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DirecTV, After Failed Hulu Bid, Seeks Another Internet TV Play
DirecTV made “an aggressive and attractive” for Hulu, but now that the online video site has been pulled off the table the satcaster is pursuing alternate plans for Internet-streaming subscription...
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Dawn Taubin Replaces Anne Globe as Head of Marketing at DreamWorks Animation
Former Warner Bros. marketing vet Dawn Taubin has been named chief marketing officer of DreamWorks Animation, just days after Anne Globe left the toon studio this week. In the post, Taubin will head...
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Microsoft Reveals Tentpole Games to Launch with Xbox One
Microsoft has released the full list of 23 games that will launch with the Xbox One this fall. As expected, the titles will include tentpoles like Microsoft Studios’ “Ryse: Son of Rome,” Activision’s...
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Al Jazeera America Takes Legal Action Against AT&T
On the day of its debut, Al Jazeera America filed suit against AT&T after the telco dropped the upstart news channel.
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Noah Segal Departs Entertainment One
Entertainment One announced on Wednesday that Noah Segal, co-president of eOne Films Canada, will be leaving the company to launch a new film production venture dubbed Toy Boat Pictures. Segal joined...
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Indie Directors Jay and Mark Duplass Find Peace in New Age of Filming
Jay and Mark Duplass are unusually upbeat for a pair of indie directors working today. The sibling helmers, who specialize in such DIY comedies as “Cyrus” and “Jeff Who Lives at Home,” are constantly...
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Film Review: ‘She Is Coming Home’
Further fest play seems likely for this abrasive feminist drama from debuting writer-helmer Maya Dreifuss.
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FilmTrack Raises Capital, Brings on Former Miramax CEO
Former Miramax CEO Mike Lang has joined the board of FilmTrack, a digital content management firm that’s attracted a $20 million investment from global private equity company Insight Venture Partners....
View ArticleMike Lang, Leading Jazz and Studio Pianist, Dies at 80
Mike Lang, one of the preeminent pianists in Hollywood history, died of lung cancer Friday morning at his home in Studio City. He was 80. Lang played piano (or organ, harpsichord or celeste) on an...
View ArticleVice Media Appoints Veteran Entertainment Exec Mike Lang Interim Executive...
Vice Media Group, still grappling with the ripple effects of its bankruptcy filing and aftermath, has tapped Mike Lang, a 30-year-plus veteran of TV, film and game industries who was one of Hulu’s...
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