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Microsoft unveils Xbox One! Layoffs at ESPN. Box-office pressure.
After the coffee. Before waiting for Xbox One to change my world. The Skinny: I may be in the minority, but I'm not looking for more interaction with my TV. I spend my days interacting and it is mostly a frustrating experience. I don't want to be...
Tags: Steven Spielberg, Entertainment, Science and Technology, Newspaper and Magazine, Career and Workplace
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United Talent Agency shoots for the stars with new screening room
The numbers on United Talent Agency's new 130,000-square-foot Beverly Hills digs are notable. The Civic Center Drive property includes a 158-piece art collection, 11 conference rooms and a private plaza that can accommodate as many as 500 people....
Tags: Entertainment, Companies and Corporations, Gwyneth Paltrow, Rentals, Cirque du Soleil
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Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN says it is cutting staff
Just one week after touting its strength to advertisers and declaring it wasn't worried about new competition from Fox Sports, ESPN is cutting its staff. The moves are part of an overall cost-cutting effort by ESPN parent Walt Disney Co. Earlier this...
Tags: Fox Sports (tv network), Layoffs and Downsizing, U.S. Open (tennis), Twitter, Inc., Job Layoffs
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TV broadcasters are in suspense over their upfront ad haul
Can the return of Michael J. Fox, agent Jack Bauer and "Ironside" help vanquish the flesh-eating zombies that are threatening to take a bite out of television broadcasters' fortunes? ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC are unveiling their fall lineups this week...
Tags: AMC (tv network), Entertainment, Netflix Inc., Fox Broadcasting Company, Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities)
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Fox, Twitter team up to promote TV shows, sell ads
Fox and Twitter have entered into a partnership to promote the broadcaster's programs and help advertisers reach TV audiences as they discuss shows on the social network. Twitter Inc., which has established itself as the water cooler where America...
Tags: AMC (tv network), Media Industry, Entertainment, X Games, Marketing
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ABC to offer live feed of network online through 'Watch ABC' app
Walt Disney Co.'s ABC is looking to become the first broadcast network to go live on the Internet on a full-time basis. "Watch ABC" will debut this fall and allow viewers to watch the network from mobile devices and tablets when they are away from...
Tags: Media Industry, Marketing, Entertainment, Television, Hearst Corporation
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ESPN to take over U.S. Open tennis rights from CBS in 2015
After holding serve for 45 years, CBS has lost the rights to the nation's premier tennis tournament. ESPN on Thursday said it has clinched an 11-year deal with the United States Tennis Assn. for the exclusive TV rights, beginning in 2015, for the annual...
Tags: Media Industry, Tennis Channel (tv network), U.S. Open (tennis), College Sports, Tennis
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2013 TV upfronts: Turner to offer online streams of TNT, TBS
NEW YORK -- Time Warner's TNT and TBS are joining the parade of networks offering a live linear feed of their channels online for viewers on the go. "Starting this summer, subscribers will be able to watch TBS and TNT live -- anytime, anywhere, on...
Tags: Entertainment, Television, Tony Goldwyn, Scandal (tv program), News Corp.
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Less dancing at ABC! Viacom jumps gun in upfront ad race.
After the coffee. Before the CBS and TNT upfronts. Jealous yet? The Skinny: It feels like I've been here a week. Oh wait, I have been here a week! By the time most of you read this, I'll have already been to two upfront events and in desperate need of a...
Tags: Entertainment, Dance, ESPN (tv network), Jimmy Fallon, Carson Daly
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Disney unveils plan for first animated Marvel film
The studio behind the animated fantasies "Bambi," "Dumbo" and '"The Lion King" has a new kind of hero tale on the way — a Marvel Comics one. Walt Disney Animation Studios on Thursday announced plans to release "Big Hero 6," an action-comedy inspired...
Tags: Wreck-It Ralph (movie), Robert J. Lopez, Entertainment, Robert A. Iger, Despicable Me 2 (movie)
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Disney delivers! Legendary and Warner Bros. parting ways?
After the coffee. Before the flight to a rainy New York City. The Skinny: By the time most of you read this I'll be in the air on my way to the Big Apple for the broadcast upfronts and real pizza. I'm listening to "The Boxer" as I write this just to...
Tags: Entertainment, Media Industry, ESPN (tv network), Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., The Tonight Show (tv program)
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Disney and Electronic Arts sign 'Star Wars' video game deal
The Walt Disney Co. and Electronic Arts Inc. have inked a licensing deal that will see the video game developer make and publish new "Star Wars" games, the companies said Monday afternoon. Under the exclusive, multi-year agreement, Electronic Arts...
Tags: Electronics, Lucasfilm Ltd., Science and Technology, Entertainment, Gaming
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