Spotify Grabs YouTube’s Shiva Rajaraman
Rajamaran, who shepherded YouTube’s subscription music service, is the latest in a string of executives to leave the company since Susan Wojcicki became CEO in February
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Former MTV CEO Judy McGrath Joins Amazon’s Board
Amazon is eager to compete with Netflix
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How Much Will Piracy of ‘The Expendables 3’ Cost Lionsgate?
The third movie in Sylvester Stallone’s franchise has been downloaded more than two million times over the past week
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Hearst Grabs Principato-Young’s Corey Moss to Make Web Series
The magazine publisher is eager to produce more digital series
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Netflix Makes Deal With AT&T to Speed Up Its Videos
Netflix has entered similar peering agreements with Comcast and Verizon
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Chernin Group, AT&T to Buy Controlling Stake in Fullscreen
The deal values Fullscreen at between $200 and $300 million
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YouTube Music Executive Leaves Amid Plans For Paid Service
Chris LaRosa is taking a job at an undisclosed start-up
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Ex-Machinima Exec Sanjay Sharma to Run Russell Simmons’ All Def Digital
Sharma helped build Machinima into a massive network of YouTube channels
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Overseas Growth Propels Netflix Past 50 Million Subscribers
The streaming service added more subscribers than it previously projected
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Top Machinima Exec Sanjay Sharma Departs for New Gig (Exclusive)
Sharma helped build one of the first massive networks on YouTube
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Microsoft’s Missed Opportunity in Hollywood: ‘What a Zero, the Whole Thing’
Analysis: Microsoft wanted to make a splash by producing its own shows, but never got anything off the ground
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YouTube Stars Shane Dawson, Olga Kay to Appear in Movie About an Internet Assassin (Exclusive)
Relativity Digital Studios and FilmOn are producing the project
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Everyone Did Tom Cruise Wrong: ‘Edge of Tomorrow’ Is Not a Flop (Video)
Reporters love to write about bad news, and there is no bigger disaster in Hollywood than a flop
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Chernin Group, AT&T Pay $10 Million For Arts and Crafts Videos
Otter Media, a joint venture between the two companies, is assembling a portfolio of video services
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Collective Digital Studio Will Turn James Patterson’s ‘Maximum Ride’ Into a Web Series
A separate movie based on the popular young adult novels has languished in development
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Rooster Teeth Beats Abortion Film for Indiegogo Film Record
Fans have contributed more than $2.4 million to the campaign for “Lazer Team”
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Netflix’s Bet on Chelsea Handler: Brilliant or Doomed for Failure? (Video)
Chelsea Handler will host a late-night talk show for Netflix, the subscription service’s latest foray into original programming
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Amazon Unveils Its Latest Shopping Tool: A Smartphone
CEO Jeff Bezos showed off his company’s first phone Wednesday
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Can Big Frame Build a Management Company for Internet Stars?
Awesomeness TV’s network hopes to convince talent from rival networks that they need a full-time manager
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YouTube Partner: We Make 5 Times More Money Off YouTube Than on It
Jan Riemens talks with TheWrap about Zoomin.TV’s expansion into the U.S. and using YouTube as a farm system
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Hollywood Torrent: Warner Bros. Summer Movie Problem (Video)
There’s no doubt Warner Bros. is having a tough time at the box office so far this summer
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Will ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ Force Stodgy Hollywood to Realize Social Media = $$? (Video)
The YA adaptation has been a juggernaut on social media for months inspiring fans to make GIFs, post on Facebook and watch the trailer
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So What If Apple Paid $3 Billion For Bad Headsets? Shut it Haters! (Video)
No one in the media seems to like Apple’s deal for Beats, as they all ask their favorite questions: why, what and how?
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‘Hollywood Torrent': ‘Noah’ Will Cross $100 Million in the US, But Will it Turn a Profit? (Video)
“Noah” outperformed almost everyone’s expectations at the box office and will cross $100 million at the US box office this weekend, if it hasn’t already.
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A Better Idea Than HBO’s Amazon Deal (Video)
TheWrap’s Lucas Shaw offers another way for the premium cable service to expand its viewership
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Hollywood Torrent: Who Do We Blame For Johnny Depp’s Box Office Flops? (Video)
Hint: it’s not Depp
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Amazon Recruits Netflix, Hulu, ESPN and YouTube to Rival AppleTV, Roku
The company revealed its new set-top box Wednesday in New York
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Hollywood Torrent: YouTube Could Finally Have a Rival – In Comcast (Video)
The cable giant is tinkering with a video-sharing service to challenge YouTube
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Oscar Picks: TheWrap’s Lucas Shaw & Jeff ‘Swami’ Sneider Finalize Their Predictions (Video)
See how a “crystal ball” and a bicycle helmet clear up a tense Oscar race in this week’s episode of “Hollywood Torrent”
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Hollywood Torrent: ‘House of Cards’ – Netflix Knows Its Customer Better Than You Do (Video)
Much ink has been spilt about Netflix’s decision to release every episode of its original series at once. In making Hollywood reevaluate the way it distributes television, it is what those in Silicon Valley like to call “disruptive”
