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Why Hollywood Shouldn’t Use Mayweather-Pacquiao Fight To Indict Periscope
Piracy looms, but Periscope users are part of an active community, while pay-per-view events are largely “lean back” experiences
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Time Warner Cable CEO Sees ‘Obsessive Interest’ in Millennials
Whether due to millennials or not, there’s growing evidence traditional cable TV channels are under mounting pressure to adapt
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Lionsgate Considered Starz Acquisition Before Stock Swap With John Malone
Starz’s valuation is one of the factors that kept a deal from happening, and now all eyes are on John Malone’s next move, insiders tell TheWrap
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10 Most-Loved Hollywood Stars and Influencers on Periscope: Ellen DeGeneres, Dwayne Johnson, Amanda Oleander
TV personalities, Vine stars and a relatively unknown artist top the list of L.A.-based favorites on Twitter’s live-streaming app
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How Justin Bieber, Floyd Mayweather Photos Are Paying Off One ‘Shot’ at a Time
“People can be themselves and not worry about what others think or say about them or about the pressures of how popular they are online,” Shots founder and CEO John Shahidi tells TheWrap
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How Apple’s Media Partners Prepped for the Launch of the Apple Watch
“If you think of your phone app as a latte, your watch app is a single espresso,” says Watchup CEO Adriano Farano
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Nancy Tellem Takes Top Role at Interlude for Interactive Video
Former CBS, Microsoft exec becomes executive chairman and chief media officer
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The Weather Company CEO: ‘We Really Decided to Offer the Weather to Every Person on Earth’
David Kenny has transformed the company into a mobile powerhouse — will other TV programmers take a page out of his playbook?
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‘Silicon Valley’ EP on the Fun of Mining Comedy Out of the Tech Industry’s ‘Money and Social Dysfunction’
Expect visits from tech personalities like Snapchat’s Evan Spiegel and Winklevoss Twins and more female characters in Season 2
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‘Ex Machina’ Writer-Director Alex Garland Tackles Silicon Valley’s A.I. Obsession
Tech companies present themselves “as if they are your cool, hipster friend … But while they’re being that, they’re also acting like a big tech company,” Garland says
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Why Virtual Reality Could Generate $150 Billion for Hollywood By 2020
Advisory firm Digi-Capital forecast a huge new market for the entertainment industry
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Show Them The Money: Will Jay Z’s New Streaming Service Tidal Pay Out?
Will musical artists finally make more money with a streaming service they own?
