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Facebook Acquires Instagram for $1B

April 9, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 8 hours ago

Facebook has acquired photo-sharing app Instagram, the companies announced on Monday

  

MTV's Logo Plots Own VMAs with New Now Next Awards

April 9, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 8 hours ago

MTV's sister channel Logo will try to make it fourth annual New Now Next Awards a social media phenom

  

AOL Stock Soars After $1B Microsoft Patents Deal (Update)

April 9, 2012 By Tim Molloy 11 hours ago

Stock finishes trading day up 43 percent after AOL announces $1 billion patents sale

  

Sony to Cut 10,000 Jobs Worldwide

April 9, 2012 By Brent Lang 12 hours ago

The technology giant is reportedly slashing workforce as part of an effort to get back to profitability

  

Former MPAA Tech Officer Now Opposes Anti-Piracy Legislation

April 8, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 1 day ago

Paul Brigner, a tech officer who has left his post with the MPAA, explains how he changed his mind and why he now opposes SOPA and PIPA

  

Olbermann Autopsy on CNN’s 'Reliable Sources': 'An Arrested Adolescent' (Video)

April 8, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 1 day ago

Said Kurtz: “When you hire a pitbull to growl on TV, don’t be surprised if he claws the furniture at home”

  

Barbra Streisand Won't Sing at Obama's L.A. Fund-Raiser

April 8, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 1 day ago

Barbra Streisand, the Democrats' favorite diva, won't be singing at a fundraiser to be hosted by DreamWorks Animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg

  

Remembering Mike Wallace – A Legend With a Dark Secret (Video)

April 8, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 1 day ago

I met Mike Wallace on a waning summer afternoon - golden brown, stripped to the waist, he crashed through the back door of Art Buchwald’s porch on Martha’s Vineyard.

  

Mashable Pushes Into Original Video Programming With Dick Clark Prods.

April 7, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 2 days ago

Mashable, the social media site, teams with Dick Clark Productions, Tubefilter to develop "Cribs" for tech companies

  

NBC News Fires Producer Over Edited Trayvon Martin Call

April 6, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 3 days ago

NBC News fired the producer after an internal investigation into an edited call that aired on the "Today" show

  

NFL Magazine Shutting Down After 4 Issues

April 6, 2012 By Brent Lang 3 days ago

Football's popularity is soaring, but not even the NFL is not immune to business fumbles

  

'Empty Nest' Star Running for Senate (Video)

April 6, 2012 By Kimberly Potts 3 days ago

Democrat Park Overall hopes to unseat Republican incumbent Bob Corker in Tennessee

  

Just Spee Named Endemol CEO in Executive Reshuffling

April 6, 2012 By Brent Lang 3 days ago

The former CFO will take charge of the financially troubled production company as it completes a massive capital restructuring plan

  

TheWrap Rocks a FlashParty For '10 Producers Who Are Changing Hollywood'

April 5, 2012 By Wrap Staff 4 days ago

About 100 producers, directors, writers, actors, agents and managers showed up to celebrate our first-ever list. Turns out the newsroom cleans up pretty nice too

  

Keith Olbermann Sues Current TV, Accuses It of 'Increasingly Erratic' Actions (Updated)

April 5, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 4 days ago

Keith Olbermann has sued Current TV, alleging that his former employer violated his contract and tried to sabotage his career

  

Viacom Wins Reversal in YouTube Copyright Case

April 5, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 4 days ago

A federal court has reversed a lower court's decision to throw out Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement case against Google's video-sharing site

  

'Kony 2012: Part II - Beyond Famous' Takes on Warlord and Critics

April 5, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 4 days ago

'Kony 2012: Part II - Beyond Famous," a new video from Invisible Children, attmepts to answer criticisms of the first video

  

YouTube, Socialcam Licenser Rumblefish Pushes Music Catalog Past 1M Songs

April 5, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 4 days ago

Rumblefish, which licenses independent music for social videos, has hit a major milestone with its catalog

  

Sky News Admits to Email Hacking, But Claims Public Interest Defense

April 5, 2012 By Brent Lang 4 days ago

The news of the email hacking comes two days after James Murdoch resigns as chairman of BSkyB

  

Marco Bassetti Stepping Down as Endemol Group President

April 5, 2012 By Brent Lang 4 days ago

Bassetti's exit comes as the financially troubled production company is finalizing a massive capital restructuring plan

  

Patton Oswalt Will Host the 2012 Webby Awards

April 4, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 4 days ago

Patton Oswalt will host the Webby Awards in N.Y. May 21; festivities will be live-streamed

  

DirecTV, Tribune Reach Agreement to Restore Stations

April 4, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 5 days ago

Tribune's stations went dark for DirecTV subscribers over the weekend, but this restores them just in time for baseball season

  

Bob Dylan's 'Blood on the Tracks' Being Made into a Movie

April 4, 2012 By Brent Lang 5 days ago

A Brazilian film company wants to make a movie out of Dylan songs like "Shelter From the Storm" and "Idiot Wind" from "Blood on the Tracks"

  

IATSE, AMPTP Will Return to the Bargaining Table April 12

April 4, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 5 days ago

The studios and the union representing below-the-line workers had broken off talks to rework proposals on wage, health care and pension issues. They'll return to the table April 12

  

Wayne Brady Replacing Louis C.K. as Radio-TV Dinner Host

April 4, 2012 By Kimberly Potts 5 days ago

The "Let's Make a Deal" star will host the June 8 political dinner

  

'Homeland,' Stephen Colbert, 'Game of Thrones' Among Peabody Award Winners

April 4, 2012 By Brent Lang 5 days ago

"Parks and Recreation," CNN's Arab Spring coverage, and "Treme" are also honored

  
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