Entertainment:
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Yahoo is launching a new digital magazine called Yahoo TV - the
new magazine will feature articles and analysis on television shows
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Chew places a lot of emphasis on the video side of what is
otherwise a music streaming platform - users are expected to share a video
stream alongside their audio
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the digital age
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21st Century Fox and Apollo Global Management, joint owners of
the newly-formed global TV giant Endemol Shine Group, said they would merge
Shine International and Endemol Worldwide Distribution under CEO Cathy Payne
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Chinese box-office revenue edged ahead of the United States in
February for the first time ever as a record Lunar New Year bonanza brought in $650MM
in the second-largest movie market, according to data from research firm
Entgroup
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High school students can get free tickets to “The Imitation
Game” thanks to a partnership between the Oscar-winning film’s distributor, the
Weinstein Company, and AMC Theatres
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MyTF1VOD, the on-demand platform of France’s top commercial
network TF1, is set to roll-out AfrostreamVOD, a digital service dedicated to
African, Afro-American et Afro-Caribean movies
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A million-dollar ticket for the Grateful Dead's Fare Thee Well
concerts in Chicago is simply tout tactic on the resale site StubHub
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India's leading direct-to-home (DTH) operator Tata Sky is to
launch the first commercial 4KTV and video services in the subcontinent.
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Frontier Communications plans to deploy a co-branded version
of the TiVo Roamio DVR with over-the-air (OTA) support as part of its video
offering for residential and business customers
Tech:
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Apple has added language to legal documents (via 9to5Mac)
regarding the scope of its company activities to include vehicles, with a
generic description that includes automobiles, bicycles, rail, ships, aircrafts
and more
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Apple is capitalizing on the fact that they’re the most
popular camera by launching a new ad campaign dedicated to images shot by
iPhone users
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Samsung continues investing in the future of mobile virtual
reality, with a brand new version of Gear VR designed specifically to work with
the new Galaxy S6 and S6 edge smartphones
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HTC is gearing up to compete in the gaming wearable space,
announcing a partnership with games publisher Valve to bring a virtual reality
headset to market, called the HTC Vive — to compete with the likes of the
Oculus Rift
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Tinder Plus, the dating app’s first step into the wonderful
world of freemium monetization, will launch today for $9.99, according to sources
familiar with the matter
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PayPal just debuted its new chip-and-pin solution (EMV) and
it’s NFC enabled — making it one step ahead of Square
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IBM and Apple announce three bland apps for airlines,
retailers, and banks
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Google has confirmed the long-standing rumors that it was
planning to enter the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) space in the U.S.
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With no new announcements at Mobile World Congress, LG spent
most of a press conference Sunday trying to explain the thinking behind its
first WebOS-based smartwatch, which was detailed last week
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The LTE Broadcast project has received another boost, this
time in the form of endorsement by capabilities managed, multiscreen video
technology provider Quickplay.
Deals:
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PayPal, the payments service with 162
million users preparing to separate from e-commerce giant eBay later this year,
is announcing an acquisition today to help build out its mobile business
targeting physical merchants
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NXP Semiconductors and Freescale
Semiconductor are merging in a $40B deal
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Airbnb is in the process of raising
another round of funding that will value it at $20B
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San Diego-based Pulse Electronics
said today that it is an agreement to be acquired by affiliates of Oaktree
Capital Management
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RockYou has raised $23MM in funding
from Columbia Capital as part of its strategy of operating aging social games
at a profit
Business:
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Lumber Liquidators shares are getting smoked after a report
aired on "60 Minutes" Sunday night that showed major issues at some
of the company's factories in China
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Forbes' magazine has just released its annual world's
billionaires list
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Gannett said the activist investor Icahn had also withdrawn
his corporate governance proposals that would have made it easier to sell the
media company
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Orange has been discussing a possible alliance with Telecom
Italia
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Costco Wholesale Corp. named Citigroup Inc. and Visa Inc. as
its new credit partners, replacing American Express Co. as the exclusive
credit-card network at its stores beginning in April of next year
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The Nasdaq Composite climbed briefly above the 5000-point
level for the first time in almost 15 years, marking a milestone in the revival
of an index that once was synonymous with dot-com excess
Exec Moves:
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David Besbris has left his role as
the head of Google’s social and identity product - he has been replaced by
Bradley Horowitz, a longtime VP of product for Google+
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Gordon E. Dyal, a former head of
Goldman Sachs’ mergers business and a veteran deal maker, is retiring, the firm
announced in an internal memorandum on Monday
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Jonathan Decker has exited IM
Global, where he was president, to join Nicolas Chartier’s Voltage Pictures as
president and COO
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Bob Moczydlowsky, Twitter's head of
music, has left the company
Retail:
Startups:
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Tworlds is a photo-sharing app that
lets you experience the life of a total stranger
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Google SVP Sundar Pichai has given a
few hints about what value Google sees in Magic Leap, the very well-financed
augmented reality startup that Mountain View led a $542MM investment round in
last year, and which Pichai also sits on the board
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Los Angeles-based online fashion
retailer Nasty Gal has raised $12.7MM, as part of an ongoing venture funding
targeted at $16MM, according to a regulatory filing by the firm this week
Government:
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Asian stocks rose on Monday after China cut interest rates by
a quarter percentage point over the weekend
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U.S. consumer spending fell for a second straight month in
January as households continued to cut back on purchases, opting to save much
of the massive windfall from cheaper gasoline
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said the
relationship between the United States and Israel was stronger than ever
despite tensions over Washington's ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran
Other:
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A post written by ISIS supporters has emerged, threatening
Twitter employees with death because the microblogging platform deletes
accounts related to the terrorist group
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A video posted online (graphic) shows LAPD officers
confronting then shooting and killing an unarmed man on Skid Row on Sunday
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