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Google May Start Forcing Advertisers to Be Less Annoying
Company weighs new standards that would keep ads from being so obnoxious that consumers block all ads
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Music Mogul Irving Azoff to YouTube: Stop Pretending You Love Musicians
In an open letter to Google’s massive video site, Azoff says artists have almost no control over keeping their music off YouTube
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Spotify Tunes Into Original Video, Including Tim Robbins’ Mockumentary
The streaming-music service launches a slate of 12 original programs
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Vice CEO Downs ‘a Few Ales,’ Pitches Plan to Launch 20 TV Channels Worldwide This Year
CEO Shane Smith delivers rambling pitch to advertisers on wider plan for network expansion
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Move Over Les Moonves: Which Media Mogul Got the Biggest Pay Raise Last Year – And Who Slipped
CBS’ Les Moonves, Viacom’s Philippe Dauman and Disney’s Bob Iger all made big bucks — but nowhere near what one guy got
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YouTube CEO: We Beat Every Network
Google’s video site reaches more 18- to 49-year-olds during primetime than the top 10 TV shows combined, Susan Wojcicki says
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Watch the Obamas Throw a ‘Star Wars’ Dance Party (Video)
The First Couple gets down to “Uptown Funk” with R2-D2 and some Stormtroopers too
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Netflix Now Lets Customers Control Phone’s Data Instead of Capping It
After limiting mobile video quality for years, Netflix rolls out manual settings for the streams subscribers watch on their phone
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Mark Hamill Confirms Dark ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Lightsaber Theory
December’s blockbuster “Star Wars” sequel was supposed to open with clues about Luke Skywalker’s lost weapon
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Discovery Q1 Profit Beats Estimate on Strength at US Networks
Revenue at its U.S. networks like Discovery and TLC climbed 8 percent, driven both by ads and distribution payments
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YouTube Plans to Sell Cable TV Bundle (Report)
Its virtual TV would be called Unplugged, but it doesn’t have any deals in place, Bloomberg reports
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Hulu Confirms Plans for Live Channels
“We’re going to fuse the best of live TV and on-demand,” Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins says
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Hulu Is Slowing, Hits 12 Million Subscribers Versus Netflix’s 81 Million
Hulu’s subscriber growth is slower than a year ago, despite the streaming service spending a year tweaking the kinds of memberships it offers
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Time Warner Q1 Earnings: Scaled-Back Movie Costs Help Surpass Estimates
Time Warner reports $1.49 profit/share versus Wall Street’s $1.30 expectation, thanks to stronger business at HBO and Turner, plus a boost from less movie marketing
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AOL to Go It Alone Producing Most of Its Shows (Exclusive)
AOL Studios will handle production on 60 percent of its original video this year, after third parties managed 90 percent in 2015