Entertainment:
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Chris Hemsworth delivered some strong ratings for ‘Saturday
Night Live’
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Valiant Entertainment – the indie publisher of comic books and
graphic novels with a library of more than 2,000 characters — has just
partnered with Beijing-based studio and production company DMG Entertainment
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HBO Go hit the PS3 last year and Comcast subscribers still
can’t use the service – they can only access it on the PS4
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Blizzard Entertainment said last week that it is launching a
new, video game competition which will award more than $450,000 in tuition and
other prizes to college students--not to mention coverage on ESPN
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HBO's upcoming launch of its "HBO Now" OTT service
is unquestionably one of the biggest variables for the future of the pay-TV
ecosystem
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Netflix will let the excitement for the Canadian drama ‘Between’
build by unveiling a new episode each week as the streamer goes day-and-date
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Regal Entertainment Group CEO Amy Miles and CFO David Ownby an
investor conference on Monday signaled an appetite for further acquisitions
after the exhibitor recently said it has decided that a sale of the group would
not be in the best interest of shareholders
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Director Randall Miller entered a guilty plea on Monday in the
“Midnight Rider” case, reversing a not guilty plea just as a trial was
scheduled to begin
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Future Music Festival Asia, which was scheduled for March
13-14 at Singapore’s Changi Exhibition Centre, has been canceled
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Marvel Studios may skip San Diego Comic-Con this year
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Nielsen has released research claiming to show that social TV
activity such as on Twitter can also tell us just how engaged the general
viewing population is with the programming it watches.
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Prime Entertainment has signed with French producer Les Films
de l'Autre Côte for the distribution of its full catalogue
Tech:
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See below for articles on what to expect from today’s Apple
Watch Event and live blogs of the event
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Thanks to a city ordinance passed last fall, this will be the
first year on-demand ride services like Uber and Lyft will be competing for
passengers in Austin during SXSW
·
See below for an article on the race to make everyone a
livestreamer
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WhatsApp is blocking third-party clients on its app
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Photobucket, one of the web’s older brands which offers a
photo and video-sharing service online and on mobile, has closed on $3.6MM in
new funding
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http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/06/photobucket-3-6-million-for-printing-and-acquisitions/#tZicGQ:m821
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Less than an hour before Apple’s Spring Forward event in San
Francisco, where the company is expected to reveal further details about the
Apple Watch, Google has released a new Android Wear ad
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Google has "assembled a team of engineers to build a
version of the Android operating system to power virtual-reality applications"
·
Top execs from Snapchat, including CEO Evan Spiegel and Chief
Strategy Officer Imran Khan, met with Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
amid funding rumors for the fast-growing startup
·
San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York isn’t just intrigued by
wearable technology, he’s ready to throw it into the starting lineup
Deals:
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News Corp is continuing its focus on
India after it announced a deal to buy tech and startup-focused media company
VCCircle
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SugarCRM, a CRM and open source
rival to Salesforce, has made an acquisition to help the company raise its game
on the mobile front
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PayPal may be in the process of
purchasing the Israeli-based security firm CyActive for $60MM
·
Simon Property Group began an
unsolicited attempt to acquire a rival, the Macerich Company, in a deal that
would be valued at about $22.4B
Business:
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Tesla has confirmed that it will cut jobs in China as it
continues to grapple with slow sales in the world's biggest car
·
UPS kicked off a new global ad campaign targeting businesses
on Sunday in an attempt to communicate it is about more than just package
delivery
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Exec Moves:
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Michael Rothstein has joined IM
Global as president of international sales and distribution
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Endemol Shine Group has set the
leadership structure of its separate international creative team and format
sales business
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Dish Network — which dropped 79,000
subscribers in 2014 — announced that Scott Skurnick will lead the satcaster’s
digital marketing efforts
Retail:
Startups:
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Monohm, a startup based in Berkeley,
California, is working on developing circular smart phones
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Blippar, an augmented reality ad
platform that uses real-world tags to deliver extra AR content in offline
situations, has raised $45MM in new funding from undisclosed investors
·
Lamabang, a Chinese social network
and ecommerce company, raised $100MM in its Series C
Government:
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Congress will be in no hurry to raise the federal government's
borrowing limit, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told CBS' "Face
the Nation" on Sunday, but will act in time to avoid Washington defaulting
on its debt
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The Director of U.S.’s Central Intelligence Agency is worried
it’s in danger of losing relevance in an ever-more-digital world
Other:
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Please see below for an interesting article on self-driving
cars
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McDonald's reached out to Ex Cops (pop punk band) to see if
they would be interested in playing a showcase at this week's SXSW festival in
Austin, Texas, without pay, the two were pretty offended – and replied in
comedic fashion
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Early on Monday, TMZ posted video of Suge Knight’s Jan. 29
hit-and-run involving two victims, one of whom was killed
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Suicide rates are going up, especially among young women
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Oklahoma fraternity closed after racist video leaks
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