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Seth MacFarlane Reunites With Universal, 'Ted' Studio to Make His Upcoming Western

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 May 10, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 1 week ago

Seth MacFarlane's next movie will open May 30, 2014

  

21st Century Fox Logo Unveiled (Video)

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 May 9, 2013 By Greg Gilman 1 week ago

News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch sent a memo bearing the new logo on Thursday

  

YouTube, World's Largest Video Portal, Launches Paid Channels

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 May 9, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 1 week ago

Sesame Street will make full episodes available on its paid channels, while the Ultimate Fighting Championships will make full fights available

  

Global Eagle Buys Post Modern Group to Become Largest Provider of In-Flight Entertainment

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 May 9, 2013 By Brent Lang 1 week ago

Deal is valued at $23.9 million

  

Julius Genachowski's FCC Swan Song: Get Faster Wi-Fi on Planes

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 May 9, 2013 By Ira Teinowitz 1 week ago

FCC chairman says at his final commission meeting that he'll leave the agency on May 17

  

John McCain Wants Pay Channels Sold Individually, Not In Bundles

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 May 9, 2013 By Brent Lang 1 week ago

The senator proposes letting customers access channels on a la carte basis

  

Charles Ramsey Goes Viral: 6 More Internet Sensations From the News (Video)

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 May 8, 2013 By Greg Gilman 1 week ago

From Bubb Rubb's whistle tips to a zombie child who likes turtles, here are six news interviews that went viral before the Cleveland hero

  

Variety Owner Jay Penske Sued: The $500,000 Sponsorship That Crossed the Line

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 May 8, 2013 By Sharon Waxman 1 week ago

You'll never guess who paid to sponsor a year of Variety events

  

Media Minute: TheWrap's Lucas Shaw on Awesomeness TV and Maker Studios (Video)

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 May 8, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 1 week ago

Major YouTube networks are making big changes as they try to monetize their eyeballs
 

 

  

Sports Networks, FX Power News Corp. to Strong Q3

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 May 8, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 1 week ago

News Corp.'s publishing division, soon to be its own company, was the lone drag on earnings

  

Coalition Protests Tribune Sale to 'Radical Right Wing' Koch Brothers

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 May 8, 2013 By Diane Garrett 1 week ago

Group is also opposed to the sale of the papers to Rupert Murdoch

  

Earnings: AOL Improves on Ad Growth in Q1

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 May 8, 2013 By Brent Lang 1 week ago

Subscriptions continue downward trajectory

  

Will Disney Buy Another Marvel or Pixar?

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 May 7, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 1 week ago

Disney CEO Bob Iger says there's not another great opportunity out there at the moment

  

'Vampire Diaries' Star Ian Somerhalder Joins Interactive News Site RYOT's Board

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 May 7, 2013 By Greg Gilman 1 week ago

The progressive media outlet connects readers with charitable organizations related to news stories they are most interested

  

How Big Can Maker Studios Get Under New Chief Ynon Kreiz?

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 May 7, 2013 By Lucas Shaw & Sharon Waxman 1 week ago

Ynon Kreiz talks with TheWrap about the company's plans to expand beyond YouTube

  

BitTorrent Starts Gating Its Content

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 May 7, 2013 By Brent Lang 1 week ago

Bundle service could allow studios to start charging for access to content

  

Maker Studios CEO Danny Zappin Steps Down, Endemol's Ynon Kreiz Takes Over

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 May 7, 2013 By Tim Kenneally & Lucas Shaw 1 week ago

The leadership change comes less than a year after Maker took a $36 million investment

  

Maggie Smith, Kevin Kline to Star in Paris Real Estate Comedy

Media | Movies
 May 7, 2013 By Brent Lang 1 week ago

Jane Birkin and Dominique Pinon will co-star

  

The Onion's Twitter Account Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

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 May 6, 2013 By Greg Gilman 1 week ago

The faux news organization dedicated a number of headlines to the incident, including "Onion Twitter Password Changed To OnionMan77"

  

New 'Star Wars' Video Games Will Be Produced Through Disney, Electronic Arts Partnership

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 May 6, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 1 week ago

Disney halted production of new games at LucasArts earlier this year

  

Emmy-Winning L.A. Newsman Mario Machado Dies at 78

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 May 6, 2013 By Greg Gilman 1 week ago

Machado was the city's first Chinese-American reporter and appeared in numerous memorable films, including all three "RoboCop" movies

  

How an '80s Sitcom Star Turned a Hollywood Mogul Into YouTube’s Newest Champion

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 May 6, 2013 By Lucas Shaw & Brent Lang 1 week ago

YouTube executive Robert Kyncl told Brian Robbins that meeting Jeffrey Katzenberg would change his life -- it did

  

Who Will Run Al Jazeera America? Who’s In, Who’s Out, Who Passed (Exclusive)

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 May 6, 2013 By Sharon Waxman 1 week ago

The scoop on the leading candidates of the biggest new news network to hit cable

  

Howard Kurtz's Mea Culpa Isn't Good Enough

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 May 5, 2013 By Sharon Waxman 2 weeks ago

Merely repeating an apology and stressing one's sincerity is not a ticket back to play on the journalism field.

  

Daily Download Editor Lauren Ashburn Retracts Kurtz Video, Apologizes

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 May 5, 2013 By Todd Cunningham 2 weeks ago

She says she was wrong in not double-checking the video and wrong in taking it down without correcting the mistake

  

Who Is David Stein? A Strange Hollywood Republican Outs Himself as Holocaust Denier David Cole

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 May 4, 2013 By Sharon Waxman 2 weeks ago

You don’t often get to say “Jewish Holocaust denier,” so let’s take a moment

  
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