TheGrill
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The PowerGrid Makes Its Debut at TheGrill
Finally, a real-time ranking system to tell you who’s on top — and who’s slipping — in Hollywood
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Content Execs at TheGrill Warn: Move Aside, Netflix — Movies Are Going Into the Cloud
Three industry executives show how promoting and monetizing content ownership is key to the industry’s future — and explain UltraViolet
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Chegg CEO Dan Rosensweig at TheGrill: We’re Screwing Students
Exec also lays out a plan to make education more affordable — and keep his company relevant in a post-textbook age
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SoundCloud’s Ljung at TheGrill: Sound Could Be Bigger Than Video on the Web
The internet currently offers a largely “mute” experience, but the co-founder of the audio sharing platform says that’s about to change
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‘Friends With Benefits,’ ‘The Smurfs’ Will Be Sony’s First UltraViolet Titles
EXCLUSIVE: Buyers will be able access the films through any device connected to the cloud-based service
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Ipsos OTX Study: Mobile Phones Have Become Our Lovers
Smartphones have reached a critical mass, but tablets are honing in on the action
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Pandora’s Westergren at TheGrill: Is Tour Promotion Next?
The popular internet radio’s co-founder isn’t worried about the lack of profitability –or a challenge from Spotify
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Arianna Huffington at TheGrill: Growth Not Waylaid by AOL Troubles
Plus, the word on a Yahoo merger, the future of Patch and why Michael Arrington had to go
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Facebook’s Jacobson to Studios: Use Us to Track, Promote Movies
Facebook’s head of market development tells TheGrill: The site has been “near-perfect” in tracking consumer intent and viewing patterns
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MTV’s Herzog at TheGrill: Ratings Are a Lot More Important to Us Than Tweets
Using the Charlie Sheen roast as an example, the president of MTV Networks Entertainment Group says that social media is a double-edged sword
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Steve Levitan at TheGrill: We Need a Better Way of Counting Viewers on Emerging Platforms
“I worry about a time, if the [ratings] system is not kept current, that old-fashioned shows that appeal to traditional viewers have an advantage over shows like mine”
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Terry Semel Warns Yahoo: Don’t Rehire Carol Bartz
In particular, the former internet portal chief objected to the ousted executive’s use of profanity
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Harry Sloan to Obama: Tax Me
The Global Eagle head and Republican says that the GOP is giving “millionaires and billionaires a bad name”
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Terry Semel at TheGrill: Value of Hollywood Content Is on the Rise
The former studio head and Harry Sloan debate 3D, Netflix and Hollywood’s digital future during the kickoff session of TheWrap’s annual media conference
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Malcolm McDowell Grilled on the 40-Year Anniversary of ‘A Clockwork Orange’
“The audience is sitting there in stunned silence. And I’m thinking, ‘They hate it! Oh my God!’” says the actor, 40 years after the release of Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece