Taylor Swift vs. Spotify and 5 Other Media-Tech Feuds to Watch in 2016
TheWrap Predicts 2016: Our guide to some of the biggest disputes among media and Silicon Valley giants
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Spike Lee’s ‘Chi-Raq’ Streaming Date Set on Amazon
Amazon will stream movie for Prime members on February 4, two months after its theatrical debut
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Disney Invents Gravity-Defying Robot That Walks Up Walls (Video)
Watch VertiGo, the Disney invention that looks like the offspring of a drone if it mated with a pint-sized lunar rover.
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Spotify Sued by Camper Van Beethoven Singer for $150 Million
The class-action suit accuses the streaming music service of shortchanging artists on royalty payments
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Streaming Sites Netflix, Amazon Were Wall Street’s Big Winners in 2015
Netflix shares performed better than any other company in the S&P 500, with rival Amazon in second place
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China Passes Antiterrorism Law That Crimps Media
Provisions constrain reporting of attacks and other terror activities, including limits on details that might inspire imitators
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Netflix’s Reed Hastings Stock Options Set to Soar, Salary Trimmed
CEO is poised for a $5 million bump in the value of stock options next year, while salary drops slightly
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‘Wicked City’ Lives Again on Hulu
This cancelled show’s revival on Hulu has a twist: Most other shows that get a second life on streaming were beloved to begin with
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7 Biggest Tech Trainwrecks in 2015: From Tidal to Twitter to Taylor Swift
TheWrap Rewind 2015: The overlap of technology and entertainment caused more than one derailment this year
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FBI Traces Pirated ‘Hateful Eight’ Screener to Alcon Executive
Alcon Entertainment co-CEO Andrew Kosove says he never actually received the copy of Quentin Tarantino’s new movie
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The Beatles to Finally Release Songs for Streaming
Top music streaming services will add the Beatles catalog Thursday, reflecting the format’s passage from niche to the norm
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Kim Kardashian to Apple: ‘Sorry I Broke Your App Store!’
The reality star humble-brag apologizes that her new app, with custom emoji of her face and other familiar assets, is too popular to download or work properly
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The Price of Entertainment in 2015 – Sports Spike Up, Cable’s Stable
TheWrap Rewind 2015: Ticket prices to movies, concerts and theaters climbed 3.6 percent in the last year, and sporting events soared 8.1 percent.
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Apple to ’60 Minutes': Nothing to Hide Except All Our Secrets
The nightly newsmagazine peeked behind Apple’s curtain and discovered a few new nuggets and lots of locked doors
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DreamWorks Animation Joins Hollywood Rush Trading Discounts for Amazon Exposure
In a promotion that creates some strange checkout-cart pairings, Amazon offers a free download of DreamWork’s original animated film when you buy another item
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Love Free-Data Streaming? US Government Isn’t So Sure
The Federal Communications Commission wants telecom giants Comcast, T-Mobile and AT&T to explain video streaming that doesn’t count against data caps
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Apple Executive Shuffle Reveals New Operating Chief, App Store Head
The moves concentrate executive Eddy Cue’s focus on Apple’s entertainment projects, like Apple Music and possible video service
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Paris Attackers May Have Plotted on Facebook’s WhatsApp (Report)
Investigators have uncovered evidence indicating some terrorists used encrypted apps to prepare their strike on the capital of France
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Tribeca Shortlist Graduates to Grownup Service, Lets You Watch Films on Your iPhone
The online subscription streaming service from Tribeca Enterprises and Lionsgate expands beyond niche iPad viewing
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Pandora Ordered to Pay Labels Higher Royalty Rate
The recording industry’s payments from Pandora, the Internet’s biggest streaming music service, are set to climb on a per-stream basis for the next five years
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Lamar Odom, Caitlyn Jenner, Ronda Rousey Top 2015 Google Searches
Donald Trump, Ruby Rose, Charlie Sheen and Rachel Dolezal are also among most popular search terms
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Avegant, a Start-up That Shoots Movies Into Your Eyeballs, to Roll Out Headsets Next Month
Avegant’s Glyph headset should start to arrive for its first customers — people who backed the company on Kickstarter — near the end of January
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Yahoo Shareholder Wants CEO Marissa Mayer Ousted, Her Traces Erased
Asset manager SpringOwl suggests reviving Yahoo’s old logo and a high-profile San Francisco billboard to “send a message that the era of Marissa Mayer is now over”
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Taylor Swift to Stream World Tour Blowout on Apple Music
Video from the superstar’s world tour will feature appearances by Justin Timberlake, Selena Gomez, Mick Jagger and others, in an exclusive to the subscription-only music service launched by Apple earlier this year
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Why Disney Doubled Down on Vice Media
The edgy digital publisher doesn’t look at first like a logical roommate for Mickey
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Alibaba to Buy South China Morning Post
The internet giant deepens its reach into media with a deal to buy the South China Morning Post, an influential English-language daily newspaper.
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‘Serial’ Season 2 Debuts, Expands to Streams on Pandora
The record-breaking podcast returns, playing a slightly different tune: It takes on a high-profile Bowe Bergdahl case and runs on a music service to reach listeners
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Sony Pictures’ Michael Lynton: Emails Are Probably Imprudent Again
After last year’s hack splashed the studio’s internal emails across the internet, CEO is “sure people are saying things probably they shouldn’t”
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Apple ‘Mixed’ Reality Could Replace iPhone, Analyst Says
Widely followed Apple analyst Gene Munster says the gadget giant has hired more virtual- and augmented-reality personnel than even Oculus parent Facebook
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‘Krampus’ in Virtual Reality? Even Legendary’s Thomas Tull Says That’s Scary
Despite investing in VR start-ups like Oculus, CEO says the “least compelling” strategy is to funnel movies and TV shows into a headset
