Entertainment:
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Tidal, the high-definition music streaming service acquired by
rapper and music mogul Jay-Z, is gearing up for its official relaunch under new
ownership later today, and it will be doing so by reportedly making a move to
snag new releases by some of the biggest musicians of the moment including Kanye
West, Madonna and Daft Punk, ahead of rival services like Spotify and Beats.
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Sony and Spotify have teamed up to let you listen to your
tunes while you game
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See below for an interesting article on Naritiv, a brand and
influencer social media network startup, and how they helped “The Pretty Little
Liars” Snapchat account amass more than 800,000 followers on the platform
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YouTube bumped up the quality of the videos it hosts by
allowing for gorgeous, 60 FPS video playback
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Walt Disney Studios and XPRIZE, the group which runs
challenges aimed at spurring solutions to big issues facing society, have
teamed up to create a new XPRIZE, called the Create Tomorrowland XPRIIZE
Challenge
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The first short teaser trailer for "The Walking
Dead" spinoff series, "Fear the Walking Dead," debuted during
the season five finale of the AMC show
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The 2015 NCAA Tournament has been scoring with double-digit
gains this year for its best ratings numbers in more than two decades, and
Sunday’s pair of matchups on CBS that determined the Final Four kept up the
pace
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Fox Searchlight acquired worldwide rights, minus France and other
French-speaking territories, to “He Named Me Malala”
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“Home” is where the heart is for DreamWorks Animation
investors this morning: The studio’s shares are up more than 7% in pre-market
trading following the successful opening weekend for its only major 2015
release
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Universal has released a new TV spot teaser for this summer’s
Chris Pratt-fronted “Jurassic World”
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See below for the new “Spectre” trailer
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Trevor Noah, the relatively new correspondent added to Comedy
Central’s “The Daily Show”, now is considered the most likely candidate to
replace Stewart as show host
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See below for an article on how Madison Square Garden plans to
split into two publically traded companies
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A new proposal by the European Commission to change European
copyright law could — if its critics are to be believed — wreak havoc on the
independent film business, both in Europe and Hollywood
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Redbox, which rents DVDs through vending machines dotted across
the U.S., has extended its deal with Warner Bros. by two years, through March
31, 2017, maintaining a 28-day window on the studio’s films
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BMG has signed what it's calling a "game-changing"
digital distribution deal with China-based internet giant Alibaba
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Native Instruments — best known for its DJ and music
production software — is rolling out a new royalty-free audio format that could
be a big deal for professional and amateur remixers alike
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Netflix is accounting for 15% of iiNet's data traffic just a
few days into the online streaming giant's Australian launch, according to the
Internet service provider
Tech:
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On Friday, Slack announced on its corporate blog that it was
hacked over the course of four days in February, and that some number of users’
data was compromised
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Flipboard is today expanding its curation abilities with the
debut of “Private Group Magazines.
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Pebble went back to crowdfunding site Kickstarter to help fund
the Pebble Time, its second major hardware iteration
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A new 3D-printed drone called the ELF VR Nano is available for
pre-order on Indiegogo and for download on Thingiverse
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Vine announced a technical change that allows Vine users to
upload the higher-resolution 720p HD video to the app
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StubHub files lawsuit against Ticketmaster and the Golden
State Warriors over monopolistic practices
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See below for an interesting read on Dropbox and how their CEO
plans to thwart the tech giants in business
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Despite the trial’s outcome, most agree that Pao vs. Kleiner
Perkins has put a spotlight on the industry and opened a dialogue that many
believe will lead to more diversity across the Valley
Deals:
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Leading Euro pay TV operator Sky has
acquired a 60% stake in U.S. production company Jupiter Entertainment
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Yoox Group, the Italian e-commerce
luxury retailer, said it was discussing a “business combination” with
Net-a-Porter, which is owned by a Swiss holding group
Business:
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Apple’s CEO Tim Cook is speaking out against a slew of laws
being introduced in states across the country, which Cook says are designed to
“enshrine discrimination in state law”
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Federal regulators accused Lynn Tilton, the self-described
“turnaround queen,” and her firm, Patriarch Partners, on Monday of defrauding
investors by hiding the poor performance of assets she managed for them
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Volvo Cars is investing $500MM in its first U.S. assembly
plant, plugging a longstanding gap in the automaker's manufacturing base
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See below for an interesting article on how the bond dealers
who defined Wall Street success in the ’80s — and who were immortalized by Tom
Wolfe in his best-selling novel — seem to be losing power by the day
Exec Moves:
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Netflix said Anne Sweeney, former
co-chair of Disney Media Networks and president of Disney-ABC Television at the
Walt Disney Co., and Brad Smith, executive VP and general counsel at Microsoft,
have joined its board.
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Tommy Page will leave Pandora to
join Cumulus Media as senior vice president of brand partnerships, the company
announced today
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Wuaki.tv has appointed Sebastien
Janin, former executive of Apple iTunes, as head of international business
development in order to strengthen the company through its European expansion
Startups:
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Handy sweeps up $15MM to grow its
home maintenance platform, and has hired a Tumblr VP as its new CTO
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On-demand, taxi app developer
Flywheel, which has been in an intense battle with Uber, Lyft, Sidecar and
others in the LA market, said this week that it will offer $5, flat rate rides
on its service in Los Angeles and San Diego until April 6th
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Yuantiku, a Chinese online education
product, raised $60MM in its Series D
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LimeRoad, a social discovery
platform enabling women to shop for apparel, shoes, bags, and more, raised
$30MM in its Series C
Government:
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Iran-allied Houthi militiamen pushed into the northeastern
outskirts of the Yemeni port city of Aden on Monday amid heavy clashes with
loyalists of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi apparently backed by Saudi-led
air strikes
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Russia, Australia, Denmark and the Netherlands have now become
the latest countries to join the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
despite misgivings in Washington
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A shooting at the headquarters of the National Security Agency
in Fort Meade, Maryland, on Monday morning left two people injured
Other:
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The Germanwings co-pilot who is believed to have crashed an
airliner into a French mountainside had undergone therapy over a period of time
before obtaining his pilot license
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