, a newly-launched U.S. division
for London-based Global, the Media and Entertainment Group
Retail:
Startups:
Government:
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Greece and its Eurozone creditors are poised for another round
of tough negotiations over extending the government’s bailout program, after
Germany summarily rejected a request for an extension sent by Athens on
Thursday morning
Other:
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Ferrari has unveiled a new concept car that is a political
statement about the problems with Formula One
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Time Warner Cable calls customer 'c*nt' in letter, apologizes
with free year of service
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Three teenage girls from London are missing and feared to be
traveling to Syria to potentially join ISIS, Scotland Yard announced Friday
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Screenwriter, comedian, producer, actor, and author Harris
Wittels passed away yesterday at the age of 30
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