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Apple Will Finally Unveil the iCloud Next Week

Media | Music
 May 31, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Steve Jobs will return from his medical leave to make the presentation at the annual Worldwide Developers Conference next Monday

  

Comcast to Buy Blackstone's Stake in Universal's Orlando Parks (Exclusive)

Media
 May 30, 2011 By Brent Lang & Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Private equity firm wants out of the Florida theme park, and thanks to the success of the Harry Potter ride will get its wish

  

Blockbuster Kicks Off 99 Cent Rentals...But Not For Everything

Movies
 May 27, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Company also offering one day rentals

  

'Uncharted: Drake's Fortune' to Go Treasure Hunting Without David O. Russell

Movies
 May 26, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Sony still plans to move forward with the video game and is meeting with writers

  

HBO Gets Summit Films, But No 'Twilight'

Movies
 May 26, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

New five-year exclusive output deal covers films released theatrically by the mini-major from 2013-17

  

Christopher Meloni Hangs Up 'SVU' Badge

Television
 May 24, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

"Law and Order" veteran leaving after 12 seasons with the NBC procedural

  

History Teams Up With Kevin Costner for 'Hatfields & McCoys'

Television
 May 24, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Mini-series will be released in 2012, the 150th anniversary of the bloody family feud

  

Sony's Hacking Nightmare Continues, Music Sites in Greece and Japan Hit

Media | Music
 May 24, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

The company has already spent an estimated $171 million to investigate and repair damage from previous attacks

  

FX Sets Sail with New Pirate Show from Graham King and Gale Anne Hurd

Television
 May 24, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Fox in talks for Ridley Scott series "Pyrates"

  

David Linde Closes Funding with Reliance on New Production Company

Movies
 May 24, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

New film production company has a first look deal with Universal

  

Frank Bruni Named First Openly Gay Op-Ed Columnist in New York Times History

Media
 May 23, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Veteran journalist formerly worked in the Times' Washington bureau and as the paper's chief restaurant critic

  

Tal Rabinowitz Tapped to Head NBC's Comedy Programming

Television
 May 20, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Former Sony executive previously developed "Reba" and "The Big C"

  

Out at NBC -- What's Dick Ebersol's Next Move?

Television
 May 19, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

The man who spearheaded NBC's sports and Olympic coverage for two decades is moving on, but to where? Here are some possible destinations

  

NATO Bites Back Over Early VOD: We Won't Calm Down

Movies
 May 12, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

After Jeff Bewkes and Les Moonves say the threat of shorter windows has been overstated, John Fithian begs to differ

  

'Spider-Man' Musical Re-Opens With New Songs and Script Overhaul

Media
 May 11, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Tweaks to troubled show cost a reported $5 million

  

Jeff Bewkes: Premium VOD Is Much Ado About Nada

Movies
 May 11, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Time Warner chief says shorter windows means less piracy, but he doesn't tip his hand about how early releases are selling

  

Catherine Dunleavy Tapped to Be NBCU Cable Studios CFO

Television
 May 11, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Cheryl Rosenbloom has also been named SVP of Human Resources for NBCU Cable Entertainment and Cable Studios

  

Lionsgate Unveils $200M Debt Offering

Movies
 May 10, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Studio increases add-on by $50 million and will use funds to pay down debt

  

The Daily Loses $10M During First Quarter, News Corp. President Says

Media
 May 4, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

On the plus side, Chase Carey says there have been 800,000 downloads for the tablet-only publication

  

Ads for Soda and Junk Food Fall 50 Percent

Media
 April 28, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Commercials for cookies, soda, pizza and waffles all down dramatically from 2004 to 2010 according to new study

  

Dish Completes Blockbuster Purchase

Movies
 April 26, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Satellite company had the winning $320 bid for the bankrupt rental company's assets

  

Amazon Slowly Crawls Out From Beneath Its Cloud Problems

Media
 April 22, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Reddit and Box Office Mojo still impacted by technical issues

  

In Blow to Netflix, DishOnline Offering HBO, Cinemax Programming

Television
 April 21, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Only catch is that programming is only available to subscribers of the premium channels

  

Report: Twitter Looks to Buy TweetDeck for $50M

Media
 April 18, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Application also attracted interest from UberMedia

  

Ticketmaster Takes a Step to Clean Up Its Process ... and Its Image

Media
 April 18, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Ticketing giant partners with MarketShare to make sales process more transparent

  

'Game of Thrones': HBO Tries to Keep Its Crown

Television
 April 14, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Four years after "The Sopranos" ended, the premium channel is spending big to get its mojo back in a programming realm that's more competitive than ever

  
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