Entertainment:
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Please see below for the complete Oscars list
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The 87th Oscars on Sunday marked the second consecutive big
Academy Awards for Fox Searchlight, which on the strength of its second Best
Picture winner in a row
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Twitter is declining to release the numbers on 2015 Oscars
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The 87th annual Academy Awards suffered a 10% ratings from
last year - the Neil Patrick Harris-hosted Oscars had the lowest telecast
rating since 2011
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Please see below for what the Oscar nominees have lined up in
the pipeline
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Epix has extended its movie licensing pact with Amazon’s Prime
Instant Video service
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Netflix released another trailer for the third season of its
smash-hit original series "House of Cards"
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YouTube Kids has now arrived, complete with a simplified design,
a curated selection of kid-safe content, parental controls, and more
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http://www.videonuze.com/article/youtube-kids-app-launches-further-pressuring-kids-cable-tv-networks
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Nicolas Cage has joined the cast of Oliver Stone’s ‘Snowden’
in the role of a former U.S. Intelligence official
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Universal Focus is expecting ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ to come in
lower than what we’ve been predicting, with $23.2MM in its second weekend, down
73% for a running 10-day domestic cume of $130.1MM
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The 35th annual Golden Raspberry Awards were handed out
Saturday evening, satirizing "the Worst Achievements in Film for 2014"
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Sony Music is moving onto the Sony Pictures Studios lot in
Culver City during the next two years, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter
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The Australian national broadband network (NBN) has approached
ARRIS for essential technology as it builds out its next-generation hybrid
fibre coaxial (HFC) broadband network
Tech:
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Apple has announced its largest European investment ever - a
€1.7B plan to build and operate two data centers in Ireland and Denmark that
will power its online services for customers across the continent
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Please see below for an article on the team who make it
possible for blind people to use Facebook
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Funnely builds smart Facebook ad campaigns for online stores
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Buzzfeed is building out a team of Silicon Valley reporters in
an attempt to change the way we talk about tech
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Los Angeles-based venture investment firm Upfront said late
Sunday that it has named rapper and entrepreneur Chamillionaire as its newest
entrepreneur-in-residence
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Paint Nite enables local artists and venues to plan, promote
and sell out creative social painting events on a massive scale, and has raised
$13MM in its Series A
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Now, in a high-profile suit set to go to trial this week, a
jury will pass judgment about whether one woman suffered discrimination at
Kleiner Perkins
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Google is finally testing Inbox for work email, but only for a
few companies
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Google has inked a distribution deal with the biggest wireless
carriers in the U.S. to get the Google Wallet payments app pre-installed on
their phones
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Please see below for an interesting article on digital content
Deals:
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Samsung SDI is getting more serious
about EVs with the purchase of the EV battery pack division of Magna
International - under the agreement, Samsung SDI will acquire Magna Steyr
including all 264 employees, production and development site
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Please see below for an interesting
article on the potential Comcast-Time Warner deal
Business:
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In 2017, Volvo plans to launch the most ambitious autonomous
tech trial announced thus far: It’s going to put 100 customers in cars with
autonomous capabilities and turn them loose on public roads under a program it
calls “Drive Me.”
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Marcato Capital Management sent a letter to Sotheby’s board on
Friday calling on the company to buy back $500MM worth of shares
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Investors have pulled about $2.5B since October from a
hedge-fund firm owned by Carlyle Group LP after an outsize bet on mortgage
giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac led to steep losses last year
Exec Moves:
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Charlie Ergen, the brash
entrepreneurial founder of Dish Network, will take over as CEO of the satcaster
following the retirement of president and CEO Joe Clayton in March
Retail:
Startups:
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Miovision, an Ontario company that
is helping 500 municipalities and engineering firms in 50 countries use video
technology to eliminate traffic snarls - the company raised $30MM this month
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Main Street Hub, a company that helps
mom and pop businesses run social media marketing, customer relationship
management (CRM) and marketing automation recently announced it has received
$20MM in debt financing from Silicon Valley Bank
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Social location app FacesIn has
relaunched with a new focus on delivering location-based alerts about where
someone will be soon — not just where they are right now
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Round.me, which allows users to
explore global locations through panoramic photos, has raised a $3MM round led
by April Capital
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The company behind Viv, a powerful
form of AI built by Siri’s creators which is able to learn from the world to
improve upon its capabilities, has just closed on $12.5 million in Series B
funding
Government:
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European stock markets rose and the euro started the week on a
cautious note as a Greek debt deal struck last week remains in the balance
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Lloyds is poised to resume dividend payments for the first
time in more than six years, as the U.K. announced it sold another chunk of its
stake in the taxpayer-backed lender
Other:
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Shoppers crowded into the Mall of America on Sunday despite a
threat of attack by an al-Qaeda-linked group
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