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TheWrap's Complete Coverage of TheGrill 2012

Media
 October 4, 2012 By Brent Lang, Lucas Shaw, Tim Kenneally, Alexander C. Kaufman & Todd Cunningham 32 weeks ago
  

Irving Azoff Calls Pandora 'Shitty,' Bemoans Era of 'Idol,' 'The Voice'

 October 2, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 33 weeks ago

The executive chairman of Live Nation Entertainment discusses how Steve Jobs changed music -- and how he threatened the life of Sly Stone

 

  

Digital Studio Execs Insist 'Everything Is Moving in the Right Direction' for Online Video

Media
 October 2, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 33 weeks ago

Executives from Maker Studios, Bedrocket Media and NBC Universal's president of digital talked growing online video audiences and advertising revenue at TheGrill 2012

  

Kickstarter Co-Founder Yancey Strickler: ‘We Don’t Care About Money’

Media | Movies
 October 2, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 33 weeks ago

More than $375 million has been pledged on the site, but Yancey Strickler insists the site is about art for art's sake

  

Movie Buzz More Likely to Spread by Word-of-Mouth Than Social Networks

Movies
 October 2, 2012 By Brent Lang 33 weeks ago

And good news for marketers from Ipsos MediaCT's Vincent Bruzzese: Those who take to Twitter primarily post to boost a movie they're excited about -- not to warn people about a turkey

  

How HSN Stopped Screaming at People and Became a Media Arcade

Media
 October 2, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 33 weeks ago

"We're not Amazon, we're not an aggregator of products -- we're a curator of products," HSN CEO Mindy Grossman told TheGrill

  

Hey Hollywood, What Do You Want to Ask Silicon Valley?

Media
 September 25, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 34 weeks ago

We're taking the smartest questions to throw at Kara Swisher and me at TheGrill next week. Send 'em in!

  

Alexander Ljung at TheGrill: The Many Diverse Ways to Sound Off on the Web (Video)

Media
 September 23, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

From 50 Cent uploading his latest track to a parent recording his child's first words, new audio-sharing platform has plenty of uses

  

Content Execs at TheGrill: The Future Is in the Cloud (Video)

Media
 September 22, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

John Calkins, Thomas Gewecke and Jim Lanzone explain why simpler is better in the content-ownership world

  

Dan Rosensweig at TheGrill: Provide Instant Gratification, or Die (Video)

Media
 September 22, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

Chegg CEO says that if you don't give the kids what they want, when they want it, you're as good as over

  

Pandora's Westergren at TheGrill: Is Tour Promotion Next? (Video)

Media
 September 22, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

The popular internet radio's co-founder isn't worried about the lack of profitability --or a challenge from Spotify

  

Arianna Huffington at TheGrill: Growth Not Waylaid by AOL Troubles (Video)

Media
 September 22, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

Plus, the word on a Yahoo merger, the future of Patch and why Michael Arrington had to go

  

Doug Herzog at TheGrill: Making Up Revenue in a Declining DVD Market (Video)

Media
 September 22, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

MTV Entertainment Networks president discusses the importance of streaming video as a money-generator

  

Steve Levitan at TheGrill: We Need a Better Way of Counting Viewers on Emerging Platforms (Video)

Media
 September 22, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

“I worry about a time, if the [ratings] system is not kept current, that old-fashioned shows that appeal to traditional viewers have an advantage over shows like mine"

  

Terry Semel at TheGrill: Value of Hollywood Content Is on the Rise (Video)

Media
 September 22, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

The former studio head and Harry Sloan debate 3D, Netflix and Hollywood's digital future during the kickoff session of TheWrap's annual media conference

  

TheGrill 2011: The Panels, the Power Brokers & the Parties

Media
 September 22, 2011 By Wrap Staff 1 year ago

Power brokers convened on TheGrill, the second annual media conference put on by TheWrap, Sept. 19-20

  

Matt Jacobson at TheGrill: How Facebook Interest Tracks to Box Office Openings (Video)

Media
 September 22, 2011 By Wrap Staff 1 year ago

Facebook wants you to forget about more traditional tracking services and get in bed with their social networking phenomenon

  

TheGrill 2011: Conversations on the Future of the Entertainment Industry (Slideshow)

Media
 September 21, 2011 By Cindy Kaplan 1 year ago

Industry leaders convened at TheGrill to discuss the rapidly changing media business

  

Summing Up TheGrill 2011 -- a Buffet for the Engaged Brain

Media | Movies
 September 21, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Spend a day and a half talking to some of the smartest people about the changes in the entertainment and media and you'll feel full, too

  

Power Brokers Mingle at TheGrill 2011

Media
 September 21, 2011 By Cindy Kaplan 1 year ago

Power brokers converged on the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills for second annual conference put on by TheWrap

  

Will.i.am at TheGrill: Why Aren't Our Kids Dreaming About Running Google?

Media | Music
 September 20, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

Black Eyed Peas founder condemns the U.S. educational and political systems; says the country does bad job of inspiring disadvantaged youths

  

The PowerGrid Makes Its Debut at TheGrill

Media
 September 20, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

Finally, a real-time ranking system to tell you who's on top -- and who's slipping -- in Hollywood

  

Content Execs at TheGrill Warn: Move Aside, Netflix -- Movies Are Going Into the Cloud

Media
 September 20, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Three industry executives show how promoting and monetizing content ownership is key to the industry's future -- and explain UltraViolet

  

Chegg CEO Dan Rosensweig at TheGrill: We're Screwing Students

Media
 September 20, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

Exec also lays out a plan to make education more affordable -- and keep his company relevant in a post-textbook age

  

SoundCloud's Ljung at TheGrill: Sound Could Be Bigger Than Video on the Web

Media
 September 20, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

The internet currently offers a largely "mute" experience, but the co-founder of the audio sharing platform says that's about to change

  

'Friends With Benefits,' 'The Smurfs' Will Be Sony's First UltraViolet Titles

Movies
 September 20, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

EXCLUSIVE: Buyers will be able access the films through any device connected to the cloud-based service

  
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