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Charter to Buy Cablevision's Optimum West for Over $1.6B

Television
 February 7, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 15 weeks ago

Charter will buy Cablevision's holdings in Colorado, Montana, Wyoming and Utah

  

Weinstein Co. Acquires Wong Kar Wai’s 'The Grandmaster'

Movies
 February 7, 2013 By Greg Gilman 15 weeks ago

The kung fu drama, which has already raked in $50 million at the Chinese box office, opened the Berlin Film Festival on Thursday

  

Apple Grabs Justin Timberlake-Backed Particle (Report)

Media
 October 17, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 31 weeks ago

Apple acquired Particle, a web app firm, as publishers and other companies circumvent its app store

  

Zynga Acquires Game Studio A Bit Lucky

Media
 September 17, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 35 weeks ago

Zynga bought a California game studio in an attempt to remedy its ailing stock prices

  

Getty Images to Be Sold to PE Firm Carlyle Group

Media
 August 15, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 40 weeks ago

Getty Images will fetch $3.3 billion from the private equity firm

  

Lionsgate Picks Up Rights to 'You're Next,' 'Friends With Kids'

Movies
 September 21, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The studio locks up two Toronto Film Festival debuts

  

Warner Bros. May Buy Flixster - What's With All the Embracing the Future?

Movies
 March 28, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

The major studio is getting all new media; now comes a report that it may buy Flixster, with its 20 million users

  

Dada Acquires 'The Last Mountain'

Movies
 January 27, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Documentary focuses on the fight between an Appalachian community and a coal company

  

What's Behind Disney's Social-Media Land Grab: Fresher Mouse

Media | Movies
 July 29, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

With the purchase of Playdom and Tapulous -- and even Marvel -- Iger pays top dollar for a different generation of savvy customers

  

ZelnickMedia Acquires 'Gossip Girls' Producer for $126M

Media
 June 24, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Company plans to make Alloy, a leader in providing entertainment for the millennial generation

  

Lionsgate Testifies to 'Machine Gun Preacher'

Movies
 June 21, 2010 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Studio acquires Marc Forster-directed action-fueled biopic; Gerard Butler set to star

  

IFC Acquires 'Certified Copy'

Movies
 May 20, 2010 By Steve Pond 3 years ago

Film from Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami stars Juliette Binoche

  

Yahoo to Buy Associated Content for $100M

Media
 May 18, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 3 years ago

Deal gives portal ownership of a content farm similar to AOL's Seed

  

Magnolia Picks Up 'Smash His Camera'

Movies
 May 17, 2010 By Lisa Horowitz 3 years ago

Leon Gast's documentary focuses on paparazzo

  

Inferno Selling 'If I Were You' at Cannes

Movies
 May 6, 2010 By Lisa Horowitz 3 years ago

Marcia Gay Harden stars in indie film centered on amateur production of "King Lear"

  

Oscilloscope Picks Up Sundance Opener 'Howl'

Movies
 April 22, 2010 By Lisa Horowitz 3 years ago

James Franco stars in story about Beat poet Allen Ginsberg and his defining work

  

Oscilloscope to Release 'A Film Unfinished'

Movies
 April 8, 2010 By Wrap Staff 3 years ago

Documentary revisits Nazi propaganda footage, includes long-lost reel

  

Hannover House Picks Up 'Racing Dreams'

Movies
 April 7, 2010 By Wrap Staff 3 years ago

Focusing on young wannabe NASCAR drivers, documentary already is in line for DreamWorks fiction remake

  

Hannover House Picks Up 'Happythankyoumoreplease'

Movies
 March 30, 2010 By Variety 3 years ago

The 2010 Sundance Audience Award winner will get an August release

  

Magnolia Picks Up 'Extra Man'

Movies
 March 29, 2010 By Lisa Horowitz 3 years ago

Sundance hit is directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini

  

Cinema Libre Picks Up Oliver Stone Documentary

Movies
 March 24, 2010 By Lisa Horowitz 3 years ago

"South of the Border" details director's trip to Latin America and encounters with Hugo Chavez, other regional leaders

  

IFC Films Picks Up 'Puzzle'

Movies
 February 19, 2010 By Wrap Staff 3 years ago

Argentine film debuted in competition at Berlin Film Festival

  

Paramount Picks Up 'Middle Men'

Movies
 February 19, 2010 By Wrap Staff 3 years ago

Porn industry-set movie, directed by George Gallo, premiered at Santa Barbara Film Festival

  

IFC Films Picks Up Bahman Ghobadi's Latest

Movies
 February 17, 2010 By Wrap Staff 3 years ago

Iranian filmmaker's "No One Knows About Persian Cats" depicts Tehran's underground music scene

  

IFC Picks Up 'Boogie Woogie'

Movies
 February 16, 2010 By Lisa Horowitz 3 years ago

Duncan Ward's ensemble film is set against contemporary London art scene

  

Oscilloscope Picks Up Gray's 'Exploding Girl'

Movies
 October 21, 2009 By Wrap Staff 3 years ago

Zoe Kazan won best actress prize at Tribeca for the film.

  
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